Christmas according to Meister Eckhart
The translation of this sermon is taken from:
Walshe, Maurice O'C (ed.) (2009). "The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart". The Crossroad Publishing Company.
For more information about Eckhart, suggested reading includes the following:
McGinn, Bernard (2003). "The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing". Independent Publishers Group.
McGinn, Bernard (1992). "Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press International, U.S.
McGinn, Bernard (1981). "Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press International, U.S.
You can also watch my previous video on the topic:
• Meister Eckhart & Chri...
The music used in this video was made by:
Johannes Bornlöf
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This is the best description of Christmas I have heard - amazing how it resonates with Advaita Vedanta 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I enjoy Meister Eckhart's work. Baffling audiences for 700 years
...Meister Eckhart sounds like a Born Again Pantheist...but I'm baffled...
@@anarchorepublican5954 Panentheism not pantheism 🙂
@@anarchorepublican5954 He wasn't a pantheist. Classical theism, panentheism and pantheism claim all the omnipresence of God. The abrahamic religions are much deeper than people give them credit for.
I can't help but think about the amount of learning and knowledge acquisition I have put in to get to a point where I can find, read, understand, and put in greater context the works of a man who says I must know nothing.
You are the sort of person who I could listen to for hours and hours! Absolutely NO Dogma! And for that you are highly appreciated! I have had several very Transcendental and numinous experiences, usually when I am out in nature... and I always come away from these experiences feeling quite blessed, despite the fact that there is no god, or Devine, or religious part to any of these experiences. I simply feel infinitely connected to everything and everyone, and I also feel a very special connection to the natural world! This is, I believe, an Oceanic type experience. Many people, having had such an experience, try to turn the ineffable into some sort of religion... but I think this is a very limiting path! Better to appreciate the illumination, such as it is, in silence, and with wonder!
I agree. Happy holidays!
All true but not that beard, loose 2.5inches of it and maintain…love from your phantom barber!
You had a spiritual experience as you expanded your consciousness.
Booooooooo!
🎄Merry Christmas, everyone! May God bless you and your family.
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed.
@@DutchJoan, Good Girl! 👌
Allah forgive them for they know not what they celebrate
You as well, my friend
Jesus ! I am crying. What a powerful sermon.
Thanks for a talk that helps make sense of Christianity and clarifies that it is an example of the Perennial philosophy. I wish Eckhart was more widely read by Christians.
Merry Christmas. Meister Eckhart is very much respected in Advaita Vedanta of Hinduism. Ground of God like Brahman & Soul in Ground of God equates to Atman The Self. In highest spiritual perspective Brahman = Atman.. Interesting Meister Eckhart arrives at Advaita philosophy independently similar to many Christian Mystics
In Islam it is "tawheed"... the transcendent unity of Al-Llah-- "The God".
@@nsbd90now you might like the video "Suhrawardi and the Philosophy of Illumination" from the same channel
Yea I found it very interesting , it is like a Christian advaita vedenta
Because mystical experiences of unity are similar in every human psyche, thats why we can find this concept in every part of the globe and time in history eg. Ometeotl in Aztec religion.
Tibetan buddhism calls it « The Ground of Beinh »
"Grunt" or in contemporary German "Grund" does mean 'Ground'. But it also means 'Reason' (cause). Interestingly, 'Reason' also has a dual meaning in English, which fits well in the meaning pattern. Merry Christmas everyone. 🎄🎅
Funny enough, if we find a person reasonable we refer to them in English as “well grounded”
@@Djm95454 well not everything in English was francified
I think this is the cognate for the English "grounds" meaning "justification."
Yes I think the English ground is almost a match. 'grounds for belief/ Well grounded'. We use base/basis too I guess. Perhaps grund goes a tad further semantically.
Very interesting. Grund & reason being close to the foundation! Gr-oundation
I watched this on Christmas Day and it was the most unique Christmas sermon I’ve heard (normal mass was cancelled due to the virus situation). I’ve been into Meister Eckhart’s work but I still haven’t read this. Much appreciated.
What a little Christmas treat, thank you
I fell asleep on Christmas Eve listening to your other Meister Eckhart video. Thanks for this welcome gift.
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Never enough of listening to you Huge thank you 🙏💕
Thank you for this. Eckhart’ s Christmas sermon reminds me of the mystical work, « The Cloud of the Unknowning ». This video has made my Christmas this year much more meaningful and precious than my usual Christmas.
I really needed to hear this, today. I do not know of Miester Ekharts work, but found this sermon thought provoking. Thank you for this. It will be a new avenue for me to explore.
I've been studying Eckhart all year, great job!
Awesome! Such a privilege to hear this masterpiece. I’d heard of Meister Eckhardt before but this has made me want to read further. His sermon is a refreshing antidote to the materialism of the “festive” season. Thank you 🙏🏼.
Love your videos, great gift for Christmas,, thanks
Outstanding. Never imagined I could enjoy that so much
certain parts of what you read gave me chills. thank you🙏
Hello, this was wonderful, thank you. Meister Eckhart is one of my all time favorite mystics, for exactly the reasons you pointed out. Have a blessed Christmas.
