{"id":6095,"date":"2013-11-09T20:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2013-11-09T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T03:57:15","slug":"there-is-nothing-phoney-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6095","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There is nothing phoney about him.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htRrhPOMkQ0?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you can watch this documentary without laughing, I wonder why you are reading this blog.<\/p>\n<p>And yet . . . and yet\u00a0 . . . it raises wonderful questions about the categories of &#8220;spiritual teacher&#8221; and &#8220;spirituality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kumaremovie.com\/\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can watch this documentary without laughing, I wonder why you are reading this blog. 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