"reflection and contemplation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to express the act of carefully thinking or considering something. Example: After a long day of work, I like to spend some time in quiet reflection and contemplation about my goals and priorities.
Ray Fisk, the publisher of Down the Shore Books and who also contributed photographs, said the book "is about reflection and contemplation.
The guiding principles for a memorial, released yesterday by the development corporation, speak of respecting the "sacred quality of the space" and encouraging "reflection and contemplation".
Constructed of solid granite in the shape of an open hand, the memorial embodies strength and encompasses a sheltered space for reflection and contemplation at its center.
The competitors were urged to "convey the magnitude of personal and physical loss at this location," and also "encourage reflection and contemplation" and "create an original and powerful statement of enduring and universal symbolism".
The Portuguese have one word for all the pleasures of reflection and contemplation of things we love and long for, with hope adding a touch of sweetness that makes melancholy bearable.
Therefore, although the religious community aims at maintaining its historic faith as a framework within which to interpret experience of the divine, every such community must find ways of recognizing both novel experience and fresh insight resulting from individual reflection and contemplation.
It's a great opportunity for self-reflection and contemplation.
Observation and contemplation are to be commended.
These are slow movements intended to focus attention/concentration, and provide openings and opportunities for reflection, contemplation, and learning.
JAV: How important do you feel reflection, contemplation and meditation were to Da Vinci's and Edison's successes?
By asking the ultimate questions in your life, you begin the lifelong journey inward, a journey of reflection, contemplation and introspection.
