Meditation

Definitions

1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
   countable, uncountable
3. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
   countable, uncountable
4. A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
   countable, uncountable
5. Careful and thorough thought.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Free-associating on paper is valuable—letting loose, as I described in the last⟳ chapter, and writing whatever you feel⟳ like⟳ writing, any way you want⟳. It’s valuable when you’re learning to write⟳ to help⟳ you deal⟳ with fear, and it continues to be a useful technique for starting a piece of writing or moving beyond a point⟳ where you’re stuck. It’s a good way to develop⟳ characters and story by drawing on unconscious associations, free-associating about something (a process⟳ that used to be called meditation before meditation came to mean⟳ emptying your mind⟳). […] Writing to communicate is a different matter⟳. Professional writers, without exception so far as I know⟳, consider⟳ unstructured, unedited free association to be at best only the first stage⟳ of writing. Not even Jack Kerouac wrote that way, although he tried to make⟳ it look⟳ as if he did.”

“Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.”

“deep meditation”

“in meditation”

“He was lost in careful meditation on how best to proceed when a sudden phone call⟳ forced him to decide⟳.”

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