Heidegger and Meister Eckhart on Releasement

Heidegger on technology and Gelassenheit: wabi-sabi and the art of Verfallenheit

“…For Dreyfus, a kind of mindfulness, as we speak of it today, might be what Heidegger had in mind with respect to technology. But there are also contributions beyond analytic readers of Heidegger and on the continental side of reflection on Heidegger and technology, Reiner Schür-mann's reflection on releasement is of note (Schürmann 1973).…”

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

“…32 Reiner Schürmann beautifully describes the kenotic effects of detachment: "In the desert, the wind and the sand wipe out the traces of the caravans: the steps of God disappear together with those of man [sic] and the world." 33 The locus classicus of Eckhart's understanding of detachment is his evocative sermon 1, "Intravit Iesus in templum." Here, Eckhart explores the biblical story of Jesus' discontent with the commerce in the temple and his expulsion of the vendors.…”

Negative Theology, Derrida and the Critique of Presence: A Poststructuralist Reading of Meister Eckhart

“…17 'When I flowed out, all creatures said "God"': as soon as one steps outside the Godhead, language can resume, significations can occur, God can be called 'God' again. The 'house' reference in the quotation, as Schürmann explains, 18 is the reference to the Godhead as 'a house … full of people but from which no one has as yet gone out. Let the dwellers go out into the street and they will be hailed "God", "Eckhart".'…”