Dealing with Tensions

‘Contradictions have always existed in the soul of man,’ wrote the Cistercian monk Thomas Merton. It is only when we prefer analysis to silence, he says, that they become constant and insoluble problems. We are not meant to resolve all our contradictions but to live with them and rise above them. As the Orthodox nun Mother Maria used to say, ‘Learn to carry conflicts, don’t force solutions.’ And so, patiently, through the practice of meditation, we learn.

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3 thoughts on “Dealing with Tensions”

  1. You could have chosen this one especially for me James. It is what I am learning – again! Thank you.

    Love Diana

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