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Written and compiled by Richard Lang.
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Reflection 619
The shallow 'I' of individuation can be possessed, developed, cultivated, pandered to, satisfied: it is the center of all our striving for gain and for satisfaction, whether material or spiritual. But the deep 'I' of the spirit, of solitude and of love, cannot be 'had', possessed, developed, perfected. It can only be, and act according to the inner laws which are not of man's contriving, but which come from God. They are the laws of the Spirit who, like the wind, blows where He wills. This inner 'I', who is always alone, is always universal, for in this inmost 'I' my own solitude meets the solitude of every other man, and the solitude of God. Thomas Merton.
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The Deep 'I' Of The Spirit
The shallow 'I' of individuation can be possessed, developed, cultivated, pandered to, satisfied: it is the center of all our striving for gain and for satisfaction, whether material or spiritual. But the deep 'I' of the spirit, of solitude and of love, cannot be 'had', possessed, developed, perfected. It can only be, and act according to the inner laws which are not of man's contriving, but which come from God. They are the laws of the Spirit who, like the wind, blows where He wills. This inner 'I', who is always alone, is always universal, for in this inmost 'I' my own solitude meets the solitude of every other man, and the solitude of God. Thomas Merton.
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