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What is Contemplation and How Does It Differ From Meditation?<\/h2>\n

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\nYou can find a wide diversity of definitions of contemplation and as many opinions about the difference with meditation. In my experience, those distinctions are not necessarily crucial. I am mentioning them so that you can feel how contemplation techniques might be helpful to you.<\/p>\n

Meditation is a technique to train the mind to rest in a particular focus (often the breath, the ever-changing flow of the mind\/body process, sometimes a mantra, etc.) that leads to a connection to the source of consciousness itself.<\/p>\n

Contemplation, by contrast, is a quality of presence to an object, a being (in nature in particular), an image, or even an idea. In actuality, some contemplative practices mentioned below are referred to as \u201cbeing in a place well.\u201d If most meditators keep their eyes close, the action of contemplating assumes that you open your eyes. There is a sense of awareness but it is \u201csofter,\u201d so to speak. The best way I have been able to describe contemplation for me is the combination of undoing (or stopping doing) and getting lost in the object of my contemplation, letting it carry me and \u201cfill me in\u201d.<\/p>\n

The practices that I am suggesting here are very easy to introduce in your daily life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Circle Exercise: A Practice in Radical Beingness<\/a>
\nA Contemplation Practice for When You Feel Stressed, Constrained in Your Life or Need Something to Shift<\/a><\/p>\n

Come back to visit this section often as I will keep adding more resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Videos to Support Your Contemplative Practice and Inspire You<\/h2>\n

Watch this beautiful video and let it resonates with you:
\n“Who Am I… Really?”<\/a>
\nA moment of grace and deep healing…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another powerful video: The End of Suffering read by ThichNhatHanh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“May the sound of this bell penetrate deep into the cosmos
\nEven in the darkest spots
\nLiving beings are able to hear it clearly
\nSo that all suffering in them cease
\nUnderstanding comes to their heart
\nAnd they transcend the path of sorrow and death.
\nThe universal dharma door is already open
\nThe sound of the rising tide is heard clearly
\nThe miracle happens
\nA beautiful child appears in the heart of a lotus flower
\nOne single drop of this compassionate water
\nIs enough to bring back the refreshing spring to our mountains and rivers.
\nListening to the bell
\nI feel the afflictions in me begin to dissolve
\nMy mind calm
\nMy body relax
\nA smile is born on my lips
\nFollowing the sound of the bell
\nMy breathe brings me back to the safe island of mindfulness
\nIn the garden of my heart
\nThe flowers of peace bloom beautifully.”<\/p>\n

And a lesson of wisdom about gratitude in our lives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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