{"id":16720,"date":"2023-02-23T13:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/?p=16720"},"modified":"2023-02-23T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:15:45","slug":"recognising-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/recognising-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognising Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16720\" class=\"elementor elementor-16720\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62a80da7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62a80da7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-653a711b\" data-id=\"653a711b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20815b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20815b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vajroli-mudra-practice-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16722\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vajroli-mudra-practice-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vajroli-mudra-practice-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vajroli-mudra-practice-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Vajroli-mudra-practice.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee084bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee084bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Hello Campers,<\/p><p>Hope you are well and that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/what-is-meditation\/transcendental\">transcendental meditation<\/a> (in London or online) is going beautifully.<\/p><p>I\u2019ve often been fascinated by the propensity of both psychologists and spiritual aficionados to reference the ego, and it\u2019s apparently destructive influence. It\u2019s also been interesting to grow up with some sense of what the ego was, without anyone ever really explaining what it was. We sort of end up with this second hand legacy of what it might be, with a vague sense that someone with a bolshy demeanour possesses a self evident ego problem.<\/p><p>However, as I\u2019ve come to realise over the years after much practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/what-is-meditation\/vedic\">vedic meditation<\/a>, it\u2019s actually about the way we identify ourselves. What we identify as being \u2018us\u2019. Our ego is our sense of self, and because we\u2019ve all grown up in a culture that has stripped out any spiritual considerations from our worldview, that only leaves us the option of identifying as an individual, lost in a dualistic world, fighting for the right to exist, be heard, be adored and so on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab62e86 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ab62e86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200ad3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"200ad3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we find our identity in relation to the world, we take up positions that we often steadfastly cling to. But are those positions, and those opinions, really us? Have we genuinely and independently arrived at those positions because they are us, or because society told us they were a good idea? Do we feel the truth of them in every fibre of our being? Or do we merely \u2018think\u2019 they are undoubtedly the right position to take? Are our views consistent, as we touched upon in our recent post on the subject?<\/p><p>I feel inclined to explore this theme in depth in the coming months, but for now, I felt it might be quite interesting to offer an example where our ego plays havoc with our lives and in general society. That is the increasingly ubiquitous phenomena of taking offence.<\/p><p>You see, any time someone takes offence at something, it\u2019s an ego reaction. And what\u2019s doubly interesting is that we so often take offence on other people\u2019s behalf. I saw a post on Facebook yesterday where some guy was berating Matthew Broderick for killing people in a car accident in Ireland in 1986, saying he should never be forgiven, even though the brother\/son of the two people killed had forgiven the Ferris Bueller actor a long time ago, realising that it was an unintentional accident and that sometimes, unfortunately, painful shit happens. And yet this armchair warrior, still wasn\u2019t willing to forgive the guy 35 years later, even though he had no connection to the family that was killed, nor it seems accurate information on the police investigation that took place afterwards. Why is that? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/courses\/beginners\">meditation for beginners<\/a> course would do this guy no harm.<\/p><p>Well the guy clearly has a narrative running about the privilege of the rich and famous. He may well also find himself limited by a number of narratives about the apparent injustice of the world. Ultimately, I would venture, his ego probably feels hard done by, and ultimately scared about the level of dualistic isolation he feels. He is basically projecting his own personal shit, whatever it may be, onto the so called perpetrator, and indeed out into the world.<\/p><p>But you see it everywhere, and not just in the echo chambers of social media. There are literally people taking offence ALL the time. But just because you recognise that something is crossing a boundary, malicious, ignorant, self interested or whatever it is you perceive, it doesn\u2019t mean you have to start kicking and screaming about it, nor indeed quietly seethe about the unacceptable injustice of it. And yet, if you are genuinely interested in catalysing change, you may well have an even more progressive influence if you stay elevated and speak what you feel to be is a self evident truth, that percolates and resonates over time, and brings people with you, rather than fostering \u2018us and them\u2019 dynamics whereby your aggression simply triggers other ego reactions. Because whilst that short term noise may raise attention, it often doesn\u2019t produce the long term results your ego hopes it will, because you are operating in a world of 7 billion egos, most of which are fully identified with their sense of individuality and personality, and fiercely protecting their opinions because to be wrong implies your sense of identity is somehow misplaced.