Merry Christmas Filip and tu your family, thank you for such beautiful works you have been delighting us with.🌲
beautiful, got this on Christmas's eve, made my day! Thank You
Merry christmas... thanks for this gift! It´s the best way I understand Christmas! Great Chanel!
Your reading of Eckhart is awesome. Thank you. This is a great help.
Excellent piece, as are all of your brilliantly compiled episodes. Many thanks, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours ~
God jul fra Norge🎄🇳🇴
Jul?
@@rimacalid6557 ja! Jul. Har’ukke hørt om sjølvste juleaften du da? Dæven døtte skrøtte bøtte.
Thank you for the video. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I am so glad that Eckhart's works survived as they have. His ways of describing how one might develop a conscious connection with God-the-Source go way beyond the often narrow confines of religious thought. Mystics of many non-Christian traditions have recognised the accessibility and power of Eckhart's insights. With the light of hindsight it is, I think, easy to see that Eckhart towered over those who challenged his Christian orthodoxy in the name of the institution. Thank you Felip for another wonderful video. Health and Peace, Paul
Merry Christmas, Thank you for your Channel!
Stunning. Thanx so much
Thank you!
God bless you. Thank you and Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and all yours!
🎄I hope you are enjoying a nice holiday season. May the new year bring you what you hope for and may your endeavours succeed. Stay healthy and safe! ❤️
Thank you for your extraordinary generosity. I'm just acquainting myself with the channel. And, I'm very happy to know you're around🙂
Very nice clip with good information thanks . As Iranian atheist I want to wish a very merry Christmas to all with lots of HAPPINESS and healthy life for every one. I have my glass of wine for everyone health and happiness . 🌹❤️🍷
Filip, I had heard of Meister Eckhart, but have not yet had the opportunity to read any of his work. Listening to you recite one of Eckhart's sermons was beautiful to hear (the importance of listening both discussed in the sermon as well as the beauty of hearing his sermon spoken). So thank you, Filip, for this treat. I also thank you for maintaining this channel. Your excellence as a content creator brings me back to your channel with every notification. Thank you again. - Megara
Thanks for sharing , merry Christmas
Really nice. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you for this beautiful video❤
Excellent talk and very relevant to today - Christmas day . Thank you . Very many ideas expressed here that seem to dovetail with advaita Vedanta , and in particular that statements of Sri Ramana Maharshi 🙏✝️🕉️
Pilot and his wife did not want Jesus dead: Matthew 27:15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas (son of his father, suggests he was a bastard). Matthew 27:17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Matthew 27:19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man (innocent man??), for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.” Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” So, both Pilot and his wife considered our Jesus to be an innocent man. And Pilot further says that he is innocent from Jesus’ blood. This further proves that if Jesus was alive in the cave, then no one would have wanted him dead. Instead, they would’ve all been more than willing to offer him medicine and treatment.
What you want to say@@Fear_ALLAH_and_speak_the_Truth
What I find so beautiful and so powerful in this teaching is that he tells us the way to God is through Stillness - Silence - Unknowing. Compare this to the endless hours of discussions, texts and debates trying to 'prove' the existence of Jesus or the Trinity, etc.. Or people trying to show how clever they are at beating their opponent in debate - KZhead is full of such examples. Eckhart will have none of this - remove the obstacle of our so-called powers and the Soul will shine with God's light. I could write more, but I will follow Eckhart's advice and now return to my Silence - my Path of Unknowing. One last thing to write is that he is absolutely right when he says that listening is better than seeing (reading?). I found listening to this sermon so much better than reading it. Does anyone know if there are audio versions of his sermons? If not, Filip, I suggest you record them and put them on sale - I would buy them. Thank you for this 'Christmas' message.
Thank you so much for this!
As you say fascinating, God given words , wonderful for Christmas greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work,your doing a great service.happy Christmas to you,and everyone.love...
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed.
Thank you for this very informative and interesting presentation. God bless everyone and peace be with you , your families and friends. Merry Christmas.
Merry Xmas the wording was truly great . Thank you
thank you . I loved it!!
Fascinating 🙏🏽
A Blessed and Merry Christmas to you!
Thank you for sharing!
Caught this a little late but what a great video and really enjoyed the reading of the sermon, very philosophical in its approach and relevant in different areas of faith and thought. Thanks for posting!! Happy Holidays and look forward to more insightful videos! :)
Thank you, merry christmas sir.
I am glad I found this channel!!!
Same here
Amém! Que Maravilha este sermão, meu amigo. Muito obrigado pela sua opção de iluminar a verdade de cada ângulo e linguagem da verdade. Deus te abençoe. Felizes Festas pra vc.
Always a pleasure to hear anything Eckhart related. Such a unique mystic, as we can see in his understanding of Christmas (Shunyamurti, whom I respect much, gave just a few days ago an explanation on the esoteric meaning of Christmas that seems to be inspired by Eckhart´s) and huge influence in my path.
