Happy Easter!
Thomas Merton, 'First Lesson About Man'
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“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.” Thomas Merton Humanism Church logo humanism.church
The ability for deep contemplation is uniquely human and where we are free to be ourselves. Our minds are our own to control separate from the human world. #Humanism #ThomasMerton #Philosophy #HumanismChurch
Yet the fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the winds and join in the general dance.
- Thomas Merton
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THOMAS MERTON — “Break the Spell”
⚡ Break the Spell. Cut the loop of illusions. #mysticism slices veils, #spiritual focus sharpens, #mindfulness steadies, #metaphysical truth pushes forward. Silence is your weapon.
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Whether you’re interested in growing up in Providence, RI, or just growing up; in Catholic schooling or becoming an educator; in the power of camp fellowship; or in finding a spiritual foundation for your vocation, consider my new book: Providential #ProvidenceRI #ThomasMerton #Education #Memoir
The Polish edition of “A Course in Christian Mysticism” is way cool.
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Today's #DailyJolt comes from #ThomasMerton.
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. — Thomas Merton
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#ThomasMerton: " #Genocide is a new word. Perhaps the word is new because technology has now got into the game of destroying whole races at once. The destruction of races is not new—just easier." bit.ly/4uwHimj
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Words and symbols are a uniquely human creation and help us understand the world. They bridge the gap between our silent interior selves and the inscrutable universe. #Humanism #Philosophy #ThomasMerton #HumanismChurch
✨The mystics whispered—we placed it in your pocket. Mystic in My Pocket distills #spirituality into daily #mindfulness, contemplative #meditation, living #faith, gentle #awakening, and transformative #love
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Though we may use different languages to describe something, that doesn't mean we're speaking of different things.
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The End of Small Lives
God isn’t coming to comfort you—God's ending the small, safe you 🔥 This is #mysticism not self-help, #spirituality not sedation. Even #thomasmerton knew the #catholic path is #metaphysical fire. Stay awake in #mindfulness
Mystic in My Pocket
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The End of Small Lives
God isn’t coming to comfort you—God's ending the small, safe you 🔥 This is #mysticism not self-help, #spirituality not sedation. Even #thomasmerton knew the #catholic path is #metaphysical fire. Stay awake in #mindfulness
Mystic in My Pocket
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A perfect day #reading and #running in perfect #Pembrokeshire @thomasmertongbi.bsky.social @weareerc.bsky.social #ThomasMerton #StNon
There is nothing as immediate and as new as that which is most ancient, which is always in the process of becoming.
- #ThomasMerton
Se la solitudine non è isolamento, il silenzio non è vacuità, ma la sostanza del vero sé.
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#ThomasMerton was born #OnThisDay in 1915, becoming a Trappist monk & working for #socialjustice as he explored the Christian tradition of #mysticism; his #interfaith work is more relevant than ever as #Zionists push #Islamophobia...
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"As the leading light of his monastery, he found himself all but condemned by his abbot to sit at the typewriter and produce wisdom of the ages."
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1915-1968
Born on this day
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In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.
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Happy birthday, Fr. Louis.
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Thomas Merton's Birth Anniversary
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Taejo of Goryeo (877), Henry of Portugal (1512), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543), Henri, duc de Guise (1550), Franz Schubert (1797), James G. Blaine (1830), Tallulah Bankhead (1902), #ThomasMerton (1915), Jackie Robinson (1919), Stewart Udall (1920) & Ahed Tamimi (2001) were born #OnThisDay...
As true and necessary now as when Thomas Merton wrote it nearly 50 years ago.
#poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #resist #thomasmerton