The earliest lessons of childhood lead us to believe in the illusion of our separateness. The world teaches us to assert, to accumulate, to define ourselves by what we do, what we own, and what others think and say about us. Individualism becomes not just a habit, but a lens through which we see everything—including the Holy.
But Meister Eckhart invites us into a deeper seeing.
“The eye with which I see God (the Beloved) is the same eye with which God sees me.”
— Meister Eckhart
This is no small shift. It is a quiet undoing of the ego’s fortress. As we begin to encounter the presence of our Lover—not merely beyond us, but within—our tight grasp on selfhood begins to loosen.
Eckhart reminds us that it is not through striving that we find union with Holy Oneness, but through surrender. Giving up our individualist ways is not a rejection of our uniqueness but a softening of the walls that keep us alone. Slowly, through love, silence, joy, and undoing, we awaken to the truth that the Beloved is not far off, rather dwelling at the very center of our being.
“The Beloved is at home. It is we who have gone out for a walk.”
— Meister Eckhart
In returning to this inner sanctuary, we are not erased—we are made whole. The love of the Lover does not diminish us; it completes us. Our boundaries dissolve not into emptiness, but into a communion that holds all things.
This journey is not swift. It unfolds slowly, tenderly, sometimes painfully, over the years. But as we release the illusion of separateness, we are drawn ever deeper into the heart of the Holy Oneness, where all things live and move and have their being.
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