German Theology

Because a person is in this temporal time, they may very often fall from one state into the other. Indeed, during the day and night, this happens perhaps many times, and all without their own doing. But when a person is in this sprout original: kaim. In this mystical context, it refers to a nascent or intermediate state of being, perhaps the "germ" of spiritual life still subject to worldly flux., they go about with creatures meaning "created things" or worldly objects rather than the Creator and waver back and forth, and do not know where they stand. Yet they should never forget these two states—hell and the kingdom of heaven—in their heart.

The Twelfth Chapter.

Many people say they have no peace or rest; they have much adversity, temptation, oppression, and suffering. Now, whoever wants to look at and note this in truth will see that even the devil would have peace if things went according to his will and pleasure. And therefore we should note and observe the peace that Christ left to his disciples as a farewell, when he said:

My peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you, not as the world gives; for the world deceives in its gifts.

What peace does Christ mean? He means the inner peace that broke through and penetrated through all temptation, adversity, oppression, misery, or ignominy original: schmachbait, or whatever it may be, so that one would be joyful and patient within it, just as his dear disciples were—and not they alone, but all the chosen friends of God and true followers of Christ. See and take note: whoever now has love, diligence, and earnestness for this might well come to recognize the true eternal peace which is God himself, according to the capacity of the creature meaning within the limits of human nature.

Tauler Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361) was a famous German Dominican mystic. He emphasized that one must not abandon outward religious forms or "images" purely by one's own will, but wait for God to lead the soul beyond them. says: There are people in this time who bid farewell to images too early, before the truth has released them from them; and because they release themselves by their own effort, they can hardly, or not at all, reach the truth. And therefore one should at all times diligently observe the works of God and His commands, promptings, and exhortations, and not the works, commands, or exhortations of man.

Now it should be known that no one can be enlightened enlightened: the second stage of the mystical path (Illumination), where the soul receives divine understanding unless they are first purified, refined, and set free. Also, no one can be united with God unless they are first enlightened; and therefore there are three ways. Firstly: