{"id":14864,"date":"2014-02-06T23:48:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T15:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=14864"},"modified":"2014-02-06T23:48:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T15:48:35","slug":"balanced-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2014\/02\/balanced-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanced Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14865\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg?resize=251%2C201\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg?w=251&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg?resize=96%2C77&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>Having a &#8216;balanced mind&#8217; does not mean never taking sides; it is to have no particular attachment or aversion, but while being able to pick a side objectively when needed, on a case by case basis.<\/p>\n<p>In Buddhism, this is called discriminating wisdom, that overcomes the &#8216;anything goes&#8217; or &#8216;it&#8217;s all the same&#8217; attitude, which is important, because not everything is alright morally and truthfully. This is why there are precepts and the Buddhadharma in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a &#8216;balanced mind&#8217; does not mean never taking sides; it is to have no particular attachment or aversion, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[277,107],"class_list":["post-14864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-precepts","tag-truth","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14864","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}