noun
definition
The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
definition
Holy meditation.
definition
The act of looking forward to a future event
Examples of contemplation in a Sentence
He sank into stormy contemplation, clueless how to handle the latest of his challenges.
Her gaze drifted off in contemplation, finally returning to Carmen.
If anything, his anger melted into the contemplation of a man who had a new problem he intended to solve.
From those early days when a fond mother wrote of him as having been " truly converted to God," down to the verge of ninety years, he lived in the habitual contemplation of the unseen world, and regulated his private and public action by reference to a code higher than that of mere prudence or worldly wisdom.
A further scheme in contemplation was that of a Danube-Oder canal.
He turned the eyes of his contemporaries from the commonplace social humours of later Greek life to the contemplation of the heroic age.
Fred rubbed his chin in contemplation.
He resolved, accordingly, to retire to a life of study and contemplation, though he indulged in no asceticism except careful diet.
It is an exhortation, whose point is that the chief good is philosophy, the contemplation of the universe by divine and immortal intellect.
He stepped back, his expression a mixture of frustration and contemplation.
Other railways are in contemplation.
I realized what the Orientals mean by contemplation and the forsaking of works.
Divorce -or the contemplation of divorce- can be an incredibly stressful event.
But the element of work has decreased, and Greek and Slavonic monks give themselves up for the most part to devotional contemplation.
Late in life he seems to have turned to asceticism and contemplation.
Most of the sculptures on display were not made to become subject to aesthetic contemplation in western art museums.
Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation.
Quiet contemplation, which could be seen as prayer, or actively praying, may allow for this.
So far as the physical universe is concerned, we are merely spectators; the only action that remains for us is contemplation.
The construction of a British railway to connect Burma with Yun-nan Fu and onwards to the Yangtsze-kiang has been in contemplation.
Whatever the case, research and contemplation had not dampened the desire for more children – their children.
Isolated individuals, united only by a passive contemplation of the spectacle.
A theology that detaches itself from contemplation and praise does indeed become merely prosaic.
This stone shines with every color, because contemplation shines with the splendor of every virtue.
With a wild surmise " The future is dark, the present burdensome; only the past, dead and finished, bears contemplation.
He rejects the attempt to explain human personality as " generated by the material molecular aggregate of its own unaided latent power," and affirms that the " universe where the human spirit is more at home than it is among these temporary collocations of matter" is " a universe capable of infinite development, of noble contemplation, and of lofty joy, long after this planet - nay the whole solar system - shall have fulfilled its present spire of destiny, and retired cold and lifeless upon its endless way " (pp. 199-200).
With a wild surmise The future is dark, the present burdensome; only the past, dead and finished, bears contemplation.
Not just a place to sleep, the bedroom is a place of relaxation, contemplation, and comfort.
Transcendental Meditation differs from most other forms of meditation as it is not based on contemplation or concentration.
Members of the community practice meditation and chanting to ultimately attain spiritual contemplation and oneness with God.
Intrapersonal - The other side is the person who is skilled at self-analysis and personal contemplation.
He nodded, his gaze drifting off in contemplation.
He frowned, his gaze slipping away in contemplation.
Natural philosophy is again divided into speculative or theoretical and operative or practical, according as the end is contemplation or works.
Plato's philosophy is now concerned with the whole universe of being; yet the ultimate object of his philosophic contemplation is still " the good," now conceived as the ultimate ground of all being and knowledge.
The Lord is to be approached by faith (bhakti) - dis- interested devotion and surrender of self in perfect love, and all actions are to be purified of self-interest in contemplation of Him.
At the turn of the millenium, the Congress invites contemplation of landmarks in the long history of humanity.
Keir Smith's installation has restored the itinerary of the original design, encouraging contemplation on the construction of meaning.
What he would say of Oxford literary criticism today hardly bears contemplation.
The effect is to provoke deeper contemplation in the mind of the reader; language truly is endlessly complex!
Broken is often a frustrating read in that each chapter requires contemplation due to the thought-provoking themes it touches upon.
Thus you see the powerful tendency of consideration to produce this great elevation of the soul in heavenly contemplation.
Then followed a period of quiet contemplation to end the ceremony.
In silent contemplation, we can be mindful of the gap.
Indeed, most of them were not made to become subject to esthetic contemplation in Western art museums.
The building was intended to be "a place of public meeting for all sorts and descriptions of people, without distinction, who shall behave and conduct themselves in an orderly, sober, religious and devout manner, for the worship and adoration of the eternal, unsearchable and immutable Being, who is the author and preserver of the universe, but not under and by any other name, designation or title, peculiarly used for and applied to any particular being or beings by any man or set of men whatsoever; and that no graven image, statue or sculpture, carving, painting, picture, portrait or the likeness of anything shall be admitted within the said messuage, building, land, tenements, hereditament and premises; and that no sacrifice, offering or oblation of any kind or thing shall ever be permitted therein; and that no animal or living creature shall within or on the said messuage, &c., be deprived of life either for religious purposes or food, and that no eating or drinking (except such as shall be necessary by any accident for the preservation of life), feasting or rioting be permitted therein or thereon; and that in conducting the said worship or adoration, no object, animate or inanimate, that has been or is or shall hereafter become or be recognized as an object of worship by any man or set of men, shall be reviled or slightingly or contemptuously spoken of or alluded to, either in preaching or in the hymns or other mode of worship that may be delivered or used in the said messuage or building; and that no sermon, preaching, discourse, prayer or hymns be delivered, made or used in such worship, but such as have a tendency to the contemplation of the Author and Preserver of the universe or to the promotion of charity, morality, piety, benevolence, virtue and the strengthening of the bonds of union between men of all religious persuasions and creeds."
That said, few divinatory methods can take the place of your own innate sense of self, wisdom and contemplation.
His gaze wandered over her face in contemplation.
Philo's ethical ideal is renunciation, contemplation, complete surrender to the divine influence.
The reign of the Spirit was to begin with the year 1260, when the abuses of the world and the Church were to be effectually cured by the general adoption of the monastic life of contemplation.