on Contemplative Prayer:
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| A Course in Miracles quote |
to the center of our own
nothingness before God. Hence we never enter into the deepest reality of
our relationship with him. In other words we meditate merely "in
the mind," in the imagination or at best in the desires, considering
religious truths from a detached objective point of view. We do not
begin by seeking to "find our heart", that is to sink into an awareness of the ground of our identity before God and in God. "Finding our heart" and
recovering this awareness of our inmost
identity implies the recognition that our external everyday self is to a
great extent a mask and a fabrication. It is not our true self. It is
not easy to find. It is hidden in obscurity and “nothingness” at the
center where we are in direct dependence on God." ~Thomas Merton
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