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Introduction11
thatcontemplatingmeanscleaningthemind.Thecleaningofthemind
isneededforfurtherreflection(itcouldbeachievedbymeditation,
asinBuddhismZen),asitisneededtoclearaplaceforworship.The
wordisveryoftenassociatedwithprayingorsomereligiousactivities,
asforexamplemeditativereadingofsomesacredtextsorprayers.
InChristianity,whileponderinguponasacredtextthereadercould
bemovedaffectionatelyandcognitivelytothestateofcontemplation,
i.e.restinginthepresenceofGod(Keating2002:20).Itisakindof
unionwithGod,notreflectiveandpassive.InSpiritualExercises,Saint
Ignatiusproposedsomeconsecutivetechniquestoachievethestateof
contemplation,by:
1.Intellectualelaborationofthetopics(discoursivemeditations).
2.Gazingattheobjectofimaginationandseeingthepersonsfrom
theGospels.
3.Applicationofthefivesensesinspirittomeditateanddevelop
spiritualsenses(ibid.:22).
Photo10PictureofsculpturebyAlbertToft“TheSpiritofContemplation”
(VictorianWeb,http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/toft/28.html,accessed:31.07.2017)
