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Eckhart's Abgeschiedenheit/Gelassenheit — radical letting-go of will, image, and grasping that opens the soul to God; distinct from inner_silence (quietness) and from material renunciation, and adjacent to Sufi tark and Buddhist non-grasping as a practice rather than a metaphysical claim.

Activities are described as not hindered by outer events but merely adapting, reflecting a state of non-attachment to external circumstances.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

Reference to the 'one greatest principle' aligns with the concept of an undivided first principle.

Augustinian and Plotinian doctrine that evil has no positive being of its own but is a lack, distortion, or absence of the good — denying ontological dualism while preserving moral seriousness.

The distinction between the suffering body and the untouched inner self illustrates that evil does not affect the true nature of the sage.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The sage maintains a direct vision of the All-Good that cannot be robbed, emphasizing experiential knowledge over external conditions.

Division of the human being into three principles: spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body/matter (hyle or soma).

The distinction between the thing that feels torture and the Self-Gathered implies a layered structure of the human being.

The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.

[auto] The text distinguishes the part that feels torture from the Sage's higher self, implying the body is the locus of suffering.

The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.

[auto] The passage describes an internal vision of the All-Good that remains untouched by external events.

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] The passage centrally asserts that the Sage retains the vision of the All-Good within themselves despite external torture.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

[auto] The text explicitly references the 'one greatest principle' as ever present to the Sage.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

[auto] The Self-Gathered maintains a vision of the All-Good, indicating an intimate connection or union with the divine.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

[auto] The Sage remains fine and adapted despite outer events like torture, transcending the opposition of pain and peace.

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

[auto] The Sage holds themselves by main force within themselves, recognizing their true nature beyond the suffering body.