"Contemplation goes deep when it really happens, when you really do it—because it takes you into the nothingness, into the space of silence and stillness. Meister Eckhart says, 'Nothing is so like God in all creation as stillness.' But out of that, you give birth. Eckhart also says, 'I once had a dream—even though a man—I dreamt I was pregnant, pregnant with nothingness. And out of this nothingness, God was born.'”
I love this imagery of God as the Nothing and God being born from Nothing. This is the stuff that makes me see radical theology as the theological heir to Eckhart's mystical theology.
"Contemplation goes deep when it really happens, when you really do it—because it takes you into the nothingness, into the space of silence and stillness. Meister Eckhart says, 'Nothing is so like God in all creation as stillness.' But out of that, you give birth. Eckhart also says, 'I once had a dream—even though a man—I dreamt I was pregnant, pregnant with nothingness. And out of this nothingness, God was born.'”
I love this imagery of God as the Nothing and God being born from Nothing. This is the stuff that makes me see radical theology as the theological heir to Eckhart's mystical theology.
Good thought, Bo! Thanks and wishing you well.
How awesome to have this conversation. <3
Absolutely, a gift!