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Daily Archives: April 4, 2018
Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 15: NONMATERIAL THINGS
https://pixabay.com/en/desktop-background-love-in-love-3061483/ *** NONMATERIAL THINGS *** memorize a poem friends also memorize poem when shared, is greater *** shared love is greater love is no zero-sum game sharing makes it grow *** NOTE: Nonmaterial, and especially spiritual, things, when shared, become … Continue reading
Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 15: MATERIAL THINGS
https://pixabay.com/en/one-the-dollar-currency-finance-3125379/ *** MATERIAL THINGS *** I have some money I spend some of my money I have less money *** I own a rare book No one else owns this copy It is one person’s *** NOTE: Suppose you have … Continue reading
NOTES on Thomas Merton (1915-1968): What is Contemplation?
Thomas Merton wrote widely on the contemplative life. He graduated from Columbia University, and in 1941 he became a Trappist monk at Gethsemane Abbey in Kentucky. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, was an immediate success when it was published … Continue reading