God is at home. We are the strangers.

What it means

God lives in the inner rooms of the soul, and we wander outside them. The fix is not to search harder but to come home. Spend some time each day inside yourself, where it is quiet.

The source

"God is at home. We are the strangers." Meister Eckhart said it in Sermon 69 (Pfeiffer numbering). Translated by C. de B. Evans, 1924.

"God is near to us, but we are far from him. God is in, we are out ; God is at home, we are strangers."

C. de B. Evans, 1924, Sermon 69 (Pfeiffer numbering). Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260–1328). German Dominican friar and mystic who preached in the everyday German of his day about the birth of God in the soul.

Questions

What does "God is at home. We are the strangers." mean?

God lives in the inner rooms of the soul, and we wander outside them. The fix is not to search harder but to come home. Spend some time each day inside yourself, where it is quiet.

Who said "God is at home. We are the strangers."?

Meister Eckhart (c. 1260–1328). Source: Sermon 69 (Pfeiffer numbering).

What is the original wording?

God is near to us, but we are far from him. God is in, we are out ; God is at home, we are strangers (C. de B. Evans, 1924). Translated by C. de B. Evans, 1924.

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