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Advent, Solstice, Eckhart on the Apophatic God 12/20/2022 |
Even though Meister Eckhart celebrated richly the God of light and wonder and creation, he also laid out a profoundly generous banquet of teachings on the Apophatic Divinity as
well. |
Following are a few Via Positiva teachings from him that are indispensable: Every creature is a word of God and a book about God. This means that every creature is a Bible, a holy book and revelation
about God. | A tree is a word of God; the universe is a word of God.
Photo: Robson Hatsukami Morgan on
Unsplash |
It also means that every creature is a Logos, a word of God, another Christ, a Cosmic Christ. The universe is such; a tree is such; a river or a stone or moss is such. Humans can be
such. |
| If the only prayer you say in your whole life is ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice. Being alive, being here, having the miracle of existence is the greatest gift
of all. |
Living is about thanking; true religion is about gratitude. The gift of life is a radical gift, a breakthrough in 13.8 billion years of history. What a surprise that each of us was invited aboard this evolutionary choo-choo! Can we remember to be grateful? And pass on the gift to others? Pass on the sacred and healthy Earth to others? |
Following are some of his important Via Negativa teachings regarding the Apophatic Divinity whom we honor in a special way in this season of Advent and Solstice. Be with them, meditate on them especially this season. God the ineffable one has no name. The divine one is a negation of negations and a denial of
denials. |
God is neither this thing nor that thing that we can express. God is a being beyond all being; God is a beingless
being. Truly God is a hidden God.The naked God is without a name and is the denial of all names and has never been give a name and so remains a truly hidden God. God’s darkness is a superessential darkness. A mystery behind mystery. A mystery within mystery that no light has ever penetrated. | |
The final goal of being is the darkness and the unknowability of the hidden
divinity, which is that light which shines ‘but the darkness cannot comprehend it.’ (Jn. 1.5) |
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Adapted from Matthew Fox, Meditations with Meister Eckhart, pp. 14, 34, 40-43. Banner image: Stonehenge has important alignments on the winter solstice (not reflected in this photo.) Image by Howard Walsh from Pixabay |
Queries for Contemplation Which of these teachings from Eckhart take you deepest into the apophatic divinity and into this dark time of Advent and Solstice? |
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