{"id":8824,"date":"2011-03-03T01:08:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2011-03-03T01:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:21:45","slug":"the-mysterious-brown-cloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/03\/the-mysterious-brown-cloth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mysterious Brown Cloth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/19.jpg?resize=128%2C128\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/19.jpg?w=128&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/19.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the retreat began,<br \/>\nthere was already<br \/>\na mysterious brown cloth<br \/>\nplaced on each meditation cushion.<\/p>\n<p>Many wondered what it was for.<br \/>\nWas it for sitting upon?<br \/>\nWas it for bowing upon?<br \/>\nSo as to keep the cushion clean?<\/p>\n<p>Some said it should be kept clean.<br \/>\nSome just put it aside.<br \/>\nNo one had any clear idea what it was for,<br \/>\nthough no one asked either.<\/p>\n<p>On the last day of the retreat,<br \/>\nit was announced that it is a gift for retreatants,<br \/>\nit is just a handkerchief,<br \/>\nof the same colour as the cushion.<\/p>\n<p>I had a laugh.<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t see it as a handkerchief,<br \/>\nbefore&#8230; and after.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s now a cape on one of my brown toy dogs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Case of the Ridiculous Cat Ritual<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/thedailyenlightenment-realisation\/message\/369\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/thedailyenlightenment-realisation\/message\/369<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the retreat began, there was already a mysterious brown cloth placed on each meditation cushion. Many wondered what it&#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":[33,111,62],"class_list":["post-8824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-meditation","tag-perception","tag-retreat","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824","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=8824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}