{"id":86,"date":"2015-11-19T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T04:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=86"},"modified":"2015-11-19T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T04:58:07","slug":"the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone once wrote a very simple answer for the big question: The meaning of life, existence. He said peace and harmony is the purpose for existence, and peace and harmony come from understanding that life and death states are one.<\/p>\n<p>Now that is about as simple as you can get.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"87\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?attachment_id=87\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?fit=420%2C253\" data-orig-size=\"420,253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rick_bday420w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?fit=300%2C181\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?fit=420%2C253\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?resize=420%2C253\" alt=\"rick_bday420w\" width=\"420\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?w=420 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rick_bday420w.jpg?resize=300%2C181 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA picture from my childhood. My peers from the neighborhood gathered together for my birthday party at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis Minnesota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone once wrote a very simple answer for the big question: The meaning of life, existence. He said peace and harmony is the purpose for existence, and peace and harmony come from understanding that life and death states are one. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=86\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3W5HT-1o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=273","url_meta":{"origin":86,"position":0},"title":"123 Years Old","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Every life has its share of experiences, ever changing, ever emotional. 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