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This classic spirituality title, reissued with a new introduction by A M Allchin, beautifully distils Merton's long experience with contemplation. Immersed in the 'negative theology' of John of the Cross and influenced by his reading of the Zen masters Merton stresses that in meditation we should not look for a 'method' or 'system' but cultivate an 'attitude' or 'outlook': faith, openness, attention, reverence, expectation, trust, joy. God is found in the desert of surrender, in giving up any expectation of a particular message and 'waiting on the Word of God in silence'.