{"id":5168,"date":"2012-06-28T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2012-06-28T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T13:14:02","slug":"buddha-of-the-worried-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2012\/06\/buddha-of-the-worried-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"Buddha of the Worried Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/06\/Melissa-David.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/06\/Melissa-David-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Melissa &amp; 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