The Emptying Gaze: How Contemplation Breaks and Frees the Soul

It’s not about us. It's about being seen.

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“Contemplation is not a matter of seeing, but of being seen; it is not a matter of finding the answer, but of discovering the question. And in this, the soul often finds itself suddenly emptied... It must confront the void, and in that emptiness, seek a humility and freedom it did not know it lacked.” Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplat…