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Old 22-03-2019, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by janielee
Some simple people think that they will see God as if He were standing there and they here. It is not so. God and I, we are one. (1)

I am converted into Him in such a way that He makes me one Being with Himself-not a similar being. By the living God, it is true that there is no distinction ! (2)

3809 | Meister Eckhart

Yes, but what is forgotten is that you/me disappear, cease to exist, when that happens.
The common idea is that with that transformation I become more, whereas in fact I become less, and in the end nothing.

Other sayings from the Meister say that very clearly.
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