God does not tolerate emptiness, neither in nature nor in the soul. He cannot help shining out everywhere, without distinction. "Where and when he finds you ready [that is, empty]," writes Meister Eckhart, "he must act and pour himself into you, just as the sun cannot help pouring itself out, and nothing can hold it back, when the air is clear and pure."
via: Vasco Brondi, Una cosa spirituale (Einaudi, 2025) — Urlare senza suono
Info & reflection: emptiness as an active condition, not a passive one: getting ready to receive is already an act.
Related in anthology
- Una cosa spirituale. Non fare niente, altre forme d'arte — Brondi takes up Eckhart in Urlare senza suono: making yourself empty is already an act, the condition for God to pour himself out like the sun