The spiritual and psychological insights of these essays were nurtured in a monastic milieu, but their issues are universally human.
Thomas Merton lays a foundation for personal growth and transformation through fidelity to our own truth and inner being.
His main focus is our desire and need to attain a fully human and personal identity.
This classic is a newly restored and corrected edition and the inaugural volume of Gethsemani Studies in Psychological and Religious Anthropology, a series of books that explores, through the twin perspectives of psychology and religion, the dynamics and depths of being fully human.
When I speak of the contemplative life I do not mean the institutional, cloistered life, .
I am talking about a special dimension of inner discipline and experience, a certain integrity and fullness of personal development .
Discovering the contemplative life is a new self-discovery.
One might say it is the flowering of a deeper identity on an entirely different plane .
--Thomas Merton, from the book About the Author: Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani for twenty-seven years, serving as Novice Master for over a decade.
A prolific writer, his works include Faith and Violence, which is also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
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University Of Notre Dame Press Contemplation in a world of action: second edition, restored and corrected, paperback/thomas merton
