Consciousness and Christianity

Recently I’ve been thinking about and researching the differences between meditation and Christian contemplation. For example, Thomas Merton saw contemplation as “a deep and vital experience which is beyond the reach of any natural understanding” (Dupré and Wiseman 449). In other words, it is not a brain activity.

And then I love this from Merton: “God touches us with a touch that is emptiness and empties us. He moves us with a simplicity that simplifies… Continue reading →