Thomas Merton: Session 1
Turning to the Mystics with James Finley
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The Mystery of Life
"Why do I spend so many of my waking hours trapped on the outer circumference of the inner richness of the life that I'm living? Why do I let the centrifugal force of the momentum of the days to man spin me out into shallow places where what I'm looking for, I'll never find it there?" "I don't like living this way. I want to take the mystery deeper," he says. 'What if all along you've been living in the mansion all your life, but through a tragic mental condition, you think you're living in a little tent behind the garage?' The book is published by Simon & Schuster at £16.99.
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