omphaloskepsis   \ahm-fuh-loh-SKEP-sis\   (noun)
          : contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation; also :
inertia

Example sentence:
          Mystics of the Middle Ages practiced omphaloskepsis, believing
that concentrating on a single focal point such as the navel would help
them experience divine light and glory.

Did you know?
          Greek mythology holds that Zeus released two eagles, one from the
east and one from the west, and made them fly toward each other.  They met
at Delphi, and the spot was marked with a stone in the temple of the oracle
there, a stone they named "omphalos," Greek for "navel"  (it supposedly
marked the center of the world). Mystics have been practicing
omphaloskepsis for centuries, but it wasn't until the early 1920s that
English speakers combined "omphalos" with another Greek term, "skepsis"
(which means "examination," not "skepticism"), to create a word for
studying one's own middle and thinking deeply.

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