Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart
Eckhart von Hochheim O.P., commonly known as Meister Eckhart , was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryGermany
grieving soul may
Everything is meant to be lost, that the soul may stand in unhampered nothingness
self true-self
The more deeply we are our true selves, the less self is in us.
kissing compassion justice
Compassion is where peace and justice kiss
god expression made
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
god emptiness empty
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
world may language
Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.
life ifs secure
Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.
funny god home
God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
soul doe subtraction
The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.
letting-go memories angel
The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.
rivers dams
God is a great underground river that no one can dam up and no one can stop.
heart garden peaceful
God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
moving causes increase
In this breaking-through, I receive that God and I are one. Then I am what I was, and then I neither diminish nor increase, for I am then an immovable cause that moves all things.
god creation stillness
Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.