There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed…

Thomas Merton
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There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.18, Macmillan
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