Thomas Merton ~ 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ~ Christian Mystics

[@annetucker9486]

Thomas Merton---a man with a Buddhist heart and a Catholic soul. My soul brother. ❤️ I am always happy to hear his works read. Bless you for posting his contemplations.

[@lindaross783]

Samaneri, I want to express my gratitude for your beautiful work helping others. I am going through my death process with awareness. It becomes intense dying before dying. I have been watching so many of your readings of the great masters the your lovely voice. It makes this process so much more joyful.

[@SamaneriJayasara]

That's beautiful to know Linda and thank you for sharing this. I am touched to know they are of benefit to you during this intense time. You may find the reading of Gibran's poem on the Beauty of Death helpful too. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipTXgq1ultd1osU&ab_channel=SamaneriJayas%C4%81ra-WisdomoftheMasters Also, in case you haven't discovered the specific Playlist on Death and Dying I have created, here is the link to that too: kzbin.info/aero/PLWzYrEdlV4O68nIa_bZtBS5d-B4oDC_FB Sending much love and all blessings your way, Jayasara 💜🌺🌈

[@Gpovse]

Thank You God for entering my heart. May Your will be done as I give myself away to You.

[@carrietoo]

I had never heard of Thomas Merton. Thanks for posting. This is wonderful.

[@TwentyYearsAbundance]

“So that the contemplation itself becomes the Presence…….” ❤. Once someone falls into the depths of the ecstasy of the Beloved there is no returning to the previous shadow….that is the wonder of it…..knowing that once we fall into the depths of Knowing it will always be there and cannot be taken away. Having that with me brings so much peace knowing I still have the second half of my life to live while completely feeling and knowing the ecstasy of God Itself.

[@katebeatham333]

Thank you so much. Deep and beautiful.. Love and blessings.💗🙏

[@KathleenDeignan]

Grateful. Merton's teaching is pure blessing. Beautifully narrated. KD

[@robertpeters8610]

With our question, this channel is pure Gold ❤️

[@gregc7517]

Brings me back to my mooring. Patience and perseverance. What an undeserved gift from our Holy Trinity.

[@alorahlavender9970]

Balm for my aching soul❤🕯🙏🏻

[@suriatheinvitationtofreedo3727]

Impeccable way to return to the inner self. Million thanks you

[@michaelnathan3836]

What an awesome reading for the soul. I delight in it.

[@JoeSiegfried]

I am thankful i read No Man is an Island by Merton, he helped me take the mystic path, all praise to God!

[@youbetyourwrasse]

Thank you for the recommendation friend!

[@marklayman8452]

To grasp the unknown of the Devine I try to grasp the concept of ‘ No Beginning and No Ending’ .. to just Be.. in the quiet of my mind there is the rest and pause and perspective I need to twist away from the minds grip. And there I am. As always.. without beginning or ending. That which I am saw the first day of my life. That same ‘I’ is the witness of this very day. ❤

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

*Diivine

[@rebeccablossom9823]

This is one of my favourites ❤

[@sudhaumapathy375]

Thank you Samanei Jayasara for these beautiful reflection from the excerpts of Thomas Merton!

[@richstureman4229]

🙏❤️perfect at this time💚

[@roshanisamarasinghe7047]

I find so much joy in your postings. Much gratitude and blessings to you.

[@meeraduttagupta6318]

Sadhu ,Sadhu Sadhu Love his wisdom teachings on guiding us to abide and recognise the clarity and puriry and oneness of universal consciousness🌻🌻🌻

[@jessicaleonard-sandino5414]

One of my all time favorites…thank you!

[@Always-There]

Exactly the reassurance I needed today. In the absence of a person to discuss this growth & it’s experiences, this is so helpful to the inner Guru. X

[@angelo-gp6lo]

I really Thank You I really Love You All Blesings

[@pieterdrummond7091]

Oh so sweetly spoken. May the blessings of God shine upon you Sri Samaneri! " {The} experience of God opens out inside you as a terrific emptiness" 🙏🌹🙏

[@peggyscholliers]

I am overwhelmed by the deep and clear analysis of the real Self. And the logical explanation of ... what the fall of man really means and how to remedy it. Beautiful 💝 Many thanks dear Samaneri Jayasara 🙏😻

[@antalperge1007]

This kinda Mystic, lenghty descriptions are big step back from the straightforward, profound, bril ideas of Nisargadatta or Neville 😍 The facts mirrors this, that the popular (popcorn) Spirituality, like Tolle, Mooji and co. leads nowhere ... But not in a good sense of Nowhere 🤭 No real breakthrough, not an exact POINTER, as the real great teachers, like Nisargadatta or Ramana used to show us WHAT AND HOW TO DO 😍

