“We're going to have to retire the word mindfulness. It's been hopelessly corrupted in English.”

— Ken McLeod

Money and Value http://www.unfetteredmind.org/money-value-life-4#sect6. Unfettered Mind http://www.unfetteredmind.org. (2007-12-02) (Topic: Practice)

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