Merton's Palace of Nowhere: A Search for God Through Awareness of the True Self

SIXTH PRINTING. Feb. 1985 Ave Maria Press trade paperback, James Finley (Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God). As a young man of eighteen, James Finley left home for an unlikely destination: the Abbey of Gethsemani, where Thomas Merton lived as a contemplative. Finley stayed at the monastery for six maturing years and later wrote this book in order to share with his readers a taste of what he had learned on his spiritual journey under the guidance of one of the great religious figures of our day. At the heart of the quest for spiritual identity are Thomas Merton's illuminating insights--leading from an awareness of the false and illusory self to a realization of the true self. - Amazon