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What if Eckhart is right, and the very meaning of “soul” is compassion? Soul then becomes a verb, a deed, more than a noun or a
In Eckhart’s Sermon, “The Soul as an Ocean,” he lays out profound teachings about compassion. He ends his sermon in search of the meaning of
One of the most moving sermons ever preached by Meister Eckhart is about the yin side of compassion. I call it: “Compassion is an Ocean—the
“Compassion means justice.” That is the ancient teaching about compassion. The prophets of Israel insisted on the union of compassion and justice, as does Meister
In the Jewish tradition, compassion is recognized as “the secret name for God.” One might say that Jesus let the secret out of the bag
We are addressing the foundational question: “What does it mean to be human?” by invoking the “10 C’s” of the creation spirituality lineage. Up to
We are exploring an overall question the last few months: “What does it mean to be human?” The great rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel addresses our
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