Meditation
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| '''Meditation''' describes a state of concentrated [[attention]] on some object of [[thought]] or [[awareness]]. It usually involves turning the attention [[inward]] to a single [[point of reference]]. | '''Meditation''' describes a state of concentrated [[attention]] on some object of [[thought]] or [[awareness]]. It usually involves turning the attention [[inward]] to a single [[point of reference]]. | ||
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| + | Various forms of meditation have been described in popular culture sources. In particular, [[science fiction]] stories such as [[Frank Herbert]]'s ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Artemis Fowl (series)|Artemis Fowl]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Maskman]]'', ''[[Lost Horizon]]'' by [[James Hilton]], and ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' have featured characters who practice one form of meditation or another. Meditation also appears as overt themes in novels such as [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[The Dharma Bums]]'' and [[Herman Hesse]]'s ''[[Siddhartha (novel)|Siddhartha]]''. | ||
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Meditation describes a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness. It usually involves turning the attention inward to a single point of reference.
In popular culture
Various forms of meditation have been described in popular culture sources. In particular, science fiction stories such as Frank Herbert's Dune, Star Trek, Artemis Fowl, Star Wars, Maskman, Lost Horizon by James Hilton, and Stargate SG-1 have featured characters who practice one form of meditation or another. Meditation also appears as overt themes in novels such as Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums and Herman Hesse's Siddhartha.
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