{"id":38,"date":"2022-01-03T16:57:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=38"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:59:03","slug":"still-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Still waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5239-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013&nbsp;B.K.S Iyengar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The still waters that reflect the setting sun, that wraps the heart into comforting silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trees that stand at the shore like a guardian to protect your heart from any harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow, the water will awaken and refresh all that dives into its beauty, but for now the mind is still and the heart can speak in the soft whisper of the swaying branches of the willow tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water listens to the silence of the mind and the voice of the rising heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5244-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMake your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Lao Tzu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5257-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;B.K.S Iyengar The still waters that reflect the setting sun, that wraps the heart into comforting silence. The trees that stand at the shore like a guardian to protect your heart from any harm. Tomorrow, the water will awaken and refresh all that dives into its beauty, but for now the mind is still and the heart can speak in the soft whisper of the swaying branches of the willow tree. The water listens to the silence of the mind and the voice of the rising heart. \u201cMake your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.\u201d -Lao Tzu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}