{"id":7639,"date":"2013-12-03T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2013-12-03T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T16:49:06","slug":"to-touch-the-heart-mind-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2013\/12\/to-touch-the-heart-mind-3.html","title":{"rendered":"To Touch the Heart 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\/2013\/12\/Hakuin_meditating.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/12\/Hakuin_meditating-121x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hakuin_meditating\" width=\"221\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7640\"><\/a><br>\nI\u2019m off to <a href=\"http:\/\/buddhism.about.com\/od\/buddhismglossaryr\/g\/Rohatsu.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rohatsu Sesshin<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Will be back Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Till then try to stay out of trouble\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_MtKo7kzakg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m off to Rohatsu Sesshin. 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