Friday, November 9, 2018

the contagion of our obsessions

"He who attempts to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom and integrity and capacity to love, will not have anything to give others. 
He will communicate to them nothing but the contagion of his own obsessions, his aggressiveness, his ego-centeredness, his delusions about the ends and means, his doctrinaire prejudices and ideas.”
- Thomas Merton, Contemplation in a World of Action, p. 164.

5 comments:

  1. yesyes
    thankyouthankyou
    goodstuffgoodstuff

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  2. blessings back, bob.

    (I was afraid that Merton quote would be too "negative" for some.)

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  3. okok
    so this -----

    Blanket ___________

    Enfolded
    in the blankets
    of silence -

    Mystery
    dreams its
    dream -

    Love
    is the affair
    we have
    with every day -

    Blessings _____________



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    1. Nice, bob. I especially like that last ...

      Love
      is the affair
      we have
      with every day -

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