{"id":13849,"date":"2013-04-06T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T07:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2013-04-06T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T08:08:36","slug":"imaginary-friend-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2013\/04\/imaginary-friend-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Friend &#038; Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13850\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11.jpg?resize=170%2C256\" width=\"170\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11.jpg?w=170&amp;ssl=1 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11.jpg?resize=64%2C96&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>He beseeches an imaginary friend,<br \/>\na deified almighty being<br \/>\nto ward off an imaginary enemy,<br \/>\na demonised almighty being&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>who ironically was supposedly created by the first,<br \/>\nwho strangely is unwilling or unable to vanquish the second.<br \/>\nIs the first really a true friend then?<br \/>\nIs the second really a real enemy then?<\/p>\n<p>He had forgotten that they are both imaginary,<br \/>\nas if there is an almighty friend,<br \/>\nthere would be no almighty enemy,<br \/>\nor the need for these thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Buddha&#8217;s Victory Over A God &amp; Demon Who Assumed They Were &#8216;Almighty&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\" http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2012\/03\/the-buddhas-victory-over-a-god-demon\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2012\/03\/the-buddhas-victory-over-a-god-demon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He beseeches an imaginary friend, a deified almighty being to ward off an imaginary enemy, a demonised almighty being&#8230; who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,244],"class_list":["post-13849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-demon","tag-god","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}