Thursday, February 07, 2008

An essential reading list for humanity...

This is a work in progress and additions are welcome.

As I sat quietly munching my Kashi and reading Thich Nhat Hanh's "True Love" this morning, after an amazingly profound discussion about the essence of religion and tradition with Suzanne on our morning run, I was struck by the profound truth in the similarities among a long list of writers and thinkers whose poetry and prose have brought me meaning in recent years. Together, they represent appreciating the beauty of the present, understanding, compassion, joy, life.

Here is just a start ('cause I have to go do my work):
-Merton
-Rilke
-Levinas
-Thich Nhat Hanh
-Eliot
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1 comment:

cOm said...

absolutely!