Inner Solitude – Aug. 14, 2020
Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, 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. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
Always Beginning – Aug. 13, 2020
The word of God is always “in the beginning.”And this means that it is always in the process of being born and is already born.Now, it is the nature of the word to reveal what is hidden.The Word that is hidden still sparkles in the darkness and whispers in the silence.It entices us to pursue […]
To Work Without a Why – Aug. 12, 202
As long as we perform our works in order to go to heaven, we are simply on the wrong track.And until we learn to work without a why or wherefore, we have not learned to work or to live or why. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
Where Clinging Ends – Aug. 11, 2020
There, where clinging to things ends, is where God begins to be.If a cask is to contain wine, you must first pour out the water. The cask must be bare and empty.Therefore, if you wish to receive divine joy and God, first pour out your clinging to things.Everything that is to receive must and ought […]
