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For my 2003 book Rational Mysticism, I interviewed men who claimed—or implied—that they had meditated their way to enlightenment.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2015

Most of his life he had meditated every day for four or five hours or more.

From Slate • May 15, 2013

A man as spiritual as he was stubborn, John had meditated daily for years, an hour or so at a time, an essential part of his religious faith and practice.

From Washington Post

The Bulwark, which he had meditated for some 30 years, is an unpretentious, fitting valedictory.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was cut off from the escape he had meditated.

From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)