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    The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Rocky Land of the Soul
    The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Rocky Land of the Soul
    The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Rocky Land of the Soul
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    The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Rocky Land of the Soul

    Written by Thomas Merton

    Narrated by Thomas Merton

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    About this audiobook

    From the best-selling author of The Seven Storey Mountain and New Seeds of Contemplation, essential listening for all spiritual seekers.

    Recorded almost 20 years after The Seven Storey Mountain was published, these talks showcase a mystic at the height of his wisdom.

    In these moving talks, Merton tackles such topics as renewal, prayer, and affirming God. The contemplative life is not limited to those in solitude. Indeed, you will discover how we are all called to live contemplatively.

    This series is one of Merton's great masterpieces. Contemplation was perhaps the issue closest to Merton's heart, and he tackles it here with profound insights. You will be enrapt as you listen to Merton deliver these talks with his trademark eloquence and erudition.

    While you listen to Merton, you will see him wrestle with the complexities of contemplation. As Merton says, he left the world for the cloistered walls of the monastery to become an explorer of the "rocky land of the soul." At the heart of these lectures lie a sense of hope and an abiding awareness of God's presence in the world. Let Thomas Merton speak to your soul today.

    This course is part of the Learn25 collection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearn25
    Release dateOct 19, 2016
    ISBN9781632512321
    The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Rocky Land of the Soul
    Author

    Thomas Merton

    Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is widely regarded as one of the most influential spiritual writers of modern times. He was a Trappist monk, writer, and peace and civil rights activist. His bestselling books include The Seven-Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Mystics and Zen Masters.

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      Thomas Merton’s thoughts on the subject of knowing God through contemplation are deep, beautiful and real based on his own life. The fact that some, if not most, of the tapes were recorded in the solitude of his hermitage was extraordinarily meaningful.