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Thomas Merton’s Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Thomas Merton is recognized for his exploration of contemplation. In this book, renowned Merton scholar William H. Shannon explores the development of Merton’s meditations on the subject, tracing the evolution of his thoughts from What is Contemplation? to his later works on Eastern religions. This book also includes excerpts from The Inner Experience. Merton had requested that this text never...

oneth the soul to God.” But, at the same time, it “oneth” the soul to itself. Contemplation brings together the scattered bits of one’s person and unifies them in the intuition of the real self. This inner unity makes possible a simultaneous intuition of one’s unity with God and with all the creatures he has made. Achieving such unity in the midst of an alienated world calls for much solitude and detachment. Silence and self-discipline, therefore, are necessary preliminaries to opening oneself to
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