Also, remember the folk wisdom of generations: Practice every day, no matter what.

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"This agreement will help us heal the wounds of the past if we have the wisdom and the knowledge to implement it in practice, " he said.

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First, as leveraging the power and wisdom of the crowd becomes a more accepted practice, companies are accepting that their current employees, recruits, and consumers are demanding greater corporate social consciousness.

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For committed meditators, cultivating this wisdom of seeing clearly is at the very heart of the mindfulness meditation practice that trains us to step out from behind the curtain of our restless minds and touch life directly, getting a full, authentic measure of our experience beyond self-deception and impulsiveness.

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