Meister Eckhart Quotes About Letting Go
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Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.
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For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.
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Let God work in you, give the work to God, and have peace. Don't worry if He works through your nature or above your nature, because both are His, nature and grace.
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The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.
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People who have let go of themselves are so pure that the world cannot harm them.
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The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.
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All that God asks you most pressingly is to go out of yourself … and let God be God in you
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Once a man came to me - it was not too long ago - and said that he had given away much landed property and many goods for his own sake so that he might save his soul. Then I thought: 'How little and how insignificant is what you have let go of! It is blindness and foolishness for you to continue looking at all you've let go of. If, however, you've let go of yourself, then you've really let go.'
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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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Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter.
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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'.
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