Mindful and Mind-empty

What going to school did and didn’t teach.

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By Brian Liem

Editor’s note: This article is based on Brian Liem’s keynote, given to the New York City Department of Education.

After I was first asked to give a talk on mindfulness to the New York City Department of Education, I couldn’t remember how I was invited — -was it via an email, or a text, or…