Sublime

Under the general plan of nonresistance one may take the position of imitation.

For when the mind is brought to stillness, and all our strategies of acquisition have dropped, a deeper truth presents itself: we are and have always been one with God and we are all one in God (Jn 17:21).

The concept of God as pure, necessary, and Supreme Being, foundation of all life and source of all existence, and not just the anthropomorphic grandfatherly figure in the sky, delighted Merton and called him to deeper theological reflection on Christian mysticism.

Human beings are made for each other and no people can realize their full humanity except as they participate in its realization for others.

He says there are two types of humility, perfect and imperfect, and the awareness of all our faults and failings is what he calls “imperfect humility.”

(Col. 3:13)

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