
Chrysalis: The Psychology of Transformation
Jungianthology Radio
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What Is the Knowledge of Freedom?
Many of you will be familiar with Thomas Merton's autobiography, Seven Story Mountain. In it he describes among other things his conversion to Roman Catholicism and his life in the Travis Monastery. According to his own account, Merton completed his inner transformation on his Asian journey standing barefoot in the presence of a giant Buddha. When Merton asked the Buddhist abbot, what is the knowledge of freedom? The abbot replied, one must ascend all the steps, but then when there are no more steps one must make the leap.
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