There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven.
—Meister Eckhart
Eckhart uses being in two different, though related, meanings. In a narrower, psychological sense, being denotes the real and often unconscious motivations that impel human beings, in contrast to deeds and opinions as such and separated from the acting and thinking person.
Quint (Eckhart’s biographer) justly calls Eckhart an extraordinary analyst of the soul: "Eckhart never tires of uncovering the most secret ties of human behavior, the most hidden stirring of selfishness, of intentions and opinions, of denouncing the passionate longing for gratitude and rewards."
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