Deepening Faith and Cultivating Different Attitudes

Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O. was an American Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion.
James Finley left home at the age of 18 for the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, where Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative. Finley stayed at the monastery for six years, living the traditional Trappist life of prayer, silence, and solitude. Here Finley describes life with Thomas Merton, and how he pointed the way to an enlightened state of awareness open to us all.

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Apparent failure has been a gift

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If you don't have a false ego to defend, you have freed up more energy for higher purposes.

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I shall use your words, inspired by Merton, in my daily reflections. Thank you.

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A life lived in Christ.........here on earth.
Where heaven begins here in this life!

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A cultivation of attitude is far different from the cultivation using the methods.