Peacemaking and Contemplation

The contemplative mind prays from a different sense of Who–I–am. It rests, and abides in the Great I AM, and draws its life from the Larger Vine (John 15:4–5), the Deeper Well (John 4:10–14).

Je ne vois pas d’autre issue : que chacun de nous fasse un retour sur lui-même et extirpe et anéantisse en lui tout ce qu’il croit devoir anéantir chez les autres.

Contemplation is simply trying to face life in a truly undefended and open-eyed way.11

alone is not enough, but without it, nothing else is of value. The first task is to get the self immunized against the most radical results of the threat of violence. When this is accomplished, relaxation takes the place of