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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

To Quote St. Thomas Merton: On God, Desire and Transgression

SURVEILLANCE, CRIME & PHILOSOPHY & CULTURE


TO DESIRE GOD IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTALS OF ALL HUMAN DESIRE. IT IS THE VERY ROOT OF OUR QUEST FOR HAPPINESS. EVEN THE SINNER, WHO SEEKS HAPPINESS WHERE IT CANNOT BE FIND, SEEKS GOD-IS FOLLOWING A BLIND, ERRANT DESIRE FOR GOD WHICH IS NOT AWARE OF ITSELF, SO FROM THAT POINT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO DESIRE GOD.


R.C.F. NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION-THOMAS MERTON (NEW DIRECTION BOOKS, 1961)

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