{"id":1477,"date":"2022-02-19T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2022-02-19T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T00:43:07","slug":"meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/02\/19\/meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vinicius-amnx-amano-EqgmZ9WU62Y-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vinicius-amnx-amano-EqgmZ9WU62Y-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vinicius-amnx-amano-EqgmZ9WU62Y-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vinicius-amnx-amano-EqgmZ9WU62Y-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I\u2019m told<br \/>\nmy meditative<br \/>\nposition is<br \/>\nimportant, so<br \/>\nI carefully<br \/>\narrange the<br \/>\ncouch cushions<br \/>\nwhen I sit down,<br \/>\nespecially the<br \/>\nextra pillow<br \/>\nbehind my<br \/>\nshoulders<br \/>\nand the one<br \/>\nfor leaning<br \/>\nmy head back.<br \/>\nI cross my legs,<br \/>\nknee over knee.<br \/>\nAhhhhh\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Next I<br \/>\nremind myself<br \/>\nthat I am not<br \/>\nmy unfinished<br \/>\ntasks,<br \/>\nnor am I<br \/>\nthe freezing<br \/>\nweather coming<br \/>\nnext week.<br \/>\nI\u2019m not<br \/>\nthe inevitable<br \/>\nwind gusts<br \/>\nthat bend<br \/>\nthe tall cedars<br \/>\nwithin striking<br \/>\ndistance of<br \/>\nour house,<br \/>\nnor am I<br \/>\nthose tangles<br \/>\nin the web<br \/>\nof cherished<br \/>\nconnections<br \/>\nthat are never<br \/>\nfully unraveled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I am not<br \/>\nthe conflicting<br \/>\nHow To Do<br \/>\nYour Life<br \/>\nInstructions<br \/>\nthat scroll endlessly<br \/>\ndown<br \/>\nall my screens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I Am<br \/>\nWhat Is Aware of<br \/>\nWhat I Am Not,<br \/>\nAware that I Am<br \/>\nSafe<br \/>\nand Forever Loved,<br \/>\nAware that<br \/>\nYou are Aware,<br \/>\nSafe<br \/>\nand Forever Loved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>(Photo by Vinicius \u201cAMNX\u201d Amano; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Meditation I\u2019m told my meditative position is important, so I carefully arrange the couch cushions when I sit down, especially the extra pillow behind my shoulders and the one for leaning my head back. I cross my legs, knee over knee. Ahhhhh\u2026\u2026\u2026. Next I remind myself that I am not my unfinished tasks, nor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}