Becoming Antifragile
Becoming Antifragile
IJ Makan
029: How To Kill Your Ego - The Desert Hermits
42 minutes Posted May 19, 2024 at 10:45 am.
Reflections from spending time at a Benedictine Monastery & meeting B and C
Excerpt from ‘The Wisdom of the Desert’, who is Thomas Merton
The primacy of Love and abandoning the Ego
Finding Ultimate Reality in the Silence
Why you need to control your tongue and belly
Humility is the path to wisdom
Apply yourself to silence, and make your life a meditation
Embracing death by laughing at it
Don’t ask that your struggle be removed, but as for strength
What is better, focusing on asceticism or interior life?
“Go, sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything”
Those who speak, should do; and only those who do, should speak
How to love properly
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Lessons from 'The Wisdom of the Desert' compiled by Thomas Merton.
Merton compiled 'The Wisdom of the Desert' from the Verba Seniorum or Sayings of the Elders. The Elders refer to the early Christian hermits who lived in solitude in the Egyptian desert. This book contains timeless aphorisms, advice, dialogues, and stories of the experiences of early Christian hermits.
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