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A poem in 6 parts, starting with the verses
1 : To go \ 2 : Without desire \ 3 : And singing, dancing, wild with joy \ 4 : To be what we were before we were \ 5 : For all that it is \ 6 : You must appreciate the setting
PLATO
ARISTOTLE
THE GREEK OLD TESTAMENT (SEPTUAGINT)
THE NEW TESTAMENT
PLOTINUS
DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE
MAXIMUS CONFESSOR
SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN
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Page 16 4 To be what we were before we were To be that nothingness Nothing less and nothing more than this can be imagined And the wisdom of the soul in its poverty This nothingness an everything This negation an affirmation (I can foresee that it will come to this That no evasion will be permitted That this is an appointment that cannot be postponed) And in this the soul will find its true redemption And only in this emptiness (as the saints have proclaimed) Can it know what its destiny is meant to be And surely this above all things is that poverty of the spirit Which opens its to its inheritance Previous Page / First / Next * * * Cf. by Martin Burke : Reading Meister Eckhart II - This Singing Ground More works inspired by Eckhart ||| Eckhart Home
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To be what we were before we were
To be that nothingness
Nothing less and nothing more than this can be imagined
And the wisdom of the soul in its poverty
This nothingness an everything
This negation an affirmation
(I can foresee that it will come to this
That no evasion will be permitted
That this is an appointment that cannot be postponed)
And in this the soul will find its true redemption
And only in this emptiness (as the saints have proclaimed)
Can it know what its destiny is meant to be
And surely this above all things is that poverty of the spirit
Which opens its to its inheritance
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Cf. by Martin Burke : Reading Meister Eckhart II - This Singing Ground
More works inspired by Eckhart ||| Eckhart Home
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