The Voice of Truth...

In a post on EU, my friend annie said:

"Truth sets us free. if we can't deceive ourselves, it's harder to go back to the old behaviors."

One of the things I like about Eckhart's teachings is that they are clear cut and precise...which makes it more difficult to deceive ourselves.

When he speaks of truth and freedom in A New Earth he says:

The underlying emotion that drives all the activity of the ego is fear. The fear of being nobody, the fear of nonexistence, the fear of death. All of its activities are ultimately designed to eliminate this fear, but the most the ego can ever do is to cover it up temporarily with an intimate relationship, a new possession, or winning at this or that. Illusion will never satisfy you. Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

Once you realize and accept that all structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones, peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless within yourself, that which is beyond death. Jesus called it eternal life.

Time and time again, I find that Eckhart's teachings simply mirror the words of Jesus. About eternal life Jesus said:

And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."

About truth Jesus said:

"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Jesus Christ

The Voice of Truth...Casting Crowns expresses it this way: