From: Swami
Tapasananda [tapas@accn.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:55
PM
Subject: Merton Retreat with Patrick Collins
11/5/05
SEE! SEE! My Love Is
Darkness! Only In The Void Are All Ways One: Only In The Night Are All The
Lost Found. In My Ending Is My Meaning. from
Merton's poem, "The Night of Destiny"
"I
could see he was a truly humble and spiritual man " H.H. Dalai
Lama
The Spirituality of Thomas Merton
A Retreat With Fr. Patrick Collins, Ph.D.
Nov 5, 9am-4pm
Lakeshore Interfaith Institute
6676 122nd Ave Ganges Mi 49408 269 543 3951
40.00
includes lunch registration at 269 543 3951 or 616 293
6884
Thomas Merton
(1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in
Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey
Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of
Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include
poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism and writings
on peace, justice and ecumenism. His friend H.H. Dalai
Lama
" The inner "I", who is always alone ,is always universal:
for in this inmost "I" my own solitude meets the solitude of every other person
and the solitude of God.Hence it is beyond division,beyond limitation,beyond
selfish affirmation. It is only this inmost and solitary "I" that truly loves
with the love and spirit of Christ. This "I" IS Christ Himself, living in us:
and we, in Him,living in the Father." Disputed Questions pg
160
Fr. Patrick W. Collins, Ph.D., is an outstanding author, preacher, musician and university
professor. He senses that his principal vocation is to contemplative living—out
of which his various ministries flow. In addition to numerous books and
articles, Fr. Collins has produced forty-five TV programs, and a number of
videos, among them Thomas Merton: Man, Monk,
Myth with Music. Fr. Collins presents
various kinds of retreats, missions, and workshops, including what he calls
"spiritual concerts" which combine texts and tunes for spiritual insight and
growth. This approach gives a feelingful dimension to the meaning of the
words and connects head with heart, reason and imagination. He calls it "Music
with a Message.
THE SPIRITUALITY OF
THOMAS MERTON
Four themes from the writings and life of this great
spiritual master are presented:
The Journey from the false to the True Self
Contemplation Prayer Desert: Solitude and Silence
Discussions and
experiences of contemplative prayer are included
http://vatican2.org/patrickcollins/