To be receptive to the highest truth and to live therein, a person must be without before and after, untrammeled by all their actions or by anything they have ever perceived or experienced, empty and free, receiving the divine gift in the eternal now, and bearing it back unhindered in the light of the same with praise and thanksgiving. [[Rupert]]’s rendition of [[Maurice O’C. Walshe]]’s translation from The Complete Mystical Works of [[Meister Eckhart]] (Herder & Herder, 2010). #truth #empty #free #thanksgiving #light #praise