TCL 013: A Little on Merton and Mystics
The death of the ego is the only way to the divine. Merton, like many in the West, believed that Buddhism had little to say about the divine.
In my silence, I am nothing, to no one, and I am free.
A few weeks back I received an email from a concerned reader. I was intrigued because I'd never gotten an email from a concerned reader.
She was concerned I was making a terrible error of judgment by titling my book, Meditate or Die.
She even let me know that she had never written to anyone like this before and felt compelled to do so here.
I have always admired earnestness. And I admired it here.
I was flattered and very much appreciated her concern and intent behind it. I read it twice before responding and four times since. But I replied in short as I want to say more, much more, in an article.
I hope it was not too disappointing to get a short reply.
The email got me thinking about the degree to which I have been misunderstood throughout my entire life—maybe Wittgenstein was right after all.