2006-11-10 Very good job!

Author Matthew Fox does a very job here laying out the enlightened spirituality of the great 13th century German mystic in a style that is easy to read and immediately impactful. Meister Eckhart knew from personal experience that human beings can relate and connect to the universal consciousness (commonly known as God) inwardly and directly: that God is not something/someone "out there" in some fictional after-life, but that He/It resides deeply within each individual, all the time, waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. The Church prosecuted Eckhart as a heretic for revealing this eternal truth, yet this has only elevated him into the status of a true mystic, a man of vision and experience who went beyond the limiting dogma and literalism of Christian Scripture. Eckhart easily rivals Ramana Maharshi as the most adept spiritual teacher of the last two thousand years, and yet is still relatively unknown. Discovering Eckhart is therefore a real treat and reward for all genuine seekers. He won't let you down! Each page of this book offers Eckhart's splended insights as snippets, like poems, just a few lines per page, giving the reader just enough to contemplate and digest before moving on. This is a very astute method, especially if you're to new Eckhart and want to taste before you buy, so to speak. After this, read Meister Eckhart: From Whom God Hid Nothing, to get a more thorough and absorbing experience of Eckhart's brilliance.