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Meister Eckhart - Selected writings - It is the Sun that has burnt me
Identifier
003415
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Burnt by fire - purification on the path to the Sun
A description of the experience
Meister Eckhart selected writings – edited and translated by Oliver Davies
And there is another metaphor for this, which is that of the Sun that shines without end. But whenever a cloud or mist comes between us and the Sun, we can no longer see the sunshine [obtain spiritual love]. In the same way, when the eye is impaired diseased or veiled, then the sunshine is no longer visible…
‘Do not consider that I am brown’ says the Song of Soloman ‘I am black but lovely, it is the Sun that has burnt me (Song of Soloman 1:5-6)