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We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us. - Thoma

We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us. – Thomas Merton

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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. – Thomas Merton

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The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. – Thomas Merton

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If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. – Thomas Merton

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[M]ental peace is not meditation. Meditation is the flight beyond the mind. It has nothing to do with mental peace. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Meditation is the golden key to all the mysteries of life. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Meditation is to get out of your psychosis and to get out of your neurosis; it is simply to slip out of them. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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In meditation you are not unconscious, you are conscious—more conscious than ever. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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