Reading the Future

The benefits of a healthy mindfulness practice are numerous and well-attested, but not easy to put into words. Practitioners, when asked, tend to use indefinite descriptors like feeling more alert and aware, or being more attuned and open-hearted. This is because gains are subtle – so much so that that we aren’t necessarily conscious of them. This is true for one of the more profound benefits: the ability to decide a wise course of action by predicting its effect.

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