{"id":4812,"date":"2010-01-18T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2010-01-18T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T08:01:48","slug":"kites-need-strings-to-fly-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/01\/kites-need-strings-to-fly-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Kites Need Strings to Fly Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4813\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/120.jpg?resize=230%2C173\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/120.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/120.jpg?resize=96%2C72&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/120.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">(Pic: Kites flying by Buangkok train station)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A kite without a guiding string<br \/>\nis a dangerous kite,<br \/>\nthat endangers itself (when it crashes),<br \/>\nthat endangers others too.<\/p>\n<p>A car without working brakes<br \/>\nis a useless car,<br \/>\nthat cannot be slowed down,<br \/>\nthat cannot be stopped either.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The moral precepts\u00a0are guidelines<br \/>\nthat protect us more than they restrict us<\/span>,<br \/>\nthat lead us away from unhappiness,<br \/>\nthat guide us towards True Happiness.<\/p>\n<p>True freedom is not<br \/>\nbeing able to do whatever you want,<br \/>\nwhich can harm oneself and others.<br \/>\nReal freedom is from mindful self-control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Pic: Kites flying by Buangkok train station) A kite without a guiding string is a dangerous kite, that endangers itself&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[335,89,277],"class_list":["post-4812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photojournal","tag-freedom","tag-mindfulness","tag-precepts","wpcat-341-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812","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=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}