In existographies, Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) (IQ:145|#664) [RGM:266|1,500+] was a German theologian, philosopher, and spiritual mystic, noted for []
Christ myth
Eckhart, according to Tom Harpur (2004), wrote that Christ was not a historical person, per se, but rather “the collective soul of humanity”. [1]
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Eckhart:
“If we turn from the forms, produced by external circumstances, and go to the root of things, we shall find that Sakyamuni and Meister Eckhart teach the same thing; only that the former dared to express his ideas plainly and positively, whereas Eckhart is obliged to clothe them in the garment of the Christian myth, and to adapt his expressions thereto.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer (1844), The World as Will and Representation, Volume Two (§:XLVIII). Publisher.
Quotes | By
The following are quotes by Eckhart:
“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.”
— Meister Eckhart (c.1310) (Ѻ)
“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.”
— Meister Eckhart (c.1310), paraphrase of his Speech 5b DW I + Speech 30 DW II + On Detachment DW V, as quoted (Ѻ) in 1990 film Jacob’s Ladder
References
1. Harpur, Tom. (2004). The Pagan Christ (pg. 41). Thomas Allan Publishers.
External links
● Meister Eckhart – Wikipedia.
