Living From the Divine Ground: Meister Eckhart's Praxis of Detachment

Meister Eckhart's notion of detachment constitutes a dynamic and vital key concept that lies at the heart of and unlocks Eckhart's richly textured mysticism. Eckhart makes a valuable contribution to the contemporary discourse on mysticism by emphasizing the dialectical and unbreakable connection between "interiority" and "exteriority" and highlighting the transformative nature of detachment. Detachment, for Eckhart, is not a static concept, but is rather a dynamic apophatic, kenotic, and dialectical activity. Eckhart's notion of detachment, disclosing the "this-worldly" and egalitarian dimensions of his mysticism, teaches us what it means to be truly and authentically human vis-à-vis self, other, community, and the transcendent.