To enter into the realm of contemplation,.... : Quote by Thomas Merton

“ To enter into the realm of contemplation, one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance into a higher life. It is a death for the sake of life, which leaves behind all that we can know or treasure as life, as thought, as experience as joy, as being. [Every form of intuition and experience] die to be born again on a higher level of life. ”

Thomas Merton
  • From : New Seeds of Contemplation
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