preoccupation

I'm trying to find not the metaphors, but, rather, the points in common: the common gripes, the common issues, the common preoccupations.

This may or may not be easy to accomplish for others of different preoccupations or circumstances.

Nature, and the need to regard it as an ally rather than an antagonist, was one of his constant preoccupations.

Ascending initiates cannot afford such preoccupations , as they prevent the opening of the heart.

The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had.

William Feaver, painter and for many years art critic for The Observer, provides a unique account of Freud's preoccupations and achievement.

Dealing with Russia and reducing European dependence on its oil and gas has become one of the main preoccupations of the EU.

There are so many preoccupations that sever the heart from communicating with the rest of the form.

Giraffe recommends that ascending initiates move out of the cities, and move out of preoccupations that retain one there.

India obviously has preoccupations enough to keep its focus fixed on its border regions.

Deep in the background, the president's foreign-affairs people studied the administration's economic preoccupations with mixed feelings.

On China is in many respects an apologia for some of the central preoccupations of Kissinger's life.

Yet even in this highly politicised milieu, the material comforts of my life back home were among their chief preoccupations.

In almost all respects, the two laureates were different: nationality, cultural background, occupations and preoccupations.

The Contents page of the RADIO TIMES actually details what the British public's preoccupations are.

With a leadership transition due in 2012, Beijing has its own domestic preoccupations.

Biographical information can be enormously informative, he says, enlightening the reader as to the poet's real preoccupations.

By turns picaresque and ironic, it's a revealing portrait of Norwegian preoccupations and insecurities.

As a rule, current preoccupations worry you more than your future plans.

Releasing the media and media based preoccupations creates more time for introspection and inward focus.

Sadly the methods of most left-leaning educators say much more about their own outdated preoccupations than about the problem.

His preoccupations include family, railways and the Indian subcontinent.

The French Government was distracted by other preoccupations.

These preoccupations interfere with the ability to open the heart enough to love.

In the UK, there may be many Mrs Smiths with similar preoccupations.

The client is unencumbered by past or future preoccupations or concerns.

But this novel is more commonplace than its preoccupations with history, ritual and the afterworld would suggest.

"Let's find you another glass of wine, " Cooke's voice cut through her preoccupations.

Giraffe foresees a return to such gentle preoccupations in the decade ahead.

Yet there is something about Donzy that captures the preoccupations of the French at large.

In order to fulfill upon the potential script for ascension, one must have preoccupations that serve.

There are many preoccupations that are useful to ascending humans.

As it turns out, they have many of the same preoccupations online.

We forget that our preoccupations change.

Spirit asks that humans drop their preoccupations that distract and distort the choice to ascend, such as artificial forms of entertainment.

The protesters' preoccupations vary from place to place, as do the economic data that underpin them.

If we could banish all these preoccupations when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

Over time and the longer one lives, and the more preoccupations one has, the more extensively mechanized one becomes.

This is difficult, as preoccupations that may appear to serve ascension may not.

Many would rather numb themselves through addictive use of substances or preoccupations, such as alcohol, cigarettes and television.

There are some preoccupations that one could be passionate about however that precludes ascension.

some are working their way out of preoccupations that serve not ascension and finding new preoccupations that do;