Bounds Quote by Meister Eckhart

“God is bound to act, to pour himself out (into thee) as soon as ever he shall find thee ready.”

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[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge.

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I need to be silent for awhile, worlds are forming in my heart.

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“But where is this true possession of God, whereby we really possess him, to be found? This real possession of God is to be found in the heart, in an inner motion of the spirit towards him and striving for him, and not just in thinking about him always and in the same way. For that would be beyond the…

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The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing…

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If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.

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Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.

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