
The Seven Storey Mountain
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Narrated by:
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Sidney Lanier
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By:
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Thomas Merton
The Seven Storey Mountain is the extraordinary spiritual testament of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a man who experienced life to its fullest in the world before entering a Trappist monastery. By the end of his life, he had become one of the 20th century's best-known and beloved Christian voices. This autobiography deals...not with what happens to a man, but what happens inside his soul.
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I don't know if I can convince anyone that I have good reason for my resistance against Catholicism. But I wanted to say all that in the previous paragraph so you understand it has been a strong resistance. Knowing Merton's personal background now has made him in my eyes the exact opposite of a harsh or dogmatic read. Reading about the sad fate of Merton's parents, and especially the artistic upbringing of Merton makes me love the monk and take pride in the fact that I walked in the territory of the offspring of similar birds. If he had always been a Christian, it would have been one thing. But this is, instead, an exploration into the deep substance of life, from the frivolous games of college fraternity life. It is a human story above all else of a man who chose to deafen himself with liquor and noise and mindless interactions, to a man who found something meaningful to care about. There is nothing wrong with that. To have a knee jerk reaction against Catholicism, just shows what wounds I have, but it is not healthy to write off an amazing writer like Merton due to his religious difference any more than I would wish to have someone come and try to convert me from spiritual secularism to atheism. It just is not kind to dismiss someone's narrative and humanity due to their religious preference. So Merton, I am truly sorry.
So when I witnessed Merton praying at the bedside of his father who had passed away, I wanted to know how to pray as he seemed to instinctively know. I wanted to change into a deeper and more contemplative soul.
PS Also, the narrator has a very calm, soft, kind voice.
As a Secular Humanist, I Gleaned a lot from This
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great book
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Abridged makes me want to read the full book
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a book about true happiness and joy
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Pursuit of Happiness
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Beautiful. Poignant.Truth.
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If you had to choose 1 book in life, choose this one!
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Must Read
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Inspiring personal autobiography of Merton’s journey to faith and monasticism
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I knew about Merton and had even read some of his essays. I knew him to be a titan of catholic writing and theology. But, until now, amazingly, I had no idea of his origins and his history in the world before his transition.
Through his own words (albeit abbreviated) I learned of an early life which was so challenging that it is amazing that he survived it as he did. And his conversion to Christianity, having growing up in an atheistic, or at best agnostic atmosphere is a miracle in and of itself. Merton’s emergence, both from family and educational cultures so contrary to those he adopted, is equally amazing.
All this is presented in a voice which captures more than the word, but the spirit of this remarkable and complex man.
Undoubting Thomas
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