CONTEMPLATE
Fernando Antezana-Suarez
INTERNATIONAL MULTILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERT, WHO, PAHO, WB, USAID, JICA, WORLD VISION, REDCROSS, IFRC, WPRO, PROJECT MANAGERS WITHOUT BORDERS, GREEN ENERGY 4 ALLS,
Dear All
Here I want to bring to your attention, in our busy bustling life that leave us without breath, and also does stress us out, this is a suggestion.
Contemplate what is the definition
Look thoughtfully for a long time at.
"he sat on the carpet contemplating his image in the mirrors"
Similar: look at, view, regard, examine, inspect, observe, survey, study
Have you ever look profoundly or with attention, lets say a flower and se how the colors are mixed in a precise pattern, how the leaves are the same design, etc.
If you look with attention and open not only your eyes but your mind, the image or sight, which I suggest to be more a nature, green or natural area, it will give you a great subject to study of see that it is actually a masterpiece, and it has been designed to be appreciated, with all the hassle you don't even take time to appreciate the sun, if you are 9 to 5 in a closed office.
My advice find a place that has not much people or perhaps is even deserted of traffic and congestion. You must prepare if you wish, a notepad and a pen, no electronics allowed, in case you are inspire and want to write something.
You sit in a bench and look to something that attracts your attention, all of this without Iphones, PC, any communication device is shut. What is on is your head, mind, nose, eyes.
You might even smell the fragrance like example of wet grass, or of flowers, that is something you have not done before, almost certainly.
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By looking to the image you will look to it and find that it might show you things you would have never though of, and that is contemplation.
It is a ground for a solitude and silence, but not of being alone and depressed, but instead to be inspire and see that there is more to life than, coffee, commuting ( without wanting to look at, or communicate with others), job, TV, PC or Cell.
Are you scare to do that? you think you will think bad things, no you will not, if you are a person that does not like silence, then my friend it means that you must confront with that. I know people who sleep with their TV on, and that is not right.
You should not be afraid of silence, no one really apparently wants to be alone and in silence.
Tried and see, is only an advice.
Best
FAS