John Main, master of Christian meditation, died 12/30 1982. An English Benedictine monk, he reached back to the desert fathers to find a form of prayer—meditation and the use of a mantra—adapted to the demands of life in the world. This way one might move away from the surface
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of consciousness to penetrate the silent place where Jesus lives and prays within us. “All Christian prayer is a growing awareness of God in Jesus, and for they we need to come to a state of undistraction, a state of awareness and concentration.”
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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