Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thomas Merton: Seeing With Each Other Through the Eyes of the Divine


Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty
of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin
nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their
reality, the person that each one is in the eyes of the Divine.
If only they could see themselves as they really are.  
If only we could see each other that way all the time.
There would be no more war, no more hatred,
no more cruelty, no more greed...
I suppose the big problem would be that we
would fall down and worship each other.
 
- Thomas Merton    

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