Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.
Meister EckhartRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of humility and allowing God's presence to thrive within oneself.
In this quote, Meister Eckhart conveys the idea that our primary role as created beings is to transcend our own ego and self-importance, thereby allowing divine qualities to manifest within us. It suggests that by letting go of our self-centeredness, we can truly experience and embody the presence of God, leading to a more profound spiritual existence.
Themes
HumilityDivineSpiritualitySelflessnessGod
In practice
Example use cases
In a religious gathering, to encourage selflessness in faith.
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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.
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Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.
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If you love yourself, you love everybody else as you do yourself. As long as you love another person less than you love yourself, you will not really succeed in loving yourself but if you love all alike, including yourself, you will love them as one person and that person is both God and man.
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