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New Seeds of Contemplation

byThomas Merton

A complete rewriting of Seeds of Contemplation, twenty years after his entry into the monastery. Merton removes the cloistered tone of the first version and develops the opposition between the false self and the true self, contemplation as awakening to reality, and unity with other human beings. Chapters such as 'Things in Their Identity', 'Pray for Your Own Discovery' and 'The General Dance' have made it his most widely read spiritual book and a reference text of contemporary Christian spirituality.

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