Saturday, April 16, 2016

Zen Catholicism


calligraphy by Thomas Merton

In some notes that Merton prepared for an exhibition of his calligraphic drawings, he writes:
“Neither rustic nor urbane, Eastern nor Western, perhaps can be called expressions of Zen Catholicism”. (from a notebook in the TMC collection)
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8 comments:

  1. bob knabApril 17, 2016 at 1:43 PM

    Greetings ____________

    2Cents
    so this -

    BUSH ***

    That
    burning bush *

    The bush of stillness *

    Become stillness *

    and

    Be *

    Blessings _______________--

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  2. bob knabJuly 4, 2016 at 12:40 AM

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    beth o beth where are you !

    so this -

    iamnow ___________

    Day falls away
    All the universe
    Darkness -

    Tomorrow
    The universe
    Will be reborn
    All will be brightness -

    And yet -

    i am now !

    Blessings ___ http://bobknab.blogspot.com/



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  3. beth cioffolettiSeptember 2, 2016 at 8:29 AM

    bull.

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  4. bob knabSeptember 2, 2016 at 9:34 PM

    o-o
    B nice now she is just working
    on her enlightenment and right now has a
    power outage but one day the lights will come on
    and Vicky will get blasted with a big blessing -

    blessings --------------------

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    1. beth cioffolettiSeptember 3, 2016 at 6:20 AM

      appreciate the intervention, bob. I'm not so "nice" anymore.

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    2. bob knabSeptember 4, 2016 at 12:27 AM

      2Cents -

      good for you !

      a interesting book is wayne teasdale -
      - the mystic heart -amazon its just a good read -
      some what like merton's stuff -

      i did not know that god was catholic as per vicki !


      glad to see you on again -

      Blessings _______________________




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