Search results for "Contemplation" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
- spiritual self-concentration and inner contemplation, known in mystical nomenclature ... the “prayer of quiet” or acquired contemplation, is drawn from the well ...22 KB (3,548 words) - 03:48, 30 April 2023
- Stephen intended to retire to a life of holy contemplation and hand ... Stephen intended to retire to a life of holy contemplation and hand ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- that which is joined with Him in our contemplation, but all providence, ... and finally a darkness of the mind in contemplation of the God who cannot ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 18:10, 31 January 2023
- the head between the knees, absorbed in contemplation and murmuring prayers ... of which marked both the end of his contemplation and his lapse into unconsciousness ...26 KB (4,149 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- to the foreign-policy adventuring and contemplation of pre-emptive war, which culminated in German readiness for conflict in 1914. ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- eternal and eventually a realization in contemplation that the true self merges ... in right mindfulness and right contemplation. Ninian Smart, The Religious ...25 KB (3,722 words) - 21:26, 7 September 2023
- require some measure of faith in a divinity and contemplation of perhaps multiple methods of communication. For example, in the modern era; the ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- through philosophy and intellectual contemplation; * The belief that ... be liberated, or enlightened, through contemplation, leading to insight. ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 22:15, 30 November 2022
- of Amida. In addition to the Larger Sutra, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra (The Smaller Sutra of Immeasurable Life) are important to the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- Eudaimonism is an ethical theory which maintains that happiness (eudaimonia) is reached through virtue (aretê). Eudaimonia and aretê are two ...33 KB (5,174 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- everyday world in order to practice true contemplation. Iamblichus devoted much of his work to the defense of mystic theurgic divine possession against ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- to persevere. Even though he sees contemplation of God as the highest ... Nature through physics can be seen as contemplation of God. Arne Næss, the ...28 KB (4,336 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- poems were his earnest attempts to instigate contemplation in those who viewed life and death as subtleties, and the musical and rhythmic nature of ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2023
- Prayer/Contemplation/Reflection: For example, love of the Gospel of ... that there must be a spirit of prayer, contemplation, and reflection that ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 17:16, 30 January 2024
- Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information, and Contemplation. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Pub, 2006. ISBN 978-1580232395. * Hoenig, Sidney ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- said about him, “Never in a human head was contemplation more separated from desire.” Wright died suddenly of a stroke on September 12, 1875 ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- of essential breath energy. In contemplation, the practitioner watches thoughts as they arise and recede. [[Image:The_Immortal_Soul_of_the_Taoist_Adept ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- a fire that broke out, remaining in blissful contemplation while confusion and chaos reigned around him. When an epidemic struck Lima, 60 residents ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- certain practices that encourage the contemplation of the divine mysteries ... spent long periods in meditation and contemplation. Indeed, the tradition ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- by human consciousness. Intuition is the direct contemplation of objects, and furthermore the assembling of the entire set of cognition from sensory perception ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
