Meister Eckhart wrote this about a realization he had: "It seemed to a man as in a dream-- it was a waking dream-- that he became pregnant with Nothing, like a woman with child. And in the Nothing, God was born: God was the fruit of Nothing." Everything is "the fruit of Nothing." Nothing is the source of all that is. Empty yourself of all things and there you will find what you need. Being content with nothing is having more than enough, and God is born out of nothing, like the stone the builders reject. Out of scarcity comes the water of life, spilling over, pouring out. Start with what you have-- with the nothing that you have-- and watch what comes of it. Pick yourself up and step into the day, and do there what needs to be done out of your original nature and the innate virtues/specialties/gifts that are yours from birth. And be amazed at the wonder of what nothing can do.
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