Contemplation includes recollection, which is concentration to eliminate all thoughts and sensory phenomena; and introversion, which attempts to concentrate the mind on its deepest part, a prelude to an union with God. A.G.H.
Sources: 29, 355-358.
Contemplation An activity of the soul, detached from the mind, which is held in a state of quiescence; the turning of the soul light upon that which is to be known or investigated; the lull between two activities.
"Contemplation and adoration of the 'Light' compels Illumination to take place in the mind-health, strength, and order to come into the body-and peace, harmony, and success to manifest in the affairs of every individual-who will really do it, ...
M Contemplation (vichar) can tread without feet; discrimination (nirat) can see without eyes; attention (supat) can hear without ears; the Soundless (Anhad) can speak without words. [96] ...
By contemplation of the results of the 12 Disciplines, we distill the essence of our being and develop our spiritual character. We are becoming who we truly are.
COAGULATION ...
the contemplation plus the idea of the past is memory, plus the idea of the future it is anticipation.
Holy contemplations can therefore be derived from all things, and the above-named incongruous similitudes can be fashioned from material things to symbolize that which is intelligible and intellectual, ...
Neither can Contemplation be a perpetual prayer: for not to mention the difficulties that attend constant contemplation, it is not properly a prayer, considered in all its parts, ...
Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live.
Dramatis Personae (1935)
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
of "Evolutionary Idealism", or the Tradition wherein Bodily (and Otherwise Human) Spiritualization and Even Bodily Immortalization are Sought, and Which are to be Achieved by Means of the Descent (or Bodily, or Otherwise Human, Contemplation) of ...
Sufism represents the ascetic system of Islamic mysticism that stresses contemplation as a vehicle to ecstatic union with the Divine. Roger Bacon (1214-1292) was a Franciscan monk (5).
Sit in contemplation concerning things draconic. Search for knowledge on dragons. Look for books, and websites, and ask questions. Manifest within yourself a living interest which will be outwardly perceivable.
Christian Mysticism: Prayer and Contemplation, Dangers
An Epiphany of Mystical Symbols: Jacob of Sarug's Mêmrâ 109 on Abraham and His Types
The Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen
Of True Repentance: Jacob Behmen (Jakob Boehme) 1575-1624 ...
Much of Christian monastic spirituality is based on contemplation of the Scriptures.
Proof is readily available of the frequency of sun-worship as the first form of contemplation of a deity. Man has always looked upward for a "source" and the sun met the early criteria of "supporter" of the life of the world.
On 'mystic' it says: 'one who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain union with or absorption into the Deity, or who believes in tile spiritual apprehension of truths inaccessible to the understanding.
Dov Baer himself was an important writer on mystical topics, including one of the few works to treat of ecstasy and contemplation from a Kabbalistic point of view, the Kuntres ha-Hithpa'aluth, or Treatise on Ecstasy.
Webster's dictionary defines the term ‘to meditate' as ‘to engage in contemplation or reflection.' This is an accurate description of one effective form modern meditation can take.
Open the cloister door and step into a tranquil world of contemplation and beauty.
The year of the Snake: is a somewhat changeable year, filled with preparation, contemplation and much reflection. Often breakthroughs are made but achieved in silence.
From B 2 carne B 3, the second Understanding; it is called Tsaphkiel, the Contemplation of God.
From B 3 came B 4 ' the second Mercy; it is called Tsadkiel, the justice of God.
It should be noted that Merkavah mysticism differs from "standard" mysticism, in that the mystic does not attempt to gain direct gnosis of the divine. Instead the goal is the contemplation of the body of the divine upon its throne.
A state of abstraction which carries the ascetic practising it far above the region of sensuous perception, and out of the world of matter. Lit., "contemplation.
Bast, the cat-headed goddess of Egypt, proudly fulfills the High Priestess role while the adventurous coyote treads a rocky path as The Fool. Inspiring imagination and contemplation, ...
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