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  • verb Present participle of meditate.

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Examples

  • Maybe all that stuff in Buddhism about abolishing desire and meditating is a way to see through the illusion of consciousness and become a zombie.

    January 9th, 2008 amuchmoreexotic 2008

  • Maybe all that stuff in Buddhism about abolishing desire and meditating is a way to see through the illusion of consciousness and become a zombie.

    amuchmoreexotic: I've just finished reading Consciousness amuchmoreexotic 2008

  • It is in meditating, in sweats, in the Sun Dance and in prayer that we sharpen our emotional and relational intelligence.

    Introducing The Ojibwa Warrior Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008

  • It is in meditating, in sweats, in the Sun Dance and in prayer that we sharpen our emotional and relational intelligence.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2008

  • From her first entering into religion, she spent some time during the day in meditating on the Passion of Christ our Lord, and in thinking of her sins, without raising her thoughts to any supernatural object.

    The Letters of St. Teresa 1902

  • O that in meditating on these things we may experimentally know the power of

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • When he received the divine revelation himself, it was to him sweet as honey (v. 3); he could with abundance of pleasure have spent all his days in meditating upon it; but when he is to preach it to others, who, he foresees, will be hardened and exasperated by it, and have their condemnation aggravated, then he goes in bitterness.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Many people are intimidated by the idea of meditating, with excuses of not having the time or ability to quiet the mind.

    6 Techniques to Ignite Your Inner Creativity and Passion 2011

  • What I have trouble with, though, is meditating, which is something I took up a few months ago in preparation for turning 40.

    Rob Long: Trying Not to Fall Asleep 2008

  • I wish I were better at the Buddhist thing--the notion of meditating on one's death--but I'm not.

    Archive 2005-02-01 Emma Goldman 2005

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