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"I think Mark Burrows and Jon Sweeney achieve something quite rare and wonderful here. They make Eckhart clear, concise, and very compelling!" —Richard Rohr, OFM, bestselling author of Falling Upward

An elegant rendering of the great mystic's thoughts on the mysteries of authentic life

This is a little book about soul freedom. It is a book about discovering the secret to all the things we most desire: contentment, meaning, peace of mind, and true freedom. This skillfully edited translation of selections from the writings of Meister Eckhart provides a roadmap to the spiritual life for contemporary seekers. Eckhart takes us on a journey of discovery; a journey in which we learn to let go, relinquish our need to know everything, and lose those things that we think are important for a life of worth. And in the end he shows us that the true secret is this: to find yourself, you must lose yourself.

Here is timeless wisdom from a medieval mystic who has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Arthur Schopenhauer, Dag Hammarskjöld, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, Rudolf Steiner, and Matthew Fox have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought. In addition, his work has influenced the development of 20th-century American Buddhism and the Theosophical tradition.

Divided into five sections—Seeking the Light, Facing Darkness, Risking Love, Knowing Nothing, and Embracing Everything—the book leads readers on the path to an authentic spiritual life.
"I think Mark Burrows and Jon Sweeney achieve something quite rare and wonderful here. They make Eckhart clear, concise, and very compelling!" —Richard Rohr, OFM, bestselling author of Falling Upward

An elegant rendering of the great mystic's thoughts on the mysteries of authentic life

This is a little book about soul freedom. It is a book about discovering the secret to all the things we most desire: contentment, meaning, peace of mind, and true freedom. This skillfully edited translation of selections from the writings of Meister Eckhart provides a roadmap to the spiritual life for contemporary seekers. Eckhart takes us on a journey of discovery; a journey in which we learn to let go, relinquish our need to know everything, and lose those things that we think are important for a life of worth. And in the end he shows us that the true secret is this: to find yourself, you must lose yourself.

Here is timeless wisdom from a medieval mystic who has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Arthur Schopenhauer, Dag Hammarskjöld, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, Rudolf Steiner, and Matthew Fox have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought. In addition, his work has influenced the development of 20th-century American Buddhism and the Theosophical tradition.

Divided into five sections—Seeking the Light, Facing Darkness, Risking Love, Knowing Nothing, and Embracing Everything—the book leads readers on the path to an authentic spiritual life.
Über den Autor
Jon M. Sweeney is an award-winning author and independent scholar. Currently, Jon is religion editor at Monkfish Book Publishing, editor of Living City magazine, and book review editor at [...]. He speaks at literary and religious conferences, in churches and synagogues, and at independent bookstores. He is a Catholic married to a rabbi, and their interfaith marriage has been profiled in national media. He has been interviewed by the Dallas Morning News and The Irish Catholic, on radio with NPR and the BBC, and on television for CBS Saturday Morning, as well as NBC’s The Morning Blend and CBS Sunday Morning in Milwaukee.

Jon’s books on Franciscan spirituality have sold a quarter million copies. He’s also author of thirty other books on spirituality, mysticism, biography, and memoir, including Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart, coauthored with Mark S. Burrows (Hampton Roads, 2017); Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices (St. Martin’s Essentials, 2021); and Sit in the Sun: And Other Lessons in the Spiritual Wisdom of Cats (Broadleaf, 2023). The Pope Who Quit (Doubleday/Image, 2014) has sold 50,000+ copies and was optioned by HBO.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781571748478
ISBN-10: 1571748474
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sweeney, Jon M
Burrows, Mark S
Hersteller: Red Wheel
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 175 x 125 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Jon M Sweeney (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.10.2019
Gewicht: 0,194 kg
Artikel-ID: 116009788