Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. - Meister Eckhart

Eckhart tells us that God ‘must’ give birth to himself in us fully and at all times. He has no choice in the matter; this is simply his nature. If we do not receive the spiritual benefits of this birth, then that is because we are not content to allow God to act in us. Rather, we obstruct him with our false notions of self and the determination to cling to the nothingness which is the true reality of our own creaturely being.

He came forth rejoicing as a bridegroom and suffered the pangs of love. Then He returned to His secret chamber in the silence and stillness of the everlasting Fatherhood.

There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.