In this poem, Louise Erdrich explores her relationship with God and spirituality.
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CLEAR ALL
The great philosopher and mystic Howard Thurman poses the eternal and important question, what do you want, really?
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Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was one of the finest thinkers and most influential preachers of his era. Yet Thurman's importance goes well beyond his influence on Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the freedom struggle.
Howard Thurman tended not to speak of his own mystical inclinations, conscious that the word mysticism was likely to be misunderstood. And yet Thurman is commonly recognized as a mystic in the sense that he used the word to describe someone who had an acute experience of the Divine Life.