James Finley, PhD, talks about his spiritual director, Thomas Merton, and Merton's perspective on mysticism, purification, and the contemplative journey.
A deep bow and unconditional love to you, dear Jim Finley. This took me back to those years in The Living School, sitting in symposium listening to you, like this, for hours. What a blessing.
Love this and Dr. Finley. He is so deep. Almost all he says resonates so deeply with me as I am sure so many others. What a humble man. He has spent his life talking about Thomas Merton. People have told me I could have written The Shack (I am not a universalist though) but I believe Mr. Finley could have. I am a therapist who has interwoven psychotherapy with Christian Spirituality. I went through the journey of inner healing first then to Our Lady of Holy Cross College then Tulane University Graduate School for Psychotherapy. That was almost 40 years ago.
at 6:00: “learning to surrender & to let go of the last trace of anything less than an infinate union w God as the basis for youre security and identity” it is a profound statement
