Merton and Vanishing Star
At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is
untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at
our disposal, from which God disposes our lives, which is inaccessible to the
fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will. This little point
of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of
God in us… It is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of
heaven. It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions
of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would
make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely… I have no program for this seeing. It is only given.
At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is
untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at
our disposal, from which God disposes our lives, which is inaccessible to the
fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will. This little point
of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of
God in us… It is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of
heaven. It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions
of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would
make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely… I have no program for this seeing. It is only given.