Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely trans…

Thomas Merton
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Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true.
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I can only become perfectly free by serving the will of God. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.26, Shambhala Publications
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Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true.

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