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

@@antalperge1007 agreed. Mooji is relatively direct. Ramana , Papaji, Nisagardatta all often go deeper than I can quite grasp “ even though it “feels “ absolutely correct. Mooji is a bit gentler. I did a 3 day retreat with him and it was wonderful. I’m technically in retreat constantly as I listen and meditate to Samaneri’s station everyday throughout from waking to sleep and in between work and play. I don’t know much if anything but I do know this was yet another amazing talk. I appreciate his capacity to draw a a picture of his experience. I don’t see it becoming a conceptual obstacle either. As if that could block what is waiting (god) although many teachers note conceptualizing mind as being an obstacle. Of course in zen obstacles are the path so who knows. Lol Anyway, I appreciated your comment

[@jamesbishop8250]

Thank you Samaneri - so much appreciated

[@nettysmile4104]

A lovely piece. Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙏

[@MattisWell.20]

Individuality is not an illusion. Though it is not the basis for who we are, it is still apart of who we are. Just like the fingers are not the hand, they are still apart of the hand and make up the hand. Without the fingers, though there would still be a hand, the hand would be incomplete. Same thing with identity. Without our individuality and particularities, our identity is just generality; an expressionless entity; incomplete with no true color.

[@vivianurban1722]

God Is💗 Thank You Mighty Companion☀️💐☀️💐☀️

[@lux_xzymhr]

so grateful for you sister ♡ thank you 🎐🪞💧🫶🏼

[@Laurent-l3i]

Perfect😊

[@devinramos6317]

Wow!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JoshTobaquero]

Fantastic one. Thank you

[@AffirmLife]

Thank you for another beautiful reading 🙏😊

[@jerriharvey4641]

Thank you ♥️🙏♥️

[@cherylmburton5577]

Contemplation is very difficult to describe, if it really even is possible. That may be why, for lack of a better word, Thomas Merton chose the word "modes" at the start of the chapter. Most experts on Thomas Merton however, say that he was not teaching any particular methods of prayer. This chapter on Pure Love is at the end of the book, and the three modes that he is introducing are just suggestions for possible beginnings based on his own experience. He does not cite any references in this chapter, only himself as author and Catholic Priest saying that this tranquility is learned most of all in Eucharistic Communion. When establishing the Eucharist, the very real voice of Jesus Christ told his Apostles to do this in remembrance of him.

[@rebeccablossom9823]

The Lord is for every soul not a selected few

[@Azur3Rain]

Hello! I have no problem describing contemplation. That's all I have done every day my whole entire life. That, and read 📚 😅 In fact I have a art book series called Think & Ponder's Journey through the Abstract. It's about that without concept forming concepts.

[@jannie6359]

Such wisdom and clarity.

[@Mamaji222]

Thank you 🙌🏻💙💚💫

[@ehmt-19]

Love love love ❤️

[@terrenceburton7903]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@beachcomberboz2902]

TM is at once accessible and deep: I will be coming back here again and again, joining up all those myriad of dots...

[@elizadaphne5501]

🙏🌾🌿Love

[@deanmcguire6477]

love always wins...safe (ישוש)

[@qban_0078]

Wow , thank you sooo much 🇨🇺❤️

[@pettiprue]

Yes.

[@dawnelainebowie3943]

Remember that you are in God’s presence. It is the engine driving the breath in and out, the synapses firing, the heart beating.

[@16antoinette]

Beautiful Reading - Thank you. What is PURPOSE in Life? Is it the same for all beings or unique for each human being?

[@SamaneriJayasara]

The purpose is the same for all -to awaken to our True Nature and realise Ultimate Truth.

[@Brittle_buddha]

The meaning is being. The reason is unconditional love. Your purpose is to find yourself as that. 💐

[@Brittle_buddha]

@@SamaneriJayasara 💐

[@16antoinette]

Wonderful responses which help me gain clarity. Thank you very much. It's a Blessing to be a part of this Sangha

[@clckwrk0rng391]

We, one in infinity…are here to experience finiteness in multiplicity and diversity. The price we pay to experience this finiteness...forgetting that we are infinite. Searching our way back home, we realize … we never left it.

[@TheShamanicHealerGod]

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[@freeman669]

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[@KREN12623]

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[@judyrussoniello1497]

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[@vitormanuelfreitas2461]

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[@whemant1686]

Please make video for Bodhidharma’s Breakthrough Sermon

[@Albert-jj8nm]

The real voice of god is

[@Spirituallove2000AD]

Ive had so much Joy and peace however now Im having to go through deliverance of the worse kinds of demonic evil thats ruining my cintemplation. I know I have to keep going but have you got any mysticism about this. Theres not much out there 😢

[@Azur3Rain]

I hope your thoughts are beautiful and clean and tranquil like water. I hope your thoughts are like clouds in the bright blue beautiful open blue azure sky. 😃

[@aprilcollier4462]

Odd that most all religions and beliefs recognize God and refuse to give acknowledgement to each other. United we stand or devided we stand.

[@estherbloem8324]

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[@crackhead4540]

Please read in sinu Jesu

[@angelajanebowes]

❤

[@AuntyHoney]

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