Made in Rome or India, the small, illumination-like ink drawings reflect the influence of Eastern art and thought and already evince a characteristic mood of self-contemplation, whether languorous or anxious.
My first reaction when I read two mosques were attacked was fear and anxiety for my mother, who goes to Friday prayers here in Orange County, followed by contemplation about whether I should ask her to stay away from her mosque.
In the first half of the 20th century Neoscholastic authors invoking the authority of Thomas Aquinas and the Spanish mystics Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross debated whether mystical contemplation was the goal of all Christians or a special grace offered only to a few.
If we sincerely engage spiritual disciplines -- whether meditation, contemplation, yoga or prayer -- our practices will bear fruits.
This, I think, is what we do in life, circling the places we -- and others before us -- have traveled to, finding meaning both in the journey and contemplation of the journey, whether it's circumambulating the Jokhang in Lhasa, sitting under the bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, or cycling over to a Left Bank street on a summer afternoon in Paris.
For that week people can use it in whatever way they want, whether that's contemplation or meditation or reconciliation.
In the two years since his creation, Bob has become something of a national obsession in Britain, opening shopping centers during the holiday season, inspiring serious contemplation in Master Builder magazine on whether his fictional lifestyle is indeed a reality, and, once, inciting a riot.
Despite surface appearances, Aquinas is conscious of Aristotle's failure to settle whether it is contemplation or political praxis that is the essence of human fulfillment.
Whether internally as contemplation or externally as relationship, ethical consciousness requires time to unfold.
Wilson was particularly interested in whether people enjoy silent contemplation isolated from all diversions.
