The Art of Contemplation: Gentle path to wholeness and prosperity

Other ways of accessing the field of contemplation through the natural world are gardening, handling natural materials or being with animals.

if you push against the current, you will end up exhausted.

If you have never simply sat and watched day turning into night, this in itself is a magical and powerful practice that is highly recommended.

Our body is like a beloved pet. The better we take care of it and love it, the happier and healthier it will be.

we rarely treasure our mind for the sacred gift it truly is.

Your intuition will instantly pick up on a potential area or issue that needs deeper attention.

Above all, we can begin to see the activity itself as a pause and our minds can rest while our bodies remain in motion.

The deeper role of contemplation is to allow us to come face-to-face with this universal fear that all human beings experience. This is the role of pivoting,

As you experiment with the techniques and innovate your own, it’s important to remember the core purpose of all contemplative paths, captured so beautifully in a line worth contemplating by Moinuddin Chishti, a revered early Islamic saint: