Contemplating what to do next, what would be best, what course to follow. Before I go to sleep each night, I spend some time reviewing what happened that day, and how I wish to proceed on the issues for the next day. We can also contemplate on qualities we wish to develop in ourselves. Because, as we grow in consciousness, we become more conscious of the greater plan for our life in the world. We attain a more universal overview of life.
Contemplation serves as a clearing house in our mind.
We bring out a situation for review, process it, and then pass it on into usefulness or discard it as unusable for us. Or maybe send it back into our memory storage to be brought forward at another time. Contemplation gives us the time to allow a good solution to come to mind. If we are in a hurry or pressured to make a decision quickly, we might not instantly come up with the most useful answer. As we contemplate we can take notes on ideas that come to mind.