The Inner Experience: Notes on ContemplationNow in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth and to show how we can practice true contemplation in everyday life. Never before published except as a series of articles (one per chapter) in an academic journal, this book on contemplation was revised by Merton shortly before his untimely death. The material bridges Merton's early work on Catholic monasticism, mysticism, and contemplation with his later writing on Eastern, especially Buddhist, traditions of meditation and spirituality. This book thus provides a comprehensive understanding of contemplation that draws on the best of Western and Eastern traditions. Merton was still tinkering with this book when he died; it was the book he struggled with most during his career as a writer. But now the Merton Legacy Trust and experts have determined that the book makes such a valuable contribution as his major comprehensive presentation of contemplation that they have allowed its publication.
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... Some Dangers 101 ELEVEN Contemplation and Neurosis 110 TWELVE The Desire of Contemplation 115 THIRTEEN The Sense of Sin 118 FOURTEEN Problems of the Contemplative Life 123 FIFTEEN Prospects and Conclusions 142 APPENDIX A References ...
For the desire which we cherish, in the secrecy of our soul, as our “heaven” sometimes1 turns, when offered as a solution to common problems,into everybody's hell.This is one of the curious features of twentieth- century civilization ...
Reflect, sometimes, on the disquieting fact that most of your statements of opinions, tastes, deeds, desires, hopes, and fears are statements about someone who is not really present. When you say “I think,” it is often not you who think ...
... his own desires. It will be ironical, indeed, if the exterior self seizes upon something within himself and slyly manipulates it as if to take possession of some inner contemplative secret, imagining that this manipulation can ...
It is filled with infinite possibilities and stands poised in expectation of their fulfillment,with no comprehension of what that fulfillment may be and no desire for it to take any special preconceived form or direction.
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Crítica de los usuarios - allenkeith - LibraryThingThis is a book not so much on the how of contemplative prayer but on what is contemplation. It is a thorough work on the topic from a person who made this very thing his life's vocation. Merton looks ... Leer comentario completo
The inner experience: notes on contemplation
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictA Trappist monk and prolific author, Merton (1915-68) was a pivotal figure in bringing Eastern mysticism to a wider audience in the West. He wrote the core of this book in 1948 (published as What Is ... Leer comentario completo
Contenido
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THREE Society and the Inner Self | 19 |
SEVEN Five Texts on Contemplative Prayer | 80 |
EIGHT The Paradox of the Illuminative Way | 89 |
The Teaching of St John of the Cross | 95 |
TEN Some Dangers | 101 |
FOURTEEN Problems of the Contemplative Life | 123 |
APPENDIX A References to The Inner Experience | 155 |
Index | 173 |
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The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation Thomas Merton,William H. Shannon Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation |
| Autores | Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon |
| Editor | Harper Collins, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0062245082, 9780062245083 |
| Largo | 192 páginas |
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