Meister Eckhart: Listener Questions (Part 3)

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Welcome to the listener questions series from our sessions on Meister Eckhart. Due to the volume of questions this season, we have decided to make three episodes dedicated to listener questions. This is the third and final episode addressing questions on Meister Eckhart. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here. Jim's reading list for Meister Eckhart can be found here. Connect with us: This podcast is made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at https://cac.org/support-cac/podcasts/ Thank you!

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0:41.4	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more,
0:46.3	visit cac.org. Greetings. I'm Jim Finley. And I'm Kiston Oates. Welcome to
0:55.8	Turning to the Mystics. Welcome everyone to the final episode of season 7 of Turning to the
1:09.3	Mystics where we've been turning to the German Mystic Meister Eckert. And this session is part three
1:17.8	of our question and response sessions where we've had a wonderful set of listener questions come
1:24.9	in and we've been addressing them over the past few episodes. So welcome Jim to this final session.
1:31.9	Yes, yes, welcome. Good. You know, been a great session, great season. And you had some
1:37.3	opening thoughts about the questions we've been getting. Yes, I wanted to make a clarification
1:43.1	about a statement that I made last time I'd like to clarify because it could be misunderstood.
1:49.0	I made the observation that there's all these questions. But just to know that if we can get an
1:55.2	answer to all our possible questions, it doesn't necessarily mean we have found our way to what Eckert's
2:01.3	inviting us to discover. And that's true. And I said, but we have to do it. I did a lot of it.
2:08.9	See, how do I clarify this and how do I clarify? Because it's in the consistency of clarifications
2:14.4	that we get a broader base. That's really true. But what I like that is just something more here,
2:19.6	I think, in the very quality of these questions. It isn't that you're asking for information.
2:26.6	I can answer to a question. But rather in the asking of the question and in listening to the
2:33.3	response, you're kind of interiorly quickened with the joy of this, with the mystery of this,
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