Why do you speak of God? Whatever you say of Him is false.
Master Eckhardt
Seeking and inquisitive
So that you can determine if Zeeveld is a place for you: our inquisitive streak is perhaps one of our most important traits. What further characterizes us is that this search is very practical and grounded. It takes place in and through our daily work and interaction with each other. The question is always: what is sensible, given the concrete situation? What is fertile? What is feasible? What works? Considerations that we do not make in a vacuum, but in relation to the spirit that we think we perceive in our most important sources of inspiration: the Bible and the precept of Benedict. Which, to be clear, we don’t follow to the letter.
“Mr. Reve, do you believe God exists?”
“Ah boy,” Reve said, “existence, existence, that doesn’t need God at all.
For whom?
Spiritual snackers don’t seem to feel at home in Zeeveld. They experience us as ‘too strict’. At the other extreme of the spectrum, fundamentalists experience us as ‘separated from God’. Who is in the right place in Zeeveld? Anyone who is related to the questions that inspire us and to how we deal with them: examining everything, keeping the good. Practical touchstone for this is the willingness to commit to Liber methodology.
