Merle,
These are the easy ones for the emotionally touchy feelly Pollyannas.
Try seeing awakening in the Boston bombing and the Oklahoma tornado.
Those are equally part of reality....
And even more difficult try seeing awakening in the drivel that gets posted to
this group!
:-)
Edgar
On May 22, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Merle Lester wrote:
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> love thomas merton!.
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> i have several books of his...
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> i do not have set rules
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> see awakening when gazing intently at the centre of a flower...
> see awakening when looking at the beauty of the cloud formations
> see awakening in the autumn coloured leaves
> see awakening in the good the bad and the ugly
> awake
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> dancing betweens those two poles
> some days singing with joy and laughing
> other days sad and crying
> trying to remain balanced
> alert
> and awake to the world
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> and you?
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> merle
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> Merle,
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> They're not the words or the imagery I would use to describe awakening, but I
> also wouldn't want to throw the baby out with the bath water either just
> because of the difference in vocabulary.
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> Mike
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> any thoughts group?..merle
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>> The Institute for Contemplative Practice
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>> Weekly Reflection for May 20, 2013
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>> "God is a consuming Fire. He alone can refine us like gold, and separate us
>> from the slag and dross of our selfish individualities to fuse us into this
>> wholeness of perfect unity that will reflect His own Triune Life forever."
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>> Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. (New York: New Directions Books
>> 1961) p. 70
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>> Thought for the Day: As long as we do not permit His love to consume us
>> entirely and to unite us in Himself, the gold that is in us will be hidden
>> by the rock and dirt which keep us separate from one another.
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>> New Seeds of Contemplation: 70
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>> Contemplative Pause: Throughout this week, pause, take a breath, and listen
>> with your heart. How is God's love consuming you?
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