Event Location Daylesford Abbey; 220 South Valley Road; Paoli, PA 19301-1911. John states the main command: “Do not love the world nor the things in the world.” Then, he gives the implication: “If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” It is either/or, not both/and. It is not a matter of exclusivity and “purity” but of wholeness, wholeheartedness, unity, and of Meister Eckhart’s gleichheit (equality) which finds the same ground of love” ― Thomas Merton, Choosing to Love the World “The love of the Father,” could mean His love for us. Do not love the world, neither the things that are in it, for whoever loves the world does not have the love of The Father in him. It starts in small ways and then grows one step at a time. This love was most abundantly displayed on … Choosing to Love the World: Thomas Merton & Mary Oliver as Mentors for Entering the School of Our Lives. So John is saying in verse 17, “If you love the world, you will perish with the world, but if you don’t love the world but love God, you will do his will and live with him forever.”. It is not a question of either-or but of all-in-one. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation. Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation - Ebook written by Thomas Merton. Douay-Rheims Bible Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. Life is more abundant and fulfilling when we choose unconditional love as the primary principle which guides us. In Choosing to Love the World , Thomas Merton inspires us to look deep within ourselves and, in the peaceful silence of contemplation, to find and sing our own song. Choose your love: either the world or the Father, but not both (2:15). Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Choosing to Love the World is a collection of writings, culled from various sources, by Trappist Monk Thomas Merton. In summary, then, the text contains one commandment and three arguments, or incentives. In Choosing to Love the World, Thomas Merton inspires us to look deep within ourselves and, in the peaceful silence of contemplation, to find and sing our own song. 1. It is a deliberate choice we can make, one which serves us, … If you love the world, you cannot love the Father. Its benefits are enormous. myself, the world, and my brother and sister in Christ. The agape love is the greatest love that there is and it is the type of love that gives a person over to sacrificing their own life to save another. This collection really gets to the heart of the matter of his thought: what is it like to be a meditative, contemplative person, while engaging with a world which does everything to strip a person of these impulses? 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