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New Seeds of Contemplation
by Thomas Merton
Merton's short meditations on the true and false self, solitude, humility and contemplation. Dense and luminous; the best entry to his thought.
Read it if…
you want the contemplative tradition at its most quotable.
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Skip it if…
you want a how-to.
Try instead: The Seven Storey Mountain →
Three things you will actually use
- The false self is the one we construct.
- Solitude is not escape.
- Humility is reality.
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Read the chapter on the false self.
Our verdict
Merton's seeds.
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