THE MIND THAT’S FREE TO LOVE IS DETACHED.
“… if the heart is ready to receive the highest,
it must rest on absolutely nothing …”
Meister Eckhart:
“The mind of him who stands detached is of such nobility that whatever he sees is true and whatever he desires he obtains and whatever he commands must be obeyed. And this you must know for sure: when the free mind is quite detached, it constrains God to itself and if it were able to stand formless and free of all accidentals, it would assume God’s proper nature … The man who stands thus in utter detachment is rapt into eternity in such a way that nothing transient can move him …
Now you may ask what this detachment is that is so noble in itself. You should know that true detachment is nothing else but a mind that stands unmoved by all accidents of joy or sorrow, honour, shame or disgrace, as a mountain of lead stands unmoved by a breath of wind. This immovable detachment brings a man into the greatest likeness to God. For the reason why God is God is because of His immovable detachment and from this detachment, He has His purity, His simplicity and His immutability.
This draws a man into purity, and from purity into simplicity, and from simplicity into immutability, and these things make a likeness between God and that man …You should know that the outer man can be active while the inner man is completely free of this activity and unmoved …
…Now take note, all who are sensible! No man is happier than he who has the greatest detachment.”
~ Extract re Meister Eckhart edited for brevity and taken from The Supreme Awakening by Craig Pearson appearing – with thanks 🙂 in The Culturium.
