The Contemplative Path

The Contemplative Path

Contemplation Is Simple, Not Easy

Chapter 26 in The Cloud of Unknowing

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Beth Bradford
Apr 20, 2022
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Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard once said, “Meditation is simple, but it’s not easy.” So many times we complicate meditation by telling people that we have to do this and that before we meditate.

When we overwhelm ourselves with various disciplines that tell us what we should or shouldn’t be doing or thinking, then we make it overly complex. We layer it wi…

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