{"id":6511,"date":"2016-05-18T23:27:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T23:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/18\/sapere-aude\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:06:18","slug":"sapere-aude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/sapere-aude\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Meditation &#8211; How Mindfulness Can Make You More Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6511\" class=\"elementor elementor-6511\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2727dcb9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2727dcb9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-607f28e3\" data-id=\"607f28e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1462e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1462e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16254\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wise-Meditation-scaled-e1676985952524-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cec4b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cec4b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>When I was at University, I found the content of my economics degree extremely theoretical which left me believing it had no real-world value or\u00a0apparent\u00a0applicability. Fair enough, concepts such as \\&#8221;moral hazard\\&#8221;, \\&#8221;selection bias\\&#8221;, \\&#8221;risk aversion\\&#8221; and \\&#8221;in-elasticity\u00a0of demand\\&#8221;\u00a0(which neatly explained my\u00a0family\\&#8217;s penchant\u00a0for cigarettes no matter what the price!) were all very insightful, but that was about it for three years of academic study! 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The textbook translation was \\&#8217;have the courage to use your own understanding\\&#8217;. I found this incredibly uplifting at a challenging time in my life when things were not running as smooth as I\\&#8217;d envisaged. I was struggling a fair bit &#8211; seeing things differently to many of my peers and still recovering from a crazy car accident where I had been a wee bit wild behind the wheel.\u00a0I was shorn of confidence and in need of such a fillip.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/sapere-aude\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wise Meditation &#8211; How Mindfulness Can Make You More Wise<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was at University, I found the content of my economics degree extremely theoretical which left me believing it had no real-world value or\u00a0apparent\u00a0applicability. 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