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Meister Eckhart - Selected writings - On detachment
Identifier
002692
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
About the necessity to practise most of the actions of suppression on an ongoing basis, not to treat them as one off activities
A description of the experience
Meister Eckhart selected writings – edited and translated by Oliver Davies
It is not sufficient for us to have a detached attitude of mind at a specific point in time when we wish to bind God to ourselves, but rather we should have a practised detachment which exists both before and after