1.5. Focused Reflection

It is in the silence of contemplation that we find the shortest distance between cause and effect within. In such a mode, one is free to contemplate anything. One can even contemplate the causes that brought them to that very state of focused reflection. It is going inwards to the root.

Such reflection is not a time to 'ask' for anything or 'try' to change. Only to evaluate the causes that one's life is comprised of. In this deep inner mode, our individual small selves and problems are put in the context of the larger life we inhabit. In this stillness, we subtly observe the reality of our lives as it is. This experience is fertile ground for sowing the seeds of our future actions.

Various wisdom traditions refer to this reflective state of contemplation as prayer.