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Who is Thomas Merton?

"What Martin Luther King was to the civil rights movement and what Henry Ford was to the automobile, Thomas Merton is to contemplative prayer. Although this prayer movement existed centuries before he came along, Merton took it out of its monastic setting and made it available to and popular with the masses. It is interesting to me that many people still think celebrity star Shirley MacLaine was the greatest influence in the New Age. But for me, hands down, Thomas Merton has influenced New Age thinking more than any person of recent decades. Merton penned one of the most classic descriptions of New Age spirituality I have ever come across. He explained:

"It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, ... now I realize what we all are .... If only they [people] could all see themselves as they really are ...I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other ... At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusions, a point of pure truth ... This little point ...is the pure glory of God in us. It is in everybody.
FROM A TIME OF DEPARTING BY RAY YUNGEN

 

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The Who's Who of Contemplative Spirituality

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BAILEY, ALICE : Founder of the Arcane School, an offshoot of Theosophy - authored several books through a "spirit guide."

BALLARD, JIM

BLANCHARD, KEN: Founder of Ken Blanchard Companies and Lead Like Jesus.

BROTHER LAWRENCE: (1605-1691) Carmelite layman, author of Practicing the Presence of God. Believed God was in all things.

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CANFIELD, JACK: Creator and author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

CRABB, LARRY: Spiritual Director and Advisor for American Association of Christian Counselors.

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Desert Fathers

DILLARD, ANNIE

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EDWARDS, TILDEN: Founder of the Shalem Prayer Institute in Washington, DC

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RICHARD FOSTER: Founder of Renovare and author of Celebration of Discipline.

MATTHEW FOX: Former Dominican priest and author of The Coming of the Cosmic Christ; developed Creation Spirituality; believes that God and Christ are in all things.

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GRIFFIN, EMILIE

GUYON, MADAME

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BARBARA MARX HUBBARD

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Johnson, Jan

JONES, ALAN (author of Reimagining Christianity)

JONES, LAURIE BETH

JONES, TONY

JULIAN OF NORWICH

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KEATING, THOMAS

SOREN KIERKEGAARD

KIDD, SUE MONK

KIMBALL, DAN

 

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LAMOTT, ANN

LAWRENCE, BROTHER

Living Spiritual Teachers Project

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MANNING, BRENNAN

MARX HUBBARD, BARBARA

MCLAREN, BRIAN

MCMANUS, ERWIN

MERTON, THOMAS

MILLER, DONALD (BLUE LIKE JAZZ)

MONK KIDD, SUE

MOORE, BETH

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NORWICH, JULIAN OF

NOUWEN, HENRI

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PAGITT, DOUG

PECK, M. SCOTT

Pennington, Basil

PETERSON, EUGENE & THE MESSAGE

 

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SCHULLER, ROBERT

SHANNON, WILLIAM: New Age biographer of Thomas Merton

SWEET, LEONARD

SWINDOLL, CHARLES

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Taize Community

TALBOT, JOHN MICHAEL

TEASDALE, WAYNE

TERESA OF AVILA

THOMAS, GARY

 

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UNDERHILL, EVELYN

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WALSCH, NEAL DONALD (Conversations with God)

WARREN, RICK (Same as PDL Research above)

WILBER, KEN

WILKINSON, BRUCE (Prayer of Jabez)

WILLARD, DALLAS

WILLIAMSON, MARIANNE

Willow Creek

WYATT KENT, KERI

 

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YACONELLI, MARK

YANCEY, PHILIP

Youth Specialties

 

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