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
jesus home soul
Jesus went into the temple and boldly drove out those that bought and sold. And when all was cleared, there was nobody left but Jesus. Observe this, for it is the same with us: when he is alone he is able to speak in the temple of the soul. If anyone else is speaking in the temple of your soul, Jesus will keep still, as if he were not at home. And he is not at home wherever there are strange guests-guests with whom the soul holds conversation, guests who are seeking to bargain. If Jesus is to speak and be heard, the soul must be alone and quiet.
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.
looks caught liberated
Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated.
meditation advice needs
He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
sympathy depression light
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
mind barriers objects
I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.
religion stones woods
.... all blades of grass, wood, and stone, all things are One.
love men contemplation
That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.
tree divinity pears
The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God.
work sleep calling
The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we can make it holy. However "sacred" a calling may be, as it is a calling, it has no power to sanctify; but rather as we are and have the divine being within, we bless each task we do, be it eating, or sleeping, or watching, or any other.
prayer lying men
A man may go into the field and say his prayer and be aware of God, or he may be in Church and be aware of God; but if he is more aware of Him because he is in a quiet place, that is his own deficiency and not due to God, Who is alike present in all things and places, and is willing to give Himself everywhere so far as lies in Him... He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere.
running spiritual solitude
Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.
spiritual changed spiritual-food
Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.
grief light darkness
It is in the darkness that one finds the light.