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The Fifth Kind of Monk

The Fifth Kind of Monk

by Linda Romey

St. Benedict wrote his 6th century Rule of Life for one of the four kinds of monks he named in that short Rule. After 1500 years, it's time to explore the life of a Fifth Kind of Monk.


Is there more than one kind of strong monk?

Monks “have neither their bodies nor their own wills at their own disposal.”

The work of community in shaping our world.

Ideas of a conscious universe

An invitation to shape an interconnected community of monks

Be be love for the world

The monastery must foster win-win in a zero sum world

The Transfiguration and AI

Finding freedom in limitation