About this episode

The episode explores the theme of seeing with new eyes through spiritual understanding and contemplation.

Scripture 1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV) The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. Refrain I am learning to see with new eyes. Quote Thomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation "Contemplation is the highest expression of man's intellectual and spiritual life. It is that life itself, fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness of life, of being." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• spirituality
• contemplation
• understanding
• sacredness of life
• perception

Keywords

• spiritual life
• contemplation
• Thomas Merton
• sacredness
• 1 Corinthians

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: New Seeds of Contemplation

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