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New Seeds of Contemplation

By: Thomas Merton
Narrated by: Jonathan Montaldo
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One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduction by best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd.

New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely known and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the medieval mystics, while others have compared Merton's reflections with those of Thoreau. New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man, to nurture a deeply contemplative and mystical dimension in our lives.

For Merton, "Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imperceptibly in the minds and wills of men. Most of these unnumbered seeds perish and are lost, because men are not prepared to receive them: for such seeds as these cannot spring up anywhere except in the soil of freedom, spontaneity and love."

©1961, 2007 The Abbey of Gethsemani, Inc.; Sue Monk Kidd (P)2023 New Directions Publishing Corp. Christian Living Christianity Philosophy
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Beautiful book. Brilliantly narrated. Cannot wait to dive head on into more. Thank you, Thomas Merton.

Changed my life

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i thoroughly enjoyed this experience. it was accessible and illuminating. it aided me in the search for deeper way, to the road less travelled. An opportunity to grow and to find that Union whic is what we were made for

the depth snd simplicity

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the narrator 's intonation is a bit strange, but you kinda get used to it.

great content, slightly weird narrator

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