The Mystical Thought Of Meister Eckhart đź“Ą
One of Eckhart’s most radical ideas is the distinction between the "God" of religion and the "Godhead".
Eckhart describes this state using the "Eye" metaphor: "The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me". It suggests a shared consciousness rather than a relationship between two separate beings. 3. Gelassenheit (Detachment or Releasement)
The soul's ultimate goal is a "breakthrough" ( durchbrechen ) beyond God as creator to this silent, "superessential nothingness" of the Godhead. 2. The Grunt (The Ground of the Soul)
A person must become "poor" in spirit, meaning they must be free of all "this and that"—including their own will and even their ideas about God.
Once detached, one lives sunder warumbe (without a why), performing good acts not for a reward (even heaven) but because they flow naturally from the divine ground. 4. The Birth of the Word in the Soul Meister Eckhart - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This is the "God beyond God," an unmanifest, indeterminate "abyss" or "desert" where no distinctions exist.
To reach the Ground, Eckhart teaches a path of radical .
One of Eckhart’s most radical ideas is the distinction between the "God" of religion and the "Godhead".
Eckhart describes this state using the "Eye" metaphor: "The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me". It suggests a shared consciousness rather than a relationship between two separate beings. 3. Gelassenheit (Detachment or Releasement)
The soul's ultimate goal is a "breakthrough" ( durchbrechen ) beyond God as creator to this silent, "superessential nothingness" of the Godhead. 2. The Grunt (The Ground of the Soul)
A person must become "poor" in spirit, meaning they must be free of all "this and that"—including their own will and even their ideas about God.
Once detached, one lives sunder warumbe (without a why), performing good acts not for a reward (even heaven) but because they flow naturally from the divine ground. 4. The Birth of the Word in the Soul Meister Eckhart - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This is the "God beyond God," an unmanifest, indeterminate "abyss" or "desert" where no distinctions exist.
To reach the Ground, Eckhart teaches a path of radical .
