Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further meditations on the spiritual life in sixteen thoughtful essays, beginning with his classic treatise "Love Can Be Kept Only by Being Given Away." This sequel to Seeds of Contemplation provides fresh insight into Merton's favorite topics of silence and solitude, while also underscoring the importance of community and the deep connections to others that is the inevitable basis of the spiritual life—whether one lives in solitude or in the midst of a crowd.
Editorial Reviews
"A stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest, and noblest life." —Chicago Tribune
"Merton wrote of ageless spiritual life and religious devotion with the knowledge of a modern." —New York Times
About the Author
Thomas Merton (1915-1968), who was baptized Catholic in 1938, became a Trappist monk in the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky in 1941. Also a scholar and a man of letters, Merton’ s works include more than 30 books, as well as poems, essays and lectures. This book was first published in 1955 and is among Merton’ s most accessible and enduring contributions to spiritual literature.
