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Contemplation meaning
The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought | Holy meditation. | The act of looking forward to a future event
Synonyms of Contemplation
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Anyway, it's a puzzler that rewards quiet contemplation—the kind of contemplation that continues hours after you've "stopped playing," until suddenly you sit bolt upright on the couch and shout "Eureka!" and rush to the PC to punch in a solution.
He wrote extensively on proportions in music, and on the three different subjective levels on which plainchant could work on the human soul: purging of the impure; illumination leading to contemplation; and nourishing perfection through contemplation.
And the other was just on the comment you had on contemplation or competition on the pump integration front this year.
During the wedding, the Queen and Prince Philip, who was Mountbatten's nephew, paid their respects to 'Uncle Dickie', standing in silent contemplation.
For each of the following puzzles, I provide a link to the solution, but I suggest you resist the temptation to look as soon as you feel stumped—the answer may come to you with just a little more contemplation.
Gina mistook Moira’s distraction for contemplation and decided then that Moira was someone to be privileged with the kind of information Gina had spent years acquiring.
It requires considerable self-discipline, especially in the world of the smartphone and the tablet, to seek out the kind of silence and stillness which is fundamental to coherent and serious contemplation.
Music is here a form of contemplation, a representation of accomplishment and seriousness of purpose in art as in life.
Normally the gym is a place for quiet contemplation and self-improvement, but this time I left utterly confused.
Once they were energised enough, they would go back to their contemplation.
Regardless of the decision the jury comes to at the end of its second phase, expected to stretch into July, that decision will be based in truth, deliberated under the law and arrived at after sober contemplation rather than a rush to judgment.
Several more new buildings are in contemplation in Ashcroft.
So he puts forward a proposal that, because of our interconnectedness, there is a thing called big-C Consciousness, or collective consciousness – that, through deep contemplation and intuition, you can access certain truths.
The 10 Carmelite nuns of Cypress Hills, cloistered in Brooklyn for almost 20 years, decided to leave New York City after much contemplation.
The cryptic, yet not opaque allusions to Jake’s own contemplation of death require Farrell to retain that same subtly.
The Islanders held a period of silent contemplation prior to puck drop for the victims killed when Hamas militants attacked Israel last week, and all the civilians currently in danger.
The New Year's season brings joy, contemplation, and optimism.
These images are available as part of the resource to prompt discussion and contemplation.
Wrinkles may narrate tales of laughter or signify moments of profound contemplation.
And in that contemplation, we can look throughout the scriptures for those who took the Lord for granted -- and for those who repented and came home to Him with real fervor and commitment.