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New Seeds of Contemplation
About This Book
The much-beloved and most widely read of Mertons works, "New Seeds of Contemplation" covers a diverse range of subjects including faith, spiritual wonder, "the night of the senses," and renunciation.
What You'll Learn
The "false self" — the self built on social roles, achievements, and the approval of others — is the primary spiritual problem; contemplation progressively dissolves it. Contemplation is not a technique or a practice but a gift — a direct participation in God's own knowing of himself. The desert fathers' concept of "purity of heart" — the simplification of desire to its single root in God — is the essence of the contemplative life.
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