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Thomas Merton Trappist monk, author, and student of Zen remains one of the most important and beloved figures in the modern Christian contemplative movement. His writings, which bridge Eastern and Western spiritual thought, continue to inspire us with their real possibilities for immediate and direct experience of the divine. Now James Finley, who for six years lived, prayed, and studied with "Brother Louis," as Merton was known at the Abbey of Gethsemani, shares with us the gifts passed on to him by this towering figure on Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere.
Synopsis
Thomas Merton-Trappist monk, author, and student of Zen-remains one of the most important and beloved figures in the modern Christian contemplative movement. James Finley, who for six years lived, prayed, and studied with Merton at the Abbey of Gethsemani, shares the gifts passed on to him by his friend on Thomas Merton's Path to the Palace of Nowhere. Here is a participatory approach to Merton's most useful teachings, helping us to disappear into God, to be submerged into his peace, to be lost in the secret of his face.