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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

noun The act or process of meditating.
noun A devotional exercise of or leading to contemplation.
noun A contemplative discourse, usually on a religious or philosophical subject.

from The Century Dictionary.

noun The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; sustained reflection.
noun Religious contemplation.
noun In theology: A private devotional act, consisting in deliberate reflection upon some spiritual truth or mystery, accompanied by mental prayer and by acts of the affections and of the will, especially formation of resolutions as to future conduct.
noun A short literary composition in which the subject (usually religious) is treated in a meditative manner: as, a volume of hymns and meditations.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.
noun obsolete Thought; -- without regard to kind.

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noun A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation
noun A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
noun (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

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From Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī ("to meditate, to think over, consider"), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

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I do believe what you experienced in meditation is possible.

Little griefs « WholeSelfCoach 2010
The Vâkyakâra then propounds a pûrvapaksha (primâ facie view), 'Once he is to make the meditation, the matter enjoined by scripture being accomplished thereby, as in the case of the prayâjas and the like'; and then sums up against this in the words 'but (meditation) is established on account of the term meditation'; that means -- knowledge repeated more than once (i.e. meditation) is determined to be the means of Release.

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
Part of the difficulty is that the word meditation means both the experience and the technique.

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How can biofeedback help me achieve a longer, healthier, happier life? http The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation."

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How can biofeedback help me achieve a longer, healthier, happier life? http The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation."

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How can biofeedback help me achieve a longer, healthier, happier life? http The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation."

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How can biofeedback help me achieve a longer, healthier, happier life? http The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation."

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The term meditation is often used to describe an individual's state of intense focus on an object or thought.

Improving Your Health 2008
Usually, when people hear the word meditation, they think of transcending this clunky earthly plane.

Women Food and God Geneen Roth 2010
Usually, when people hear the word meditation, they think of transcending this clunky earthly plane.

Women Food and God Geneen Roth 2010

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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