…not only your own valley, but someone else's. Well, I think this may be a very interesting point. Again, to quote what Eckhart says, that what is taken in by contemplation is given out in charity, that the realization of the complete solidarity of the…

…And finally, it's used in the common sense of the word as correspondence between symbolic propositions and the facts to which they refer. Eckhart, of course, was a theologian as well as a mystic, and he would not have denied that truth in the third sense…

…of what the Buddhists call prajnaparamita, which is the wisdom of the other shore, with mahakaruna, which is universal compassion. That, as Eckhart says, what is taken in by contemplation is given out in love. And this is, as I say, the value of the…

…is a mistaken placement of the absolute. We know in an obscure and profound way that in the depth of our being, in what Eckhart calls the ground of our being, we are identical with the divine ground. But what we, and we wish of course to realize this…

…the Tao. And this, I think, is at the basis of all mystical religion. You see it very clearly in the writings of Eckhart, just as you do in the Oriental philosophy. And the problem, the practical problem arises, how do we get ourselves into a position…

…will actually produce this thing. All we can do is to get out of our own light, to use our will to will ourselves away. Eckhart has again another curious remark. He says, God and God's will are one. I and my will are two. we have somehow to use our…