nd because the soul is created for such high,
worthy and celestial ends, Meister Eckhart of Paris
has placed a prayer at the end of the aforementioned words
which are taken from his writings, and he speaks
in prayer thus:

high abundance of divine nature,
show me your way
that in Thy wisdom Thou hast ordained
and open to me the precious treasure chest
to which Thou hast invited me: (namely to be able)
to understand with intelligence above all creatures,
to love with the angels and to be familiar
with Thy true born Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to inherit from Thee and to receive Thee
according to Thy eternal wisdom.
And with Thy help, to keep away from all evil.

ecause Thou hast elevated me above all creatures
and Thou hast imprinted on me
the insignia of Thy eternal image,
and Thou hast rendered my soul
inconceivable to all other creatures
and Thou hast made nothing more like Thee
than the human being in its soul,
so teach me (to live in such a way)
that I am never more without Thee
and that in the flow of Thy loving work in me
Thou shalt never more be hindered
and that I may never be exposed
to any desire except for Thee
and never occupy my thoughts with any creature
but only with Thee.

   Thou art a spirit that is inconceivable to all creatures.
           Therefore Thou hast made the soul spiritual
               and ranked it as spiritual above all creatures
                   so that due to Thy eternal wisdom
                                     it may according to Thy divine will
                                        become self-sufficient
                                           and by Thy grace be freed
                                               from all the unworthy images
                                                  it absorbed into itself.

or Thou hast appropriated the soul
and disposed it according to Thy nature.
Keep it, therefore, so that nothing else
may stay in it
but only HEE.