ON MYSTICISM AND MEISTER ECKHART

Kone, Krusos, Kronos

Meister Eckhart

The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge, and one love.“.

The above quotes belong to Meister Eckhart Eckhart von Hochheim  (c. 1260 – c. 1328),[1] commonly known as Meister Eckhart[a] or Eckehart, was a German Catholic theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia (now central Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire.

Eckhart came into prominence during the Avignon Papacy at a time of increased tensions between monastic orders, diocesan clergy, the Franciscan Order, and Eckhart’s Dominican Order of Preachers. In later life, he was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII. He seems to have died before his verdict was received.

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Well with that quote it’s not surprising , that…

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  1. Thank you.

    Your research on “Nondual Perspectives on Quantum Physics” sounds as if it might take our understanding of the mystical experience’s purpose further. Is available in review format (ie. galleys?) so excerpts can be reblogged?

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