The Medieval Antidote to Your Addiction to Doing

Philosopheasy Podcast · Jul 31, 2026 · 26m

That quiet Sunday panic—the one where stillness feels like a problem to be solved—is something Eckhart knew intimately. And the paradox he uncovered is that we turn even our spiritual liberation into a project. The open loop I left you with is the thing nobody tells you: Gelassenheit cannot be achieved. The self that tries to do it is the same self that’s terrified of silence.

Beyond the gate, I unpack the radical shift from doing to undoing. The distinction that changes everything is this: your worth is not a resume you must keep updating, but a ground that waits beneath the noise. I’ll walk…