{"id":7800,"date":"2010-11-01T23:03:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7800"},"modified":"2010-11-01T23:03:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:03:28","slug":"some-wake-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/11\/some-wake-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Wake Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/16.jpg?resize=141%2C139\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/16.jpg?w=224&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/16.jpg?resize=96%2C94&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Question:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Why do some say it is not advisable for the pregnant to visit wakes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> This is probably in case the baby is spiritually not strong, such that s\/he is susceptible to negative influence by unseen beings. This is just a precaution. The mother can practise chanting to protect herself and her child if she visits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I have also heard of people saying that if\u00a0a person&#8217;s\u00a0luck is not good, one should avoid\u00a0visiting wakes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> This is probably because of the reason similar to the above. However, if one visits a wake not just for doing so, but to practise chanting out of compassion and generosity to benefit the deceased, this surely increases one&#8217;s positive karma to some extent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> C<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">an I say that &#8216;one&#8217;s luck being not good&#8217; is\u00a0equivalent to one&#8217;s overall energy level or mind being weak?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> There is no such thing as \u2018luck\u2019, because there is no \u2018random karma\u2019; while karma is created intentionally; never by chance. When a person focuses on being negative, such as being depressed, one\u2019s positive energy drops, which weakens the mind. It\u2019s the other way round too \u2013 when one\u2019s mind is weak, one tends to be negative, which makes one\u2019s positive energy drop. The simplest but most powerful way to instantly increase the pure energy of the mind is to nianfo mindfully (practise mindfulness of, say, Amitabha Buddha, by chanting his name).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Why do some say it is not advisable for the pregnant to visit wakes? Answer: This is probably in&#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":[57,530],"class_list":["post-7800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-compassion","tag-funeral","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7800","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=7800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}