New Seeds of Contemplation

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 ContemplationThe Cloud of Unknowing 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.";What is contemplation? -- What contemplation is not -- Seeds of contemplation -- Everything that is, is holy -- Things in their identity -- Pray for your own discovery -- Union and division -- Solitude is not separation -- We are one man -- A body of broken bones -- Learn to be alone -- The pure heart -- The moral theology of the devil -- Integrity -- Sentences -- The root of war is fear -- Hell as hatred -- Faith -- From faith to wisdom -- Tradition and revolution -- The mystery of Christ -- Life in Christ -- The woman clothed with the sun -- He who is not with me is against me -- Humility against despair -- Freedom under obedience -- What is liberty? -- Detachment -- Mental prayer -- Distraction -- The gift of understanding -- The night of the senses -- Journey through the wilderness -- The wrong flame -- Renunciation -- Inward destitution -- Sharing the fruits of contemplation -- Pure love -- The general dance.