<\/p><p>Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, the ego is an important defence mechanism, which from time to time we need to lean on, in order to maintain a <u>healthy<\/u> sense of individuality in the world, and to offer the unique expression that our individuality brings to the world. But is that it?<\/p><p>According to predominant western philosophy it is, and yet according to many of the spiritualists, the ego actually masks our fundamental essence. It\u2019s a vice, a block, a handbrake and a thief to our real nature.<\/p><p>So how do we take a position, on our incessant desire to take a position? Do we go with the materialists\/dualists? Or do we somehow buy into the spiritual creeds that suggest we reject every ounce of ego in order to attain some romanticised notion of enlightenment?<\/p><p>As is often the case, the answer isn\u2019t either\/or. It\u2019s actually rather more elegant than that. Our job is to somehow find a way to connect with the higher self\/universe\/divine\u00a0 (pick a term that you feel is most appropriate*), so that our ego can actually begin realising your deeper truth as a universal being. Bit by bit, we then find an optimal balance between our sense of individuality, and our sense of universality, so that ultimately we can have a healthier relationship with ourselves, the world of humans, and indeed every aspect of the wider universe, including all the things that are not yet widely acknowledged because of the subtlety of their existence.<\/p><p>Remember, this is not an intellectual entrainment exercise. This is not about one minute spouting on and on about how everything is \u2018perfect\u2019, and then the next minute losing your shit because your side of Kale is not crispy enough as you self righteously chomp on your mung bean salad. This is about enabling your deep subconscious to go beyond its present limitations and realise the true extraordinariness of who you really are.<\/p><p>So how do we go about achieving this? Well, for many thousands of years, meditation has been one of the principle tools used to help offer us a portal to our own (and shared) universal nature. But it\u2019s not exclusively that. Collective dance and song has also been widely used throughout history. As have herbal medicines.<\/p><p>All have their value. However, the one thing you can do &#8211; whilst not being reliant on others&#8217; participation, nor becoming dysfunctional due to the potency of the medicine &#8211; is to practice transcendental meditation.<\/p><p>And if you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/what-is-meditation\/mindfulness\">mindful meditation<\/a> technique that slowly but surely recalibrates your sense of self to something more reflective of who you really are &#8211; beyond all the stress, emotion, adrenaline, triggers and conditioned traits &#8211; then you are onto to an absolute winner. You will realise that the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is actually at the very core of your being.<\/p><p>Anyway, there\u2019s so much more to be said on the subject, so maybe we\u2019ll revisit again soon. But for now, I gently encourage you to consider whether you really need to let your ego take over and dominate your experience by taking offence at all the various stimulii that comes your way, simply because you ego&#8217;s narrow sense of self doesn\u2019t yet understand how to stay elevated when confronted by a different view or behavioural tendency.<\/p><p>With Love and Universal Vibes<\/p><p>Will and the Team xxx<\/p><p>(*anyone who insists on a particular term\/language set is ironically coming from a place of ego in their need to feel a sense of control and have their belief system validated)<\/p><p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/\">Beeja<\/a> app for guided meditations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/golden-slumbers-pt-3\/\">sleep<\/a>, meditations for anxiety, meditations for focus and more. Book one of our in-person meditation courses in London or a live online vedic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/courses\/beginners\">meditation course<\/a> and experience an elevated level of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b033e56\" data-id=\"b033e56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3521784 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3521784\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a60e31\" data-id=\"0a60e31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2fb739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2fb739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo.png 474w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/beeja-text-logo-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c980f46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c980f46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Benefits of Beeja Meditation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66de76b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"66de76b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Reduce stress and anxiety<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Greater clarity and calm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Increase focus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Enhance relationships<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Sleep better<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Feel energised<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa87740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa87740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/blog-02-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Campers, Hope you are well and that your transcendental meditation (in London or online) is going beautifully. I\u2019ve often been fascinated by the propensity of both psychologists and spiritual aficionados to reference the ego, and it\u2019s apparently destructive influence. It\u2019s also been interesting to grow up with some sense of what the ego was, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16726,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions\/16726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}