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[med-i-tey-shuhn]

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noun

the act of meditating.

continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.

transcendental meditation.

devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.

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Origin:
1175–1225; < Latin meditātiōn- (stem of meditātiō) a thinking over (see meditate, -ion); replacing Middle English meditacioun < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

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We are looking at whether or not telomerase changes after a three-month program of meditation.

Draws parallels to religion in a meditation on the nature and transformative potential of digital culture.

Instead, it offers a meditation on mankind's addiction to state violence.

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We are looking at whether or not telomerase changes after a three-month program of meditation.

Draws parallels to religion in a meditation on the nature and transformative potential of digital culture.

Instead, it offers a meditation on mankind's addiction to state violence.

Regular meditation may increase smarts and stave off aging, according to an ongoing study.

Linear time disappears in favor of a poetic meditation upon the object, and within it, a curious juxtaposition of imagery.

Strolling through one is almost as calming as meditation.

The work is a meditation on the nature of secrecy and the elusiveness of truth, its message written entirely in code.

In the ensuing leisure, the bicameral brain has time for meditation and colloquy–time to tell itself stories.

The result is not only a fascinating travelogue, but also a personal meditation on loss and fate.

The poem is a meditation on the impermanence of human deeds when compared to nature.

There is plenty to indicate that relaxation and meditation can ease some kinds of pain.

When he did speak, his words were the product of long meditation.

Meditation makes the brain more efficient, allowing people to perceive things they otherwise could not, new research suggests.

Maybe it will become a home office, or a meditation room, or some amazing modern combo of the two.

Meditation helps maintain spirituality, while stretching prevents falls and fractures by improving flexibility and balance.

Meditation had been part of all the religions, it in addition has been shown to have multiple health benefits.

He's breathing softly, hands folded neatly in his lap, his head bowed as if in meditation.

Before lunch, let me interrupt this day for a brief meditation that the typical day doesn't afford me.

Few goals beyond prayer, meditation and servicing basic daily needs.

He claims that ten minutes of meditation is equivalent to three hours of sleep.

Meditation does wonders for people with migraines, such as myself.

The torrent of short-form thinking is actually a catalyst for more long-form meditation.

The other meditation that helps revolves around my brother-in-law who flies for a major airline.

But the show's last three drawings, done at the end of his life, present a haunting meditation on death.

Zen gardens are traditionally places of meditation and reflection.

Meditation puts the body and mind system in a state of deep rest helping cope up with the disease and side effects of medication.

But to your point, a pilgrimage requires a certain sense of meditation.

The university is organizing a walking meditation on the quadrangle during that half hour.

Most have settled into a kind of saddle-weary, sunstruck meditation.

Not all was lost for patients who prefer medicine to meditation.

Combines scholarly and personal perspectives in a meditation on poetry and digital culture.

Hiking trails take in ancient petroglyphs, high desert wildlife, and sandstone shrine used for meditation and concerts.

How meditation relieves the subjective experience of pain.

If flip flops distract you, then you might try meditation and concentration exercises, because it seems you have problems.

All domain of esoterism, of yoga, of meditation can be counted to area of primeval religion.

Stress reduction can be achieved by exercise, being with family and friends and meditation.

First step is getting ahold of the parasympathetic nervous system linking breathing and meditation.

Many who practice meditation are aware that consciousness can be free of the usual verbal chatter of our minds.

It is still a long journey to discover the mysterious truth beneath the meditation.

Koestler dives into a meditation on randomness versus determinism, in a soliloquy that foreshadows the heft of the plot.

Now maybe you will understand meditation a little better.

But it also brings on a relaxation quality, they use it for meditation.

Makes me give a second thought to the chanting involved in some meditation techniques.

Transcendental meditation improves blood pressure and insulin resistance in heart patients, a new study suggests.

Poets working in ekphrasis might use a work of art as spark for a sustained meditation on imagined scenarios and abstractions.

In its astonishingly loud way, the film is a meditation on the dangers posed by advanced technology.

After six years in the making, his vision of using the experience of weightlessness as a meditation finally came to fruition.

Transcendental meditation may help lower blood pressure and lower the risk of heart attacks, a new study suggests.

Like a canvas waiting for paint, an empty garden planter can become anything you desire: a meditation in violet, a carnival.

He found that during meditation the regions of the brain thought to be related to happiness increase in activity.

So it's not terribly surprising that a new study found that meditation improves brain function.

Soft piano music turned the area even more distinctly into a meditation zone.

It is a meditation on what means to be human today and what our responsibilities might be towards the life we.

Here about two dozen monks live a life of prayer and meditation.

It is plainly amazing what meditation can do with a stress related headache.

They also believe these traits can be developed with specific meditation practices.

It also deals with pros and cons of meditation and autosuggestions from modern neurological perspective.

Psilocybin or meditation both give access to an altered state of consciousness.

So there are many, myself included, who relish the enlightenment that comes from spiritual meditation.

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meditation (ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of meditating; contemplation; reflection
2.	contemplation of spiritual matters, esp as a religious practice

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Word Origin & History

meditation

early 13c., "discourse on a subject," from L. meditationem (nom. meditatio), from meditatus, pp. of meditari "to meditate, to think over, consider," frequentative form from PIE base *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise" (cf. Gk. medesthai "think about," medon "ruler," L. modus "measure, manner,"

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modestus "moderate," modernus "modern," mederi "to heal," medicus "physician," Skt. midiur "I judge, estimate," Welsh meddwl "mind, thinking," Goth. miton, O.E. metan "to measure"). Meaning "act of meditating, continuous calm thought upon some subject" is from late 14c.

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