Meister Eckhart on Solitude - Matthew Fox

One does not have to flee the world to learn and practice inner solitude. Eckhart says, “This cannot be learned by running away, by fleeing into the desert away from external things; a person must learn to acquire an inner solitude, wherever and with whomsoever one may be. One must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to make the divine image grow in oneself in an essential way.

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