Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Gate of Heaven

“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth...which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will.

"This little point of nothingness…is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven. It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely.

"I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of heaven is everywhere.”--Thomas Merton

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