Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist – Jim and Nancy Forest
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Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist – Jim and Nancy Forest
A friend recently reminded me of the Letter to a Young Activist that Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in 1966, and suggested that some of the same issues are again in play now. That letter was originally a personal response to Jim Forest, who was then a young activist and a founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship, who felt deep discouragement... See more
Thomas Merton's words of hope for young activists
We coined the term “Engaged Buddhism” in the 1960s when the war was very intense in Vietnam. We practiced sitting mediation and walking meditation, but we could hear the bombs falling outside and the cries of the wounded. To meditate is be aware of what is going on, and what was going on at that time was suffering and the destruction of life.
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An evergreen reshare for whoever might need to read sage words of wisdom from the great Howard Zinn.
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