Meaning of Contemplative | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.

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Examples

“Like the white page that surrounds the darkness of each letter you are reading here, eternity surrounds each heartbeat, and as the contemplative watches his breath, he can move out of time through the doorway which opens in the interval between each heartbeat.”

“The contemplative must not expect exotic feelings, visions or heavenly voices; these did not come from God but from his own fevered imagination and would merely distract him from his true objective [...].”

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