Lovely. This reminds a little of the part in Thomas Merton’s “The Seven Storey Mountain” when — and I’m paraphrasing poorly here — he’s rejected by several religious orders because they sense he is trying to escape the world. But to truly serve the Lord and be a contemplative, you have to enter into the world and engage with it even more deeply. It’s not an escape, it’s an engagement.
Lovely. This reminds a little of the part in Thomas Merton’s “The Seven Storey Mountain” when — and I’m paraphrasing poorly here — he’s rejected by several religious orders because they sense he is trying to escape the world. But to truly serve the Lord and be a contemplative, you have to enter into the world and engage with it even more deeply. It’s not an escape, it’s an engagement.
Yes! Well said!