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Blink into the sun, leave eye lids down, blink blue sky, blink sprouting green earth.

Whatever benefit this type of breathing has for balancing the flow of chi, the mindfulness required to keep up this practice is equally as healthful.

Hakuin (1686-1769) has this to say about breathing in, 'Orategama'. "The essential point brought out in this book is that, whether reading certain parts of the sacred teachings, whether examining the principles of the Dharma, whether sitting for long periods without lying down or whether...

What attracts me to Eckhart's words is not that he was a radical heretic, or was able to command the lofty heights of metaphysical traditions. I came across Eckhart's words while browsing through the shelves of the Atlantic School of Theology's library in search of solace. And solace I have...

Just decided to add that the way adultery is refered to in the bible is often through using the figure of speech of metonymy. Wikipedia clarifies metonymy: " Metonymy (pronounced /mɨˈtɒnɨmi/) is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but...

This thread is for discussing who Yahweh is, was. One question I have is whether it is helpful to learn about how common ancients at various times would have thought about their god. In my opinion it is important to bare those roots to better relate to the divine living in eternal present. The...

Using words such as 'truth', or 'god', or 'love', is tricky business. The various collective meanings (the ways in which they are understood by groups of people) tend to often be at odds with how individuals subjectively experience it. Then there is the whole swamp of epistimology to wade...

Hi, To address a few issues that have come up, I'll begin with the claim that Eckhart understood the trinity anthropologically. Though I can't claim to understand how Eckhart understood the trinity, and though I'm not particularly interested in the long winded debates surrounding that subject...

Amy Goodman has been focusing on health stories more often lately. Gary Greenberg: "Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease"

Eckhart has certainly been called pantheistic before. It was likely a point of contention in his heresy trial. I'm not sure what he would say (I haven't read his defence against the accusations yet), but I think he would see no need to distinguish between monothieism or pantheism as both...

Here's the last Eckhart fragment, 'Envoi'. "Meister Eckhart's good friends bade him: 'Since you are going to leave us, give us one last word.' 'I will give you,' he replied, a rule which is the stronghold of all I have said, in which are lodged all the truths to be discussed or put into...

Thanks Thomas for your comments on Eriugena. One thing I'd like to add at this point is that the so called dark ages were likely quite different than how they are customarily represented. Especially when the words of monks and clerics are taken as representative of the times. Eckhart was...

Non-dualism, the idea that all that exists is oneness --any division of this unity into language, concepts, or distinct physical objects, creates illusions --is key to Buddhism and Taoism (and to the unity that is reality).

Hello, Oat, my own approach to the world of religions is to not focus on the differences at all, rather, I choose to integrate it all into my own ever evolving world view. As for Buddhism, when I first became interested in it I found the four noble truths and the eight-fold-path turned me off...

After Thomas mentioned 'mind over matter' this morning I read this in the fragments section of Eckhart translations: "The question has been raised as to whether it is possible to make the senses obey the mind. "Meister Eckhart answered it by saying: If the mind is fixed on God and continues...

Thanks for providing some context Thomas. The edition of Eckhart I've been quoting from was published in 1941 by Harper Torchbooks, translated by Raymond Bernard Blakney. The contents of this collection: Talks of instuction; the book of divine comfort; the aristocrat; about disinterest; sermons...

Dogen is someone I haven't yet read. Since his name has come up in other threads, and you, earl, point to him in this connection, I'm looking to learn more about and from Dogen.

Thanks for both of your replies. I'm glad to hear any reactions. Certainly Eckhart is not for everyone, neither now or in his day --as his heresy trials can attest. Personally I find his words resound with whatever it is within me that connects with something called truth more than, well, most...

This thread is for trying to piece together Meister Eckhart's vision. Welcome to anyone with interest or curiosity about this sagacious German priest who was born in 1260 and died about 1328. Please add whatever comments or quotes you wish. Part of Eckhart's brilliance was in his ability to...

A link that may be of interest: Dr. Gabor Maté: "When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection"