There is a secret hidden in the heart
Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets
a treasure as close to us as our breath
a mystery living in the midst of our soul.
Finding it is simple, but may be hard,
since to do so we must abandon the self
we thought we were and seek the gift
that is always ours: this inner spark
that no darkness can finally extinguish,
though it keeps us from knowing it.
This gift is always present to us, if only
we have eyes to see. And when we do,
we will find its radiance in everything,
and at all times, this light that blazes
on in a darkness that cannot put it out,
this secret that finds us when we risk
abandoning ourselves to this presence.
We received about 4-5 inches of snow yesterday evening and through the night. I heard that the Denver Metro area received as much as 10 inches. I cleaned off the car then drove out into the winter wonderland.
The above poem is the prologue from a new book called Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets by Mark Burrows and Jon Sweeney. It is a followup book to one called the Book of the Heart. It is their work of converting Eckhart’s writing into poetic meditations. Eckhart did not write poetically but in many ways, as they suggest, “his thought was profoundly poetic.” The romantic in me and my spiritual path have allowed me to enjoy the first book so giving this one a chance.