Mathew Fox: Many Wells, One River

 

Meister Eckhart says that "Divinity is an Underground river that no one can stop and no one can dam up." There is one underground river -- but there are many wells into that river: an African well, a Taoist well, a Buddhist well, a Jewish well, a Muslim well, a Goddess well, a Christian well, and aboriginal wells. Many wells but one river. To go down a well is to practice a tradition, but we would make a grave mistake (an idolatrous one) if we confused the well itself with the flowing waters of the underground river. Many wells, one river.

- Matthew Fox, excerpted from One River, Many Wells:

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