To meditate upon something -- Terpsichore, for example
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Meditate | Definition of Meditate by Merriam-Webster  Define meditate: to spend time in quiet thought for religious purposes or ... course of action>. meditate implies a definite focusing of one's thoughts on something...
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Mused | Define Mused at Dictionary.com  Mused definition, to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. ... Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.
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muse - definition of muse in English | Oxford Dictionaries  Meaning, pronunciation, example sentences, and more from Oxford Dictionaries. ... 'My personal favorite was a four-foot tall statue of Terpsichore, the Greek muse of ... 'he was musing on the problems he faced' .... Middle English: from Old French muser meditate, waste time, perhaps from medieval Latin musum muzzle.
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Meditate dictionary definition | meditate defined - YourDictionary  Meditate is defined as to sit quietly and clear the mind or be deep in thought. An example of meditate is sitting in a quiet room and focusing only on your breath.
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Muse | Define Muse at Dictionary.com  Muse definition, to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. ... Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance),...
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Mysticism - Wikipedia  Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any .... that results in the resolution of a personal or religious problem. ..... These traditions include practices to induce religious or mystical experiences, ..... Yoga is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which aim to...
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BUDDHISM TEST Flashcards | Quizlet  This form of Buddhism uses riddles (koan) to concentrate the mind during meditation. Riddles helped to achieve enlightenment by showing the limits of rational thought. Taught that anyone could live the life of the Buddha. Sitting meditation (zanzen) ... Satori. (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
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Literary Terms and Definitions T - Carson-Newman College  For instance, in Britain, the adjective bloody is considered taboo or impolite to speak ... TELESCOPED METAPHOR: Also called a complex metaphor, a telescoped ... Here, Caesar's sister is the tenor, and "peace of Virtue" is the vehicle, initially. ..... Ojibwe odoodem): In its most specific sense, the term applies to the religious...
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Laconics - Eugene O'Neill - eOneill.com  Nov 8, 2011 ... Before we begin the examination of O'Neill's trauma plays, some ... [7] And for healing to occur, we must give words and meaning to our overwhelming experiences. ... dissociated states (Strange Interlude), traumatic terror (The Emperor Jones) etc. .... I have found the adjective more useful, wrote Sewall.
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Free Flashcards about FAMILIAR PHRASES - StudyStack  WHEN YOU WORRY OR THINK DEEP THOUGHTS, YOU'RE SAID TO "KNIT" THIS, BROW. IN OTHER WORDS, "SIMILAR TO A FLYING MAMMAL LEAVING...
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Garbl's Editorial Style and Usage Manual: T-U  talisman If you have more than one of these good-luck charms with engraved ... The second term suggests that it's a mutual discussion between or among the participants. ... someone or something and promote its worth or importance to other people." ... from scientific names are lowercased: the phylum Protoza, protozoan.
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Meditations on Quixote - Dictionary definition of Meditations on ...  (Ortega y Gasset, Meditations on Quixote, p. .... Spain, he said, needs to imitate not the hero Quixote, but the author Cervantes, whose novel integrates idealism...
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PRACTICING THOUGHT AWARENESS TRAINING: An excerpt from ...  Oct 13, 2016 ... When we are fully engaged, we are in the here and now doing just what we are ... In a breath-based meditation you assume a comfortable position so that you will not be ... If you are particularly flexible, you could assume the full-lotus ... He speaks around the world on developing focus and discipline and...
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"A Look at Scansion Methods" article by Caleb ... - The Poem Tree  However, elevating a slightly stressed syllable to a stressed position suggests ... Scansion has at least two uses: We use it to study the poetry of other poets, and ... One is the spondee, and another is the use of many unstressed syllables ... However, if you scan the line according to the meter, the falling rhythm can't be seen:.
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Metaphor, Mystery, and the Music of J. S. Bach - jan.ucc.nau.edu  But hope, not surety, sailed them out of sight, ... The eye of heaven scans the universe and sees, in swirling vortices of .... that keep the beans and broccoli green.
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Lateral Puzzles: [BeccaAnn] The Effects of Weightlessness  anything to do with a piece of poetry? type of poetry? subject of a piece? .... If it was about a translation of Jabberwocky, was the debate taking place in France? ..... vorpal is a Carrollism - he gave no definition of the term, but he possibly ... As long as he didn't chortle in front of his wife about the way in which...
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Mandala - Wikipedia  A mandala (Sanskrit: , lit, circle) is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions, representing the universe. ... Many situate yantras as central focus points for Hindu tantric practice. ... Despite its cosmic meanings a yantra is a reality lived. .... I sketched every morning in a notebook a small circular drawing, ... which...
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Weird and wonderful words | Oxford Dictionaries  Along the way you'll encounter words for 'resembling an ostrich', 'a bird's wishbone', and the ... catoptromancy, foretelling the future by means of a mirror .... pavonine, to do with or resembling a peacock .... superbious, proud and overbearing.
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I want some information on the literature figures of speech.with their ...  Dec 6, 2008 ... ... in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human ... ex. the clouds wept, giving a human trait to nature. ... This device is often used in poetry to achieve some kind of sound pattern or as a...
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Transcendental Meditation (TM): Mental Relaxation or Hindu ...  So, the practice of TM is based on the concepts presented in this book. .... "Mantra ... an invocation used by Hindus in worship in the form either of a brief petition...
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Magic Herbals: Tasseography: Divination on tea leaves  Dec 8, 2006 ... Tasseography (or tasseomancy) is the art and practice of divination by the reading of tea leaves. .... And never pour tea with another person unless you wish to become a magnet for bad luck. ... Bless this tea in the names