Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.
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What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the continual relevance of divine presence in our lives and the need for each individual to manifest it in their own context.
Meister Eckhart's quote reflects on the timeless and personal nature of spirituality, suggesting that the divine is not a singular historical event but an ongoing process. He urges individuals to seek and nurture the divine within themselves, highlighting the importance of personal experience and contemporary relevance in spirituality.
Themes
DivineSpiritualityInner GrowthContemporary RelevanceSelf-Awareness
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about the importance of personal faith, this quote might inspire listeners to embrace their own spiritual journeys.
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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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The most important hour is always the present. _x000D_ The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. _x000D_ The most necessary work is always love.
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