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Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom.

Shakti Gawain

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Shakti Gawain
Age: 70 †
Born: 1948
Born: September 30
Died: 2018
Died: November 11
Author
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Trenton
New Jersey
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Reason
Instinctive
Much
Rationality
World
Intuition
Enormous
Western
Value
Overlooks
Wisdom
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