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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with god
-Thomas Merton
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We Are Not At Peace With Others

Thomas Merton
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with god
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The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. we hate others when we hate ourselves. we are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. we forgive others when we forgive ourselves. we are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
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What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.
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We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. we would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. the large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. we will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. and thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
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Do you know god? do you know there is a power greater than ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as everywhere else in the universe? this i call god. do you know what it is to know god, to have god's constant guidance, a constant awareness of god's presence? to know god is to reflect love toward all people and all creations. to know god is to feel peace within - a calmness, a serenity, an unshakeableness which enables you to face any situation. to know god is to be so filled with joy that it bubbles over and goes forth to bless the world.
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You hear a lot about god these days: god, the beneficent; god, the all-great; god, the almighty; god, the most powerful; god, the giver of life; god, the creator of death. i mean, we're hearing about god all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. but if we know anything about god, god is arbitrary.
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We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. on one hand, people have found inner peace by losing themselves in a cause larger than themselves, like the cause of world peace, because finding inner peace means coming from the self-centered life into the life centered in the good of the whole. on the other hand, one of the ways of working for world peace is to work for more inner peace, because world peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it.
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