Contemplation
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Contemplation. In modern Western use, mental
prayer that is non-discursive and thus distinct from
meditation. At this stage, prayer usually begins to be less the fruit of human effort and more the result of direct divine
grace, a distinction suggested by the traditional contrast between ‘acquired’ and ‘infused’ contemplation.
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