Forgetting ourselves on purpose

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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Thank you.

[@CaptainOfTheLostWaves]

Adore the sonic execution by james Finley here... embellishing the words of Merton to perfection x

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Thanks so much for posting this.

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awesome. however, 'crouching down in the back row hoping to not take up any space' is not that bad for the self that aspires to become the Self; it is a first step, in our power, in trying to leave that self behind. The rest is the grace of God...