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What Is Contemplation?

  • Paperback
  • 28 pages
  • Publisher: Martino Fine Books
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 0.2 cm

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2013 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Contemplation" is a word that Thomas Merton used again and again in his writings. It is a theme that he spent much of his life exploring. About contemplation, he wrote "Contemplation is the highest expression of man's intellectual and spiritual life. It is that life itself, fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness of life, of being. It is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent, and infinitely abundant source. Contemplation is above all, awareness of the reality of that source. It knows the Source, obscurely, inexplicably, but with a certitude that goes beyond reason and beyond simple faith...It is a more profound depth of faith, a knowledge too deep to be grasped in images, in words, or even in clear concepts..." This short pamphlet is a good introduction to this important topic in the overall work of Thomas Merton.
What Is Contemplation? and Selected Poems of Thomas Merton
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  • Author

    Thomas Merton

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Martino Fine Books

  • Published

    November 2013

  • Weight

    55g

  • Page Count

    28

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 0.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781614275114

  • ISBN-10

    1614275114

  • Eden Code

    4265222

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