The phrase "avoid reflecting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from thinking about or considering something, often in a context where reflection may lead to negative feelings or distractions.
Example: "In order to stay focused on the task at hand, it's best to avoid reflecting on past mistakes."
Alternatives: "steer clear of contemplation" or "refrain from introspection.".
Her films may be reflective, but she would rather avoid reflecting on her work.
No art that is made can avoid reflecting its time and the particular political, social and economic circumstances of its making.
Ordinary Chinese, influenced by Confucian traditions that emphasize social harmony, are complicit in the silence, preferring to withhold blame for the violence and to avoid reflecting on personal responsibility.
He does try to keep a few basic taboos in sight: animals should always behave like animals, the Simpsons should avoid reflecting on their own celebrity and the Springfield universe should never become overtly cartoonlike.
In giving two prime Cabinet seats to such a politically insignificant faction, Mr. Obuchi could have been making an attempt to avoid reflecting internal party politics in the national Government.
The Devils had come a long way since Friday morning, when it took willpower for Zach Parise to avoid reflecting on how they were only a victory away from reaching the finals.
Ben Hogan avoids reflecting on the particulars of his magnificent career, even though they happen to include four United States Open victories, five other major championships, and a reputation as the greatest shotmaker who ever lived.
Balaam's moral failure was effected by his avoiding reflecting on his actions, by a pervasive asymmetry in how we view ourselves and how we view others due to native self-partiality that can only be corrected by reflection, and by a difficulty in discerning the exact degree to which we are obliged to act morally.
That's what intimate relationships are -- opportunities to see the aspects of yourself you can't see, don't want to see, or are intensely avoiding reflected back to you through another human being you are bound so closely to that you are compelled to look.
Since conscience is authoritative and proximate for Butler, and since the dictates of conscience coincide with our self-love, self-deceit only gets off the ground if we avoid reflection or if we reflect poorly.
Regions with gaps between the strains were excluded to avoid problems reflecting start codon misassignment.
