Warbler said:

well, I don't think I'll ever get what you or ABC or the guy in the videos is taking about. So I'll continue to think the way I think. I'm just not a philosopher.

btw, ABC please stop acting like I'm your pupil. It comes off as condescending and arrogant.

What I was talking about had nothing to do with philosophy, or Eckhart, but rather cultural understandings of things. It is common for cultures to equate emotions and logic with various internal organs. In much of Western culture we equate emotions with the heart, while in many other cultures emotions are equated with the stomach.

I mentioned the Americans trying to figure it out, because for some reason (probably our level of isolation, which is actually kind of ironic and sad considering our "melting pot" status), they have a particularly hard time grasping ideas and concepts from other cultures. All cultures come across difficulties when trying to understand another, but Americans tend to be exceptionally stubborn and resistant to foreign ideas.