“There is a place in the soul that neither time, nor space, nor no created thing can touch.” - Meister Eckhart

The late John O’Donohue (Irish poet, theologian, philosopher and author) referenced the above quote during an interview with Krisa Tippett in 2008 for The On Being Project. The quote was by German philosopher and theologian Meister Eckhart back in the fourteenth century. Despite over the five centuries that have since passed, this quote remains just as relevant and soul stirring, as if serving as a linguistic remnant that proves the existence of that deep and timeless center that exists within each one of us, though often going unknown within the heart of the ordinary man.

O’Donohue expanded on Meister Eckhart’s timeless sentiment, giving the quote an enlightening atmosphere of simplicity that speaks as a soul-nourishing stream of peace:

“There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there is still a sureness in you, where there is a seamlessness in you, and where there is a confidence and tranquility in you, and I think the intention of prayer, spirituality and love is now and again to visit that inner sanctuary.” - John O’Donohue

Through his words, O’Donohue gently calls us back home into that timeless center of our being that exists free from all of the pain, worries and fears that have slowly obscured the lens in which we see and understand not only ourselves but the world around us as well. There is no roadmap to find that center of our soul, but the intentions we set for ourselves will undoubtedly guide us towards the secret path of the heart.

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Listen to John O’Donohue’s entire interview with Krisa Tippett published in The On Being Project in 2008, titled “The Inner Landscape of Beauty” (https://onbeing.org/programs/john-odonohue-the-inner-landscape-of-beauty/)