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“The contemplative life is not so much the achievement of enlightenment as learning to live the question-living into spiritual wonder. Merton continues: "It is as if in creating us God asked a question, and in awakening us to contemplation He answered the question, so that the contemplative is at the same time question and answer."”
— Apr 04, 2026 09:32AM
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“Solitude is not an escape from heartbreak or obligation; it is, instead, a place where our attention is recalibrated such that we can see the heartbreak that calls out to us in those we encounter, in the creation we've ignored.”
“I Blessed are those who, mired in the myriad obligations of a late modern life, nonetheless find a way to retreat in the midst of it all.”
— May 09, 2026 08:24AM
“I Blessed are those who, mired in the myriad obligations of a late modern life, nonetheless find a way to retreat in the midst of it all.”
Misael Galdámez
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“…the telos of the mystical path is union and communion with the divine but also, as a spillover of love, with fellow human beings (neighbors, even enemies) and creation as a whole…
Crucial to this mystical path, then, is the transformation of perception—of God, of our neighbors, and of ourselves. The end or goal of contemplation, the mystics would say, is both to see God anew and to see how God sees.”
— Apr 20, 2026 09:26AM
Crucial to this mystical path, then, is the transformation of perception—of God, of our neighbors, and of ourselves. The end or goal of contemplation, the mystics would say, is both to see God anew and to see how God sees.”
Misael Galdámez
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I used to imagine my calling was to defend the Truth. Now I’m just trying to figure out how to love.
Reminded how much of this journey I’ve been on w James KA Smith. His essay on depression made me realize I was depressed and it seems we’ve been on a similar journey of letting go of certainty and embracing the givenness of life.
— Mar 26, 2026 10:54PM
Reminded how much of this journey I’ve been on w James KA Smith. His essay on depression made me realize I was depressed and it seems we’ve been on a similar journey of letting go of certainty and embracing the givenness of life.
