...Thomas Merton draws a few conclusions on the nature of an individual. So whether you are a Christian, an agnostic, a fundamentalist, a progressive, a peace-maker, a terrorist, a preacher, an activist, a Catholic, a Protestant, a Capitalist, a Communist, a CEO, a banker, a teacher, or a shoe salesman...."There is a paradox that lies in the very heart of human existence.
The paradox is this: human nature, by itself, can do little or nothing to settle his most important problems.
If we follow nothing but our natures, our own philosophies, our own ethics, the result can only be disastrous.
For in the concrete order of things God gave people a nature that was ordered to a supernatural life.
He created humankind with a soul that was made not to bring itself to perfection, but to be perfected by Him in a way that infinitely exists beyond the reach of our own powers.
We were never destined to lead purely natural lives, and therefore we were never destined in God’s plan for a purely natural happiness."
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