New Seeds of Contemplation
Contributors: Sue Monk Kidd (Introduction)
Publisher: New Directions; New Directions Book
Published: November 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780811217248
Subjects: Eastern; Meditations; Spirituality - General; Philosophy / Eastern; General; Philosophy; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Catholic Church; Spiritual life
Description: 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."
Notes: New Directions Paperbook