{"id":9628,"date":"2011-07-27T00:22:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2011-07-27T00:22:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:22:35","slug":"bless-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/07\/bless-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147.jpg?resize=73%2C122\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147.jpg?w=173&amp;ssl=1 173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147.jpg?resize=57%2C96&amp;ssl=1 57w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 73px) 100vw, 73px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What happens when a guru blesses you?<br \/>\nDoes he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits,<br \/>\nthat is so special, so subtle,<br \/>\nthat it can&#8217;t be seen, or even felt?<br \/>\nMaybe, sometimes?<\/p>\n<p>But the truest blessing<br \/>\nis one that is heartfelt, that you are mindful of,<br \/>\nthat transforms your life forever,<br \/>\nwhen the guru shares Dharma instructions,<br \/>\nwhich resonate and awaken.<\/p>\n<p>If a guru can simply bless all in the moment,<br \/>\nand alleviate all suffering of all beings,<br \/>\nthe Buddhas themselves would have done so already,<br \/>\nand there would be absolutely no suffering.<br \/>\nBut alas, karmic affinity and action is needed to be blessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat Does It Mean to be Blessed?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2011\/03\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-blessed\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2011\/03\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-blessed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when a guru blesses you? Does he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits,&#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":[517,487,461,139,255,92],"class_list":["post-9628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-affinity","tag-blessing","tag-guru","tag-karma","tag-merits","tag-suffering","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628","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=9628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}