God is bound to act, to pour himself out (into thee) as soon as ever he shall find thee ready. Meister Eckhart More Quotes by Meister Eckhart More Quotes From Meister Eckhart 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. Meister Eckhart loving-yourself love-yourself men The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God. Meister Eckhart pears divinity tree When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it. Meister Eckhart soul want steps Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Meister Eckhart secure felt life People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are. Meister Eckhart philosophical worry people It is in the darkness that one finds the light. Meister Eckhart grief light darkness 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. Meister Eckhart eye disappointment god He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. Meister Eckhart meditation would-be advice Compassion is where peace and justice kiss Meister Eckhart kissing compassion justice If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God. Meister Eckhart seeking profit god God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction. Meister Eckhart philosophical simplicity soul The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'. Meister Eckhart silence secret letting-go To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God. Meister Eckhart empty emptiness god The very best and highest attainment in this life is to Meister Eckhart speak life-is letting-go Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. Meister Eckhart light depression sympathy The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me. Meister Eckhart eye faith god Between God and Me there is no 'Between'. Meister Eckhart There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now. Meister Eckhart instant tomorrow yesterday What does God do all day long? He gives birth. From the beginning of eternity, God lies on a maternity bed giving birth to all. God is creating this whole universe full and entire in this present moment. Meister Eckhart creating long lying You will have peace to the extent that you have God, and the further you are away from God the less you will be at peace... Thus you may measure your progress with God by measuring your peace or the lack of it. Meister Eckhart spiritual christian god
