MEISTER ECKHARTS BK OF THE HEART

I read a couple of these eloquent poems at a time, then read some poems, then a reflection by Janaka Stagnaro in Shasta Keys, then a reflection by Fr Richard Rohr in Yes .. And. I am not sure the poems in Book of the Heart are accurate translations of Meister Eckhart's teaching, but they are illuminating poems to read and I am very glad I bought the book.

You don't have to be a Christian in order appreciate the message of this book since it can easily be interpreted metaphorically. The pages contain easy to digest sayings of Meister Eckhart, many of which have deep mystical insights which can be applied in one's daily life. A must have book for those interested in mysticism.

Sometimes you need to have the actual book in your hand before you know [exactly] what it is you purchased. Thankfully, this worked out in my favour. I am not a fan of glibly written spiritual reflections or meditations and have taken to reading poetry instead whenever I need "help". So I thought these were poems written by Meister Eckhart. Well, they are actually poetic renderings by Sweeney & Burrows of Meister Elkhart's writings. At first, when I realized this on getting my copy I felt nonplussed and didn't even try to read it; but I didn't want to return it without at least giving it a chance. It really is a well written and well conceived book. So glad I didn't reject it before giving it a chance.I am a Catholic and am given to a life of prayer. The "help" I mentioned above is simply a need to quiet my mind and help it slow down. This book is quite amazing in that way...and so I recommend it highly.

My book was delivered promptly and in excellent condition.

I would have written this sooner, but one has to linger over these pages, each of which bears re-reading before going to the next. To read more than two or three at a time is profligate, because these are prayer/poems to savor, because the translators write of a mystery. They have revealed Eckhart's deus absconditus to be "hidden in plain sight," available, accessible, somehow an evanescent intimate. Here, paradox is palpable and not unearned assertion. Nor are these pretty paradoxes, but instead rude challenges to those in thrall to the romance of religion, the very challenges Jesus represented in word and deed. The translators' achievement exposes new age fads as the gnomic cliches they are, for here, rather, Sweeney and Burrows have shown us the way into a tender zone where e.e. cummings meets m. buber, where the heart beats and the breath quickens. The translators bespeak the costly grace which makes us ultimately able, in the phrase of Hannah Arendt, to love the world as it is. Here the beautiful is not an aesthetic but an ethical category. A very good and necessary job of spiritual work.