Sentence examples for in contemplation of death from inspiring English sources
The 17th century Spanish Catholic painter shows a kneeling friar in closet-like solitude, well-cowled, his mouth agape speaking to God, holding a skull in contemplation of death.
If an individual believes that death will occur from a current illness and gives the ring to another individual in contemplation of death from this specific illness, a "gift causa mortis" has occurred.
In serious contemplation of death, Rosenzweig suggests, one experiences nothingness in a particular, and particularly immediate fashion.
Nothing matches it for emotional impact, although Four Black Sheep and Leave Behind are absorbing in their glassy contemplation of death.
Stoic philosophical and spiritual practices included logic, Socratic dialogue and self-dialogue, contemplation of death, training attention to remain in the present moment (similar to some forms of Eastern meditation), and daily reflection on everyday problems and possible solutions.
In this respect we can come to understand how the contemplation of death and decomposition modeled by Silas' dead birds implies that only aesthetics and ideology cement death's enigmas to science and photography.
Indeed Tibetan Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche writes in "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" that regular contemplation of death can lead to a deep experience of joy as old attachments and negative habits are released.
Lyrically the record deals with thoughts about self-reflection, the contemplation of death, and a struggle with drugs.
And both Piver and Cohen agree that contemplation of death should be avoided for those with trauma or psychological instability.
But the production often feels paralyzed in contemplation of the mysteries that lurk in everyday lives.
