“…These schools can be said to focus on different aspects identified by Damasio as components of the self. Bildung is the education you give yourself" (see also Boes, 2006Boes, , 2009). Mindfulness meditation, and other spiritual exercises (what is sometimes called "contemplative science") are gaining advocates for their incorporation within the public school system (Rosch, 2008;13 The noun "Bildung" has several meanings, which is why the term is often left untranslated.…”