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Ten years in the writing inner experience is meticulously and generously edited by william shannon

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Unless you are interested in the process of bringing such a work to publication you might be better served to simply leap into mertons thoughts which begin uneasily with a preliminary warning

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If the reader has come to the text intent on becoming a contemplative you will probably waste your time says merton this book in no sense aspires to be classified as inspirational

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For this reviewer to dissect the text for the purpose of critical analysis would most likely be misleading

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Whether talking about taoism or zen or the desert fathers merton interlaces the wisdom of various religious traditions here thus proving himself to be an advocate of interfaith dialogue

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Not a life of spiritual gaining or possession

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While remaining unfinished at his death it is highly questionable merton would ever have considered this book finished