More Merton

"We find God in our own being which is the mirror of God. But how do we find our being? Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act we have no way of knowing what we are. And the experience of our existence is impossible without some experience of knowing or some experience of experience. Hence we cannot find the depths of our being by renouncing all activity...But when we act accordint to grace, our actions are not ours alone, they belong to God. If we follow them to their source, we will become at least potentially capable of an experience of God. For His actions in us reveal His being in us.

The whole of life is to spiritualize our activities by humility and faith, to silence our nature by charity."
-- Thomas Merton Thoughts in Solitude