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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beauty is all around us if we have but eyes to see. A tiny book to slip into the pocket or handbag to reflect on in moments stuck in a traffic jam or waiting room. It will change your view on life. Eckhart is deep and this little book is a good way into exploring his writings. The author may come from another century but the thoughts are relevant to all ages. The workings of the divine are all about us just asking us to open our eyes and to acknowledge and remember the force at work in our lives.
46 of 51 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very small book that fits most pockets and which can be bought for very little. Yet it is a fine anthology containing most of the Counsels and also extracts from five sermons. A very good introduction to Meister Eckhart's work and possibly all that you will need.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I had originally hoped that by purchasing and reading this surprisingly small book, that I would come somehow to understand more about the curious, inspirational words that for so many have resonated strongly through time, culture and language - and their mysterious, iconoclastic originator himself.
Eckhart Meisters unusual and soulful reading of orthodox christianity, one which (allegedly) ventures into the kind of metaphysical territory most commonly associated with the buddhist experience, have provided the inspiration for several first rate works of art; such as the cult movie "Jacobs Ladder", and two of the ground breaking albums by the UK drum and bass "Unkle" collective. No mean feat for a 12th century german monk.
I found myself intrigued at some of the perspectives offered by Meister. For example:
"the only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life... your memories... you attachments... you burn them all away... but they're not punishing you exactly, they [demons] are freeing your soul... relax..." (excerpted from 1980's film "Jacobs Ladder").
Strange and beautiful words indeed.
Unfortunately, having purchased this postage-stamp effort of a book, I am not much better informed of the man, his philosophy or the vision behind his startling interpretation the above concept, or indeed much else of any real substance that Meister may have considered during his unusual and gifted lifetime.
There is no real attempt here to cut through the paradigm of medieval christian monastic life in order to extract the nature and substance of what Eckhart Meister was all about - nor how he was able to espouse such radically unconventional views without being censured by the church authorities of the day, this around a time when those considered 'heretics' were severely, often fatally punished for any perceived transgression of prescribed dogma of this era.
This 'book' is merely a very brief summary of Eckhart Meisters life followed by a few dozen of his sermons translated effectively into modern english.
It feels like it was written by a vicar for the convenient perusal of interested christian types, an approach which has and continues to distance secular types like me from much of the beauty contained nominally within and under the auspices of this diverse, contradictory faith.
Shame really. Meisters words are currently undergoing something of a revival today among young non-christian germans who are interested in some enlightened guidance and philosophy towards lifes many timeless mysteries.
Personally I would love to know more of this enlightened figure, and will certainly attempt to read this booklet again, but I have the feeling that it is only from a more impartial and better informed analysis that I may yet gain the insight required to understand Herr Meister and his contribution to the human arsenal of metaphysical wisdom. I can only suggest to any similarly interested secular readers that you are unlikely to gain access to such wisdom through the miniature pages of "Everything as Divine".
Eckhart Meisters unusual and soulful reading of orthodox christianity, one which (allegedly) ventures into the kind of metaphysical territory most commonly associated with the buddhist experience, have provided the inspiration for several first rate works of art; such as the cult movie "Jacobs Ladder", and two of the ground breaking albums by the UK drum and bass "Unkle" collective. No mean feat for a 12th century german monk.
I found myself intrigued at some of the perspectives offered by Meister. For example:
"the only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life... your memories... you attachments... you burn them all away... but they're not punishing you exactly, they [demons] are freeing your soul... relax..." (excerpted from 1980's film "Jacobs Ladder").
Strange and beautiful words indeed.
Unfortunately, having purchased this postage-stamp effort of a book, I am not much better informed of the man, his philosophy or the vision behind his startling interpretation the above concept, or indeed much else of any real substance that Meister may have considered during his unusual and gifted lifetime.
There is no real attempt here to cut through the paradigm of medieval christian monastic life in order to extract the nature and substance of what Eckhart Meister was all about - nor how he was able to espouse such radically unconventional views without being censured by the church authorities of the day, this around a time when those considered 'heretics' were severely, often fatally punished for any perceived transgression of prescribed dogma of this era.
This 'book' is merely a very brief summary of Eckhart Meisters life followed by a few dozen of his sermons translated effectively into modern english.
It feels like it was written by a vicar for the convenient perusal of interested christian types, an approach which has and continues to distance secular types like me from much of the beauty contained nominally within and under the auspices of this diverse, contradictory faith.
Shame really. Meisters words are currently undergoing something of a revival today among young non-christian germans who are interested in some enlightened guidance and philosophy towards lifes many timeless mysteries.
Personally I would love to know more of this enlightened figure, and will certainly attempt to read this booklet again, but I have the feeling that it is only from a more impartial and better informed analysis that I may yet gain the insight required to understand Herr Meister and his contribution to the human arsenal of metaphysical wisdom. I can only suggest to any similarly interested secular readers that you are unlikely to gain access to such wisdom through the miniature pages of "Everything as Divine".
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