Meister Eckhart’s Greatest Sermon!! Sermon 87
October 2, 2012
Sermon 87 – On ‘the Poor in Spirit’
Beati pauperes spiritu quia ipsorum est regnum caelorum (Matt. 5:3)
Beatitude itself opened its mouth of wisdom and said: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’. All angels, all saints, and everything that was ever born must keep silent when the wisdom of the Father speaks: for all the wisdom of angels and all creatures is pure folly before the unfathomable wisdom of God. This wisdom has declared that the poor are blessed.
Now there are two kinds of poverty. The one is external poverty and this is good and much to be commended in the man who practises it voluntarily for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he himself possessed. About this poverty I shall say no more now. But there is another poverty, an interior poverty, to which this word of our Lord applies when He says: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’. Read the rest of this entry »
My quote of the week – from Neil Young
June 13, 2012
The following lines from the Neil Young’s song “On the Beach” basically sums things up for me at the moment……
“Though my problems are meaningless
That don’t make them go away”
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A Zen Saying….
June 11, 2012
Present Tense – Pearl Jam
May 30, 2012
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Present Tense – Lyrics
Do you see the way that tree bends?
Does it inspire?
Leaning out to catch the sun’s rays
A lesson to be applied
Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, oh
Or you can come to terms and realize
You’re the only one who can’t forgive yourself, oh
Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense
Have you ideas on how this life ends?
Checked your hands and studied the lines
Have you the belief that the road ahead, ascends off into the light?
Seems that needlessly it’s getting harder
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
You can spend your time alone re-digesting past regrets, oh
Or you can come to terms and realize
You’re the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense
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Flaming Flowers – photo with Zen Saying
April 16, 2012
A Zen saying on a photo I took at AfrikaBurn a few years ago.
my new year’s resolution
January 18, 2012
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Therefore now let us seek
To perceive simplicity,
To conserve beauty in the heart,
To curb selfishness and to have few desires.
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Tao Te Ching
TAO verse 16
December 4, 2011
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Digital art – Meister Echhart
December 3, 2011
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I discovered this photo at the Flickr site of the photographer and digital artist, Hartwig Kopp-Delaney. I highly recommend that you take a look at the site and also his website.
The Gospel of Thomas 111.
November 27, 2011
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An excerpt from The Gospel of Thomas -The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus. A beautiful translation, with commentary, by Jean-Yves Leloup.
An artwork by Sue Jowell
June 15, 2011
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I just love this artwork by Sue Jowell. It is made using various metals mounted on a wooden base. Size: 30cm x 30cm. I hope you enjoy too!
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