No Man Is an Island

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Summary: a thought provoking book
Review: This is an excellent book. It discusses major issues like prayer and suffering in an easily understood but deeply thought provoking way. This is a great book for people such as myself that are struggling to find a satisfying spiritual life. I feel it had a deep and surprising impact on me.

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Summary: Without solitude there can be no communion.
Review: Thomas Merton is full of wisdom as he shares his spiritual insights. Merton exemplifies a life lived in the spirit of God. There are many enemies of the spirit but the first enemy is our own self ( our ego). We love to be in control, to share our opinions, we are so afraid to let go, to go within and listen to the silence. Only when we listen with an open heart can we start living our real self with no mask. Our busyness turns to a more peaceful existence, we become more creative and less stressed, more grateful and less in need of stimulus . Less powerful but more compassionate. We are less fearful and more trusting of ourselves and others. Less depressed and more self accepting. The inner soul created in the image of God. This is our true being. "To be or not to be that is the question."