Wow. Great selection! ❤️💚
Tusen takk for en fantastisk video og ønsker deg en riktig god jul ❄️🌟🌲
A wonderful episode! If I Just fast forward to part of the sermon, I might have thought that you were reading a Buddhist text on emptiness, a heart sutra, or Dzogchen teaching… or even Avaida Vadanta… It is wonderful! Thank you!
very interesting, thank you for sharing. happy holidays, friend
Thank you
Great work! Happy Birthday Yeshua שלום
Lovely. Thank You!
Merry Mystical Christmas
great video, thank you :)
Beautiful for me this is Unversal Soefism. This was a perfect Christmas Meditation
They all get at the same thing: the unity, the oneness, tawheed, advaita vedanta, non-duality, no-thing, no-self... This was a good Christmas message!
and then theres the trinity
@@batur_psychology19 That's why they then had to come up with "Godhead". lol!
Wowser! Thank you and Happy Holidays :)
Randomly landed upon your channel while I was searching about I smilies and haven't been able to hold myself back since. Watched 10 videos on the go and it's safe to say that the next is better than the one before. Just a recommendation, please make one video about Ahmedis(Qadians).
Great video thank you mate !!!
love this channel
I love your channel. Your channel got me to think about religion. It made me think about the religion I was born into, Islam. Thank you for exposing me to Christianity. Your videos are enlightening many Muslims about religion and religious tolerance.
I love how you assume muslims are religiously intolerant when history shows that non muslims are the ones attacking islam and muslims from the start (ie, we in europe initiated the crusades, or how we've treated out jewish communities over the centuries but I digress ...)
@@dekooks1543, rewriting history! Visit the ancient buddhist & hindu sites in indian subcontinent, Afghanistan & Persian sites in iran....! Statues & idols defaced & broken or blown up. Funny I-Salam or I-Shalom
@@dekooks1543 Islam literally spread from militaristic conquest of non-Muslim lands. The Crusades were initially a response to the Muslims conquering Christian lands in what is now Turkey.
@@baneofbanes loool literally ? the largest muslim country in the world is indonesia. The only people who militarily invaded them were the .... say it with me ... the dutch. Central asia was never under the control of arabs, they converted from buddishm opportunistically to evade the stupid hindu caste system, Islam penetrated west africa through commerce with the arabs, giving birth to the swahili language. West africa became muslim through trade with the north who are the only people who were attacked by the arabs and guess what ? they failed. North africa became muslim through arab muslim marrying into the notable tribes of the region it took centuries to happen. Southen spain became muslim because THEY WERE INVITED TO FIGHT by the locals. Keep telling yourself lies and revisioning history. Truth will always prevail. And let's not talk about who initiated the crusades hahaha thanks for the laugh
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Great production merry christmas
As a skeptic, non practicing protestant christian in modern Europe, Christmas is just a good excuse to feast and eat way too much with friends. But it's always good to remember the history of our traditions, and keep it alive. Let's not let it all disappear to capitalism and nationalism.
That’s probably the dumbest reason to keep up with Christian traditions.
Merry Christmas 🌲🌲🌲🌲☃️☃️☃️🌲☃️🌲☃️☃️ to all Christian around the world
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed. - To anyone who is willing to accept a heartfelt wish.
Thank you brother - God bless you in this life and the next x
Man I love this channel! I’d really like some videos on Sikhism though, feels like the least talked about faith despite how big it is! December is an eventful month in our history…
thank you
Awesome brother!
Thanks!
Happy Holidays and Blessings to All!
God Jul!! 🎄⭐❤⛪
Eckhart: nothing in the world is in God except as in its cause, but being with God from the beginning, before His appearance and causation, like God in God, is something so great! God bless Meister Eckhart and GWF Hegel - the greatest christian philosophers ever!
Merry Christmas!
Fantastic content mate Merry Christmas!
There is so much there to think about, I would like to read it and contemplate it. Wishing there was a transcript of this video...
Great! Thank you! So far as I know, Eckhart Tolle took his first name from him.
🎄🎄🎄🥂🍾 Have a blessed day
😇 May God Bless You Always! 😇
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed.
Happy new year and amazing video
Thank you so much for this. It is so beautiful!
Nice work 👍
🍻🍻✨✨ felicidades rancho
Huzzah! A Christmas miracle!
Happy Christmas to my Christian brothers ❤️🇧🇩
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed. - from a non-christian sister -
Happy Holidays
great video
Merry Christmas and happy Aryan winter solstice .
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed.
Merry Christmas Filip and all Comparative Religionists! Excited to see a lot more next year! By the way, how awesome would a Pope Eckhart be? Pretty cool I say.
That would be pretty interesting!
Pope Eckhart would change the world
We likened our consternation with MEs ideas to maggots wishing for eyes. So much fun to discuss with like minded people. Just laughing how dumb we were when contemplating this rocket man. So freakin cool
Happy Holidays to all my Chrstian bros 🎁🎄😊
Enjoy the holiday season, the good food and drinks and the company of family and friends. May the new year bring you what you hope for and present you with opportunities for your endeavours to succeed. - From a non-christian sister
Happy birth of Christ to you also 🎉
Hey i love your videos and if i may make a request as an audience, i think it'd better if you put sections/chapters/time stamps into your videos and divide the content accordingly. I feel that it'd help us viewers out very much