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Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart

Eckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in Thuringia.

Meister is German for "Master", referring to the academic title Magister in theologia he obtained in Paris. Coming into prominence during the decadent Avignon Papacy and a time of increased tensions between the Franciscans and Eckhart's Dominican Order of Preacher Friars, he was brought up on charges later in life before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII, his "Defence" is famous for his reasoned arguments to all challenged articles of his writing and his refutation of heretical intent. He purportedly died before his verdict was received, although no record of his death or burial site has ever been discovered.

Meister Eckhart is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as "Johannes Eckhart", although Eckhart was his given name and von Hochheim was his surname.

"Perhaps no mystic in the history of Christianity has been more influential and more controversial than the Dominican Meister Eckart. Few, if any, mystics have been as challenging to modern day readers and as resistant to agreed-upon interpretation."
—Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart
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If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.
topics: gratitude , prayer  
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The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.
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Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
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And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
topics: beginnings  
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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
topics: fallibility , truth , zen  
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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.
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Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.
topics: mysticism  
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Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.
topics: spirituality  
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If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
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Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
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Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.
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I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.
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Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do well, you do well wherever you are. If you fail, you fail wherever you are. Your surroundings don't matter. God is with you everywhere -- in the market place as well as in seclusion or in the church. If you look for nothing but God, nothing or no one can disturb you. God is not distracted by a multitude of things. Nor can we be.
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When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it.
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Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell. Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.
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The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
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We are all meant to be mothers of God...for God is always needing to be born.
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Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow - for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.
topics: god , love , religion  
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A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
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One must learn an inner solitude, wherever one may be.
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