Thomas Merton - What the Contemplative has to offer
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Uploaded by dadasopher on Mar 14, 2008
From the 20th Century Monk's letters entitled The Hidden Ground of Love
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His writings are one of the few by a Christian that is inpsired and makes common sense--and go beyond Christianity's hubris--fear.
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Of course , gothos 1000@, what can happen is that our behavior will be rooted in the empty silence and be directed by it rather than my our ego mind and wants., alone.
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@vandrosiglio But he also taught that 'meditation' is a living thing. The silence is to energize the living presence in you so that you may take forth that 'state' into the rest of your life. You don't just meditate in silence and open your eyes and go, 'Ahh I think i feel better'.. and then go back to being 'normal'.. The Lord's 'presence' is a tangible energy.. it's here to govern us in love and guide man's 'creative impulse'..
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@dadasopher . REMINDING keeps me on track; otherwise I get lost in wordy chatter. Where are you from?
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@dadasopher . REMINDING keeps me on track; otherwise I get lost . where are you from? in wordy chatter
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que belo!!!! grato a quem postou. conheçam também a música contemplatica do brasileiro Urbano Medeiros. um abraço do fã de Merton - Professor Chico
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I resonate with Thomas Merton when he says we act as if THINKING is what makes us exist. The courage to sit in the silent Stillness of our Being deepens our confidence to fully live without words.
Vincent vandrosiglio@yahoo.com
vandrosiglio 9 months ago
@vandrosiglio Good point, Vincent. I need to be reminded of that!
dadasopher 9 months ago
"...but simply he who has risked his mind in the desert beyond language and beyond ideas..."
If he had gone into writing literature full time instead of the monastery, modern literature would have been much better off for it-- though, he would not have been.
magicalhats15 1 year ago 2
@magicalhats15 Well said.
dadasopher 1 year ago
Today, contemplative life is a call for everyone. As Thomas Merton wrote in the Epilogue of his Autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, "There is only one vocation. Whether you teach or live in the cloister or nurse the sick, whether you are in religion or out of it, married or single, no matter who you are or what you are, you are called to the summit of perfection: you are called to a deep interior life perhaps even to mystical prayer & to pass the fruits of your contemplation to others"
Change012409 2 years ago 3
Thank you for this quote - it's perfect.
dadasopher 2 years ago