“IthinkMarkBurrowsandJonSweeneyachievesomethingquiterareandwonderfulhere.TheymakeEckhartclear,concise,andverycompelling!“--RichardRohr,OFM,bestsellingauthorofFallingUpwardAnelegantrenderingofthegreatmystic’sthoughtsonthemysteriesofauthenticlifeThisisalittlebookaboutsoulfreedom.Itisabookaboutdiscoveringthesecrettoallthethingswemostdesire:contentment,meaning,peaceofmind,andtruefreedom.ThisskillfullyeditedtranslationofselectionsfromthewritingsofMeisterEckhartprovidesaroadmaptothespirituallifeforcontemporaryseekers.Eckharttakesusonajourneyofdiscovery;ajourneyinwhichwelearntoletgo,relinquishourneedtoknoweverything,andlosethosethingsthatwethinkareimportantforalifeofworth.Andintheendheshowsusthatthetruesecretisthis:tofindyourself,youmustloseyourself.HereistimelesswisdomfromamedievalmysticwhohasinfluencedawiderangeofspiritualteachersandmysticsbothinsideandoutsidetheChristiantradition.ErichFromm,ArthurSchopenhauer,DagHammarskj繹ld,EckhartTolle,RichardRohr,D.T.Suzuki,RudolfSteiner,andMatthewFoxhaveallcreditedEckhartasbeinganimportantinfluenceontheirthought.Inaddition,hisworkhasinfluencedthedevelopmentof20th-centuryAmericanBuddhismandtheTheosophicaltradition.Dividedintofivesections--SeekingtheLight,FacingDarkness,RiskingLove,KnowingNothing,andEmbracingEverything--thebookleadsreadersonthepathtoanauthenticspirituallife.
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