--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > Since Obama is not a contemplative, I doubt it.
Obama contemplated his vision of rising from humble beginnings to greatness, and the presidency with such conviction, you believed him to be the Messiah. Sounds like Merton to me. "...such a man can wreck a whole city or a religious order or even a NATION."