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....Thomas Merton



Oh Nobly Born...Oh you of gloriously origins, remember your radiant true nature, the essence of mind. 

Trust it.

Return to it.

It is home.

~ The Tibetan Book of the Dead




Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God’s eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed….I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other. But this cannot be seen, only believed and “understood” by a peculiar gift. 

Thomas Merton

2 comments:

Snowbrush said...

Why on earth would a man who believed such things continue to belong to a church that considers human beings to be innately depraved? I don't get it, Julie. Really, I don't.

julie said...

Snow, I wish I had the answer to all the contradictions of human beings...
Life would be simpler I think.
xox

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