{"id":760,"date":"2011-05-10T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativityandwellness.wordpress.com\/?p=760"},"modified":"2011-05-10T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:47:10","slug":"opposing-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?p=760","title":{"rendered":"Opposing Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yin_yang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-762\" title=\"yin_yang\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yin_yang.jpg?resize=150%2C112\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yin_yang.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yin_yang.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yin_yang.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The self &#8212; that artificial construct that separates\u00a0us from others &#8212; cannot sustain itself in the prolonged absence of conflict or strife. It needs other people\u00a0and situations with which it can be in opposition, because\u00a0to be in opposition to something strengthens\u00a0our sense of self.&#8221; Eckhart\u00a0Tolle<\/p>\n<p><em>Creativity and wellness message for today:\u00a0Use adversarial energies to exercise the muscles of balance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The self &#8212; that artificial construct that separates\u00a0us from others &#8212; cannot sustain itself in the prolonged absence of conflict or strife. It needs other people\u00a0and situations with which it can be in opposition, because\u00a0to be in opposition to something &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?p=760\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,12],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-nature","category-uncategorized","category-wellness","tag-eckhart-tolle"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}