“God is always within us; it is we who are seldom at home” (Meister Eckhart).
With what insistence the mystics exhort us to seek the inner life, that is, the life of God in our own soul! It is there that the Holy Trinity has established His dwelling. Our Father is always ready to enter into the most intimate dialogue with us. But, as Meister Eckhart says, we are seldom at home, that is, our thoughts and aspirations are often directed outward, and we are therefore easily carried away by the restlessness of this world.
Meister Eckhart goes on to lament: “God is always willing, but we are very unwilling. God is close to us, but we are far from Him. God is within us, but we are without. God is at home in us, but we are the strangers”.
Moreover, God is not only waiting for us, but the Spirit of the Father draws us and calls us with the desire to unite with our soul. For this to happen, this inner call must be heard and responded to immediately. How much deeper and more fruitful our spiritual life would be if we spent more time with God! We should pay special attention to the time that we let pass without making the most of it, leaving our souls empty. This is not only of great importance for our spiritual benefit, but it would also be a joy to our Father and it would be very easy for us to find God.
Let us listen to Meister Eckhart again: “You need not seek God here or there, He is no further away than at the door of the heart. He is there, knocking and waiting”.
To go deeper into this topic, I recommend you to listen to the last lecture I published on my YouTube channel about ‘our inner sanctuary’: