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We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and god is shining through it all the time. god manifests himself everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events ... the only thing is we don't see it ... i have no program for this seeing. it is only given. but the gate of heaven is everywhere.
-Thomas Merton
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We Are Living In A World That

Thomas Merton
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and god is shining through it all the time. god manifests himself everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events ... the only thing is we don't see it ... i have no program for this seeing. it is only given. but the gate of heaven is everywhere.
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