For Molinos, the way of Christian perfection was the interior way of contemplation to which anyone with divine assistance can attain and that can last for years, even for a lifetime.
The latter school taught that, through contemplation of that which could be seen (i.e., the image of Christ), the mind might rise to contemplation of that which could not be seen (i.e., the essence of Christ).
Utamaro's prints are the most perfect expression of a tender, loving contemplation of nature, which included not only birds and flowers but women as well.
Fabini, who was charged with disorderly conduct, will seek an adjournment with the contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges could be dismissed after six months.
Ms. Rutkowski was charged with a class-B misdemeanor and received an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which means that she was not fined and that after one year her case will be dropped and sealed.
Instead, prosecutors brought new charges of obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor, and harassment, a violation, and offered her a six-month adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which she accepted.
She was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct (not the previous charge we'd been told) and was released on an ACD (adjournment in contemplation of dismissal), which means that if she doesn't get arrested in the next six months the charge will be dismissed.
But three people with knowledge of the cases said the 10 defendants were each awarded an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal," which typically requires a defendant to stay out of trouble for a certain period, often six months or a year.
With the "comprehensive secularization of the historical in the state of creation…History merges into the setting" to become natural history (OGT, 92), whose attendant cognition is a melancholic contemplation of things which derives enigmatic satisfaction from its very recognition of their transience and emptiness (OGT, 139).
Activists would join contemplatives in the ancient disciplines of stillness, meditation and contemplation -- all of which would kindle a cool fire enflamed with contentment, resolve, conviction and compassion.
