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The Death of Thomas Merton

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Merton chafes a little bit under the authority of the church and the monastery, because the trappist existence is pretty communal. But he does get them to kind of, and whens, they make exceptions, but customise his existence there. So he's always, always writing. He's got tons of journals. He makes poems, some of which you can easily read on line, about political, social concerns of the day. And then this becomes a way for him to sit around and write. If you have ever lived in known someone who's lived in a intentional community or communal life style,. Wat one of the big things about those communities is distribution of work. That

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