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The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.
-Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.
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At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to god, which is never at our disposal, from which god disposes of our life, which is inaccessable to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will. this little point of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of god in us.
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It is this nothingness (in solitude) that i have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me wants to run to my friends, my work, and my distractions so that i can forget my nothingness and make myself believe that i am worth something. the task is to persevere in my solitude, to stay in my cell until all my seductive visitors get tired of pounding on my door and leave me alone. the wisdom of the desert is that the confrontation with our own frightening nothingness forces us to surrender ourselves totally and unconditionally to the lord jesus christ.
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