DAY 94

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis · 1427
De Imitatione Christi
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Are you seeking inner peace away from the noise of the outside world?

📝ONGO's Reflection

Setting aside religious belief, one breathless day when I was merely chasing worldly achievement, the quiet passages of this book brought my steps to a firm halt. The reason these words, written in an old medieval monastery, have stirred the barren souls of so many across the ages is surely that they prize the humble practice of living above any pedantic display of knowledge. When I turned my gaze inward instead of always outward and humbled myself without limit, I quietly learned that an empty fullness arrives at last.

— ONGO · Curator
"A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
"깊은 통찰력보다 오히려 겸손한 마음이 평화를 가져다준다."

🌱Apply It Today

Today, even for just ten minutes, turn off your phone and all devices completely and shut out the outside noise. In deep silence, sit face to face with yourself and rest humbly there.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

無爲而化
Flow in the Quiet
무위이화 · effortless flow
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