{"id":4317,"date":"2014-10-01T07:05:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=4317"},"modified":"2014-10-01T07:05:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T11:05:14","slug":"wisdom-wednesday-heart-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/spirituality\/wisdom-wednesday-heart-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom Wednesday: Heart of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today&#8217;s Wisdom Wednesday is brought to you by Thomas Merton: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 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\u00a0<em>of absolute poverty<\/em>\u00a0is the pure glory of God in us\u2026 It is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven. 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