Meister Eckhart: Listener Questions (Part 1)

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Turning to the Mystics has reached its 100th episode! Thanks to all of you for listening and staying engaged with the show, both in practice and in community. Due to the volume of questions this season, we have decided to make three episodes dedicated to listener questions. This is the first of three 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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0:00.0	How do you tell the story of your inner journey? Join James Finley for the healing stories online
0:06.0	retreat. Saturday, August 26th from 9-5 Pacific. Inspired by his memoir, The Healing Path,
0:14.4	Jim offers guided reflections to help you become more conscious of the thread of your own sacred
0:20.5	journey. The event will be recorded and all registered will have access to the replay.
0:26.5	Register today at cac.org-healing-retreat. That's cac.org. Slash h-e-a-l-i-n-g-r-e-t-r-e-a-t.
0:41.4	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:48.8	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley. And I'm Kirsten Oates. Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
1:04.1	Welcome everyone to season seven of Turning to the Mystics, where we've been
1:09.6	turning to the German Mystic, Master Eckert. And we've come to the time in our season where we
1:16.0	turn to listener questions. And this season, we've had more listener questions than ever before,
1:22.2	which has just been wonderful. And so we're going to have three episodes dedicated to listener
1:28.7	questions. So this is the first of three. But before we get started in looking at the questions,
1:35.6	we have a little milestone to celebrate today. And so I'm here with Jim and with Corey to let
1:43.1	you know that today's episode will be our hundredth episode, which is so exciting. Jim, I wonder
1:51.5	if you have any reflections on reaching this milestone? Yes, yes I do. For me, what I graduated
2:02.6	from high school and went to the monastery with Thomas Burton, it was all these life-changing things.
2:08.9	And it was Sue Merton that I was introduced to the classical text of these mystics we've
2:15.1	been listening to in the series, John the Cross, Teresa, that card and so on. And so it's been like a
2:21.5	lineage of mystical awakening down through the ages. And then I saw Thomas Burton as a living
2:28.6	embodiment of that. I saw him as a living, he was a lineage holder in this mystical consciousness.
2:35.5	And that kind of angelic wisdom of the contemplative way has so touched me and enriched my life.
2:45.6	Then when I started leading and sharing in retreats around the country, I picked up people's
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