Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. T…

Thomas Merton
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Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only in contemplation, and the superficial, external self which we commonly identify with the first person singular. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.7, New Directions Publishing
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