The verb to ruminate has been extended metaphorically to mean to thoughtfully ponder or to meditate on some topic. Similarly, ideas may be chewed on or digested. Chew the (one's) cud is to reflect or meditate.
Wikipedia says: Physiologically, a ruminant is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, known as the rumen, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. The process of again chewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called "ruminating". Ruminating mammals include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, American Bison, European bison, yaks, water buffalo, deer, camels, alpacas, llamas, wildebeest, antelope, pronghorn, and nilgai. Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia includes all those species except the camels, llamas, and alpacas, which are Tylopoda.
A common practice for wise believers is to read a chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Bible each day. Conveniently there are 31 chapters in Proverbs. Food for thought.
Chew on the following, slowly, to get the full benefit.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.Wikipedia says: Physiologically, a ruminant is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, known as the rumen, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. The process of again chewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called "ruminating". Ruminating mammals include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, American Bison, European bison, yaks, water buffalo, deer, camels, alpacas, llamas, wildebeest, antelope, pronghorn, and nilgai. Taxonomically, the suborder Ruminantia includes all those species except the camels, llamas, and alpacas, which are Tylopoda.
A common practice for wise believers is to read a chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Bible each day. Conveniently there are 31 chapters in Proverbs. Food for thought.
Chew on the following, slowly, to get the full benefit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware, the man of one book.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Dreams and visions are infused into men for their advantage and instruction...
Artemidoros
If you propose to speak, always ask yourself Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?
Buddha
Buddha
God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.
Bulgarian
Evil prevails when good men do nothing.
Thomas Burke (variation)
The still mind of the sage is a mirror of heaven and earth the glass of all things...
Chuang Tse
The great man always thinks of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Confucius
You may possess things, but you must not be possessed by them.
Aurobindo
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
John Barrymore
Carpenters bend wood; fletchers bend arrow; wise men fashion themselves.
Buddha
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