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Mystics and the Meaning of All Things

Mystics and the Meaning of All Things

When we become quiet on the surface, we can listen deeply.

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Carl McColman
Dec 19, 2024
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In her luminous book on the life and spirituality of Howard Thurman, What Makes You Come Alive, spiritual director Lerita Coleman Brown acknowledges that mystics “know how to quiet the surface noice enough to hear the meaning of all things coursing below daily life.” This reminds me of something a monk once said to me about living in a silent monastery:…

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