Tag: Thomas Merton

Be madmen, drunks, and bastards… (merton)

What it is to be true to ourselves...that is, what is sometimes and perhaps often involved as we muddle through. Yes, that initially painful process we must all forge through should we wish to really live. It's a different adventure for every one of us. We are a kaleidoscope of the living universe...each one of us an aspect, aperture and/or lens...all of us necessary and important and best when we dare to be who we are in every moment which I've found to be a delightful and ever changing thing that cannot be defined. … [click on title to read and view more]

brightness and darkness on Christmas eve

Midnight mass is spoken at the end of Christmas eve. I thought this lovely poem first uttered in 1941 would be nice again today for all of us. Have a wonderful holiday however you celebrate and also if you do not. Your brightness is my darkness. I know nothing of You and, by myself, I... Continue Reading →

my highest ambition is to be what I already am (merton)

I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

We are each unique doors to the mystery of what is (merton)

The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist....It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door. … [click on title to read more]

brightness/darkness

Your brightness is my darkness. I know nothing of You and, by myself, I cannot even imagine how to go about knowing You. If I imagine You, I am mistaken. If I understand You, I am deluded.... … [click on title to read more]

thoughts on the “enemy”

Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels that you are afraid of him. And perhaps if he believed you are capable of loving him he would no longer be your enemy

brightness and darkness

Your brightness is my darkness. I know nothing of You and, by myself, I cannot even imagine how to go about knowing You. If I imagine You, I am mistaken. If I understand You, I am deluded. If I am conscious and certain I know You, I am crazy. The darkness is enough.

Quote of the day ~ Thomas Merton

Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual ... And for a man who has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than... Continue Reading →

In Silence

In Silence Be still. Listen to the stones of the wall. Be silent, they try To speak your Name. Listen To the living walls. Who are you? Who Are you? Whose Silence are you? Who (be quiet) Are you (as these stones Are quiet). Do not Think of what you are Still less of What... Continue Reading →

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