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
knows
God cannot know himself without me.
suffering
Nothing is sharper than suffering, nothing is sweeter than to have suffered.
faith god eye
The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.
rivers dams
God is a great underground river that no one can dam up and no one can stop.
god process ritual
To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process
god looks chance
Our best chance of finding God is to look in the place where we left him.
shining taste divine
Whoever possesses God in their being has Him in a divine manner, and He shines out to them in all things; for them all things taste of God and in all things it is God's image that they see.
god growing-up hard-work
The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.
funny god home
God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
love spiritual compassion
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
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.
men doors self
The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.
letting-go life-is speak
The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.
heart garden peaceful
God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.