{"id":1616,"date":"1992-08-21T22:19:14","date_gmt":"1992-08-21T22:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=1616"},"modified":"2014-08-02T07:06:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T07:06:19","slug":"blues-aint-nothing-but-a-good-soul-feeling-bad-0821","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=1616","title":{"rendered":"08\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=1535\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?attachment_id=1432\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"205,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Blues Ain&#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blues Ain&#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?resize=70%2C102\" alt=\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\" width=\"70\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY Dominican was charged with <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Adj. 1) Relating to or characteristic of mysticism 2) Relating to or resembling mysticism 3) Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding'>mystical<\/abbr> heresy. Meister Eckhart had to defend his beliefs that God is love and that personal salvation, the center of life, can only be sought by direct union with God\u2014 a union that could be achieved only by facing God with unswerving affection. He also believed that \u201chowever you accomplish this is the way for you.\u201d A legend tells of Meister Eckhart meeting a beautiful naked boy and asking where he comes from:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve come from God.\u201d \u201cWhere did you leave him?\u201d \u201cIn virtuous hearts.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY Dominican was charged with <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Adj. 1) Relating to or characteristic of mysticism 2) Relating to or resembling mysticism 3) Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding'>mystical<\/abbr> heresy. 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