tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post820199444718742457..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Un cri d'oiseau sur les recifs ...beth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-77729775491102128922012-04-29T10:58:16.085-05:002012-04-29T10:58:16.085-05:00Thank yo so much for that post. That has to be hi...Thank yo so much for that post. That has to be his very best essay. I bought it as an electronic book from Amazon and can now savor it on my iPad. Once again, your website rocks and rolls my interior life to sheer bliss.Cloistervoiceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639569307312445782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-91186200311110106782012-03-08T09:31:09.152-05:002012-03-08T09:31:09.152-05:00In one of his journals, Merton says that he had to...In one of his journals, Merton says that he had to go back and re-read the Notes on a Philosophy of Solitude essay, because he had to keep reminding himself of what he wrote.<br /><br />I am very grateful that Merton has provided this map for us - other than the Cloud of Unknowing, I don't know of any other writer who has done so in a way that I could relate to. I could never quite understand John of the Cross or Teresa of Avila.<br /><br />This journey to the true self does indeed involve going against the status quo and conventional "wisdom" of the day.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-60586579674598301142012-03-07T21:40:43.791-05:002012-03-07T21:40:43.791-05:00Somebody said that Merton wrote about solitude to ...Somebody said that Merton wrote about solitude to be a solitary. (I think this was written by one of the editors of his journals.) I'm glad he did.<br /><br />Merton's thoughts on solitude have become maps for us who have dared to enter into our own inner solitude, which, by the way, is not an easy thing to do. In Merton's words there are times when solitude confronts us with "an abyss of irrationality, confusion, pointlessness, and indeed of apparent chaos."<br /><br />But unless we take the courage to confront ourselves as we really are, we won't be able to be our true selves and find true peace of mind. We will just spend our lives evading and escaping from what is Real, and find ourselves living hollow and empty lives...<br /><br />~ MattMatthttp://mattandjojang.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-9199302588280018792012-03-07T09:49:48.529-05:002012-03-07T09:49:48.529-05:00Amen, Amen, Paul! More coming ...Amen, Amen, Paul! More coming ...beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-25376571900422710502012-03-07T09:45:37.348-05:002012-03-07T09:45:37.348-05:00Perfect for Lent for sure and reminded me I've...Perfect for Lent for sure and reminded me I've been too much with the noisy world of politics, and the world too much with me lately. REading this was like a Zen bell ringing to remind me to be aware and to reflect on how and why I get so hooked in the "collectivity" and all the hurley burley I drift into without thinking about it and asking myself to what benefit it is to me and my soul or anybody else's. Love the "bread and circuses" line but the whole excerpt is so typically sweeping, unique and original with the Merton stamp all over it.Rev Paul McKayhttp://jitterbuggingforjesus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-70815938709946655982012-03-07T04:33:12.818-05:002012-03-07T04:33:12.818-05:00seems like a good thing to explore a little more c...seems like a good thing to explore a little more closely these desert days of Lent, J.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-50868902458584974382012-03-06T22:17:41.809-05:002012-03-06T22:17:41.809-05:00It reads like a shaft of light penetrating the mis...It reads like a shaft of light penetrating the mists..<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this, BethJofIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091187070268922483noreply@blogger.com