{"id":17767,"date":"2017-05-05T19:24:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/?p=17767"},"modified":"2017-05-05T19:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:24:25","slug":"meditations-secret-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/kaimen\/2017\/meditations-secret-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Secret Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/sales\/thoughts\/thoughts_various.htm#km020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plumpub.com\/images\/BK_TAO\/KM020m.jpg\" alt=\"One person's unexpected journey in an unsuspected world. \" width=\"153\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><strong>Meditation&#8217;s Secret Treasure, <\/strong><\/em>by Steve Strasnick, is the story of someone who was not already indoctrinated with mystical assumptions, who did not bring a cosmology (at least, not a religious one) to the table. 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