Week 1 (Wed., Oct. 19th)
1/ Read Introduction and Ch. 1 - 6 (pgs. xi - 67)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Complete Dharma Code Exercise, Steps 1 and 2 only (pgs. 51 - 61)
- on your own (before the meet up)
- be sure to allow 1 - 2 hours for completion of this journaling exercise
3/ Complete Dharma Code Exercise, Steps 3 and 4 (pgs. 61 - 67)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
3/ Read Ch. 7 (pgs. 68 - 72)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
4/ Meditation on the Breath (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 72 - 74
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 30 minutes for this meditation
5/ Read Ch. 7 (pgs. 74-75)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
Week 2 (Wed., Oct. 26th)
1/ Read Ch. 8 - 9 (pgs. 79 - 95)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Read Ch. 10 (pgs. 96 - 110)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
- be sure to read through the entire Sankalpa exercise before beginning it
3/ Bliss Meditation (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 99 - 101
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 30 minutes for this meditation
4/ Complete The Sankalpa Exercise (pgs. 97 - 109)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
5/ Read Ch. 10 (pgs. 110 - 113)
Week 3 (Thur., Nov. 3rd)
1/ Read Ch. 11 - 12 (pgs. 117 - 134)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Meditation: Increase Shakti (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 134 - 136
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 30 minutes for this meditation
- read pgs. 136 - 137 immediately following meditation
3/ Read Ch. 13 (pgs. 138 - 146)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
4/ Complete The Vikalpa Exercise (pgs. 146 - 151)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
5/ Read Ch. 13 (pgs. 151 - 154)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
6/ Complete the Exercise: Listing Your Bad Habits (pgs. 154 - 155)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
Week 4 (Wed., Nov. 9th)
1/ Read Ch. 14 (pgs. 156 - 165)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Med: Relax Into Greatness (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 166 - 171
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 45 minutes for this meditation
3/ Read Ch. 14 (pgs. 171 - 173)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
4/ Read Ch. 15 (pgs. 174 - 179)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
5/ Complete Create Your Departure Point Exercise (pgs. 179 - 180)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
6/ Read Ch. 15 (pgs. 181 - 182)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
7/ Read Ch. 16 (pgs. 183 - 192)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
Week 5 (Wed., Nov. 16th)
1/ Read Ch. 16 - 17 (pgs. 183 - 201)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Healing the Heart Meditation (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 202 - 204
and complete Technique for Accessing Your Dhi
- read p. 202 before beginning meditation
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 30 minutes for this meditation
- complete Exercise: Technique for Accessing Your Dhi (pgs. 204 - 206)
- read pgs. 206 -207 directly following completion of exercise
3/ Read Ch. 18 and 19 (pgs. 208 - 225)
- we will be reading these chapters together at the meet up
4/ Complete Exercise: Forty-eight Hours of Fearless Action (pgs. 220 - 221)
Week 6 (TBD)
1/ Read Ch. 20 (pgs. 229 - 235)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
2/ Complete The Vairagya Exercise, Part 1 (pgs. 235 -236)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
3/ Read Ch. 21 (pgs. 237 - 241)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
4/ Complete The Vairagya Exercise, Part 2 (pgs. 241 - 242)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
5/ Read Ch. 21 (pgs. 242 - 247)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
6/ Read Ch. 22 - 23 (pgs. 248 - 258)
- we will be reading these chapters together at the meet up
7/ Meditation: Increase Vairagya (from The Four Desires Practice CD); pgs. 258 - 260
- we will be practicing this meditation together at the meet up
- allow 30 minutes for this meditation
8/ Read pgs. 261 -262 directly following completion of meditation
Week 7 (TBD)
1/ Read Ch. 24 - 26 (pgs. 265 - 288)
- on your own (before the meet up)
2/ Complete Exercise: Know the Consequences (pgs. 288 - 289)
- we will be completing this exercise together at the meet up
3/ Read Ch. 27 - 29 (pgs. 290 - 311)
- we will be reading these chapters together at the meet up
4/ Meditation: group choice/TBD
5/ Read Afterword (pgs. 313 - 317)
- we will be reading this chapter together at the meet up
