{"id":362,"date":"2023-04-11T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2023-04-11T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:22:07","slug":"the-mind-a-tricky-weapon-to-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-mind-a-tricky-weapon-to-use","title":{"rendered":"The mind &#8211; a tricky weapon to use!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The mind is like a bow made of sugarcane,\nFull of sweet juice, yet wrapped in a hard domain.\nIt can energize and provide health in abundance,\nBut its true potential lies hidden behind resistance.\n\nThe outer layer may seem tough and rough,\nBut it serves to protect when things get rough.\nIf one only focuses on the outer shell,\nThe cane may hurt and damage, with no respite to tell.\n\nTo tap into the true energy of the mind,\nOne must work past the hard layer to find.\nIt may take effort and patience to break through,\nBut the rewards are plenty, and the benefits are true.\n\nLike squeezing the juice from the sugarcane,\nThe mind's hidden potential can be attained.\nIt can provide vigor and strength to one's soul,\nAnd guide us towards achieving our ultimate goal.\n\nSo never lose sight of the mind's true power,\nAnd work past the outer shell, hour after hour.\nFor the rewards are plenty, and the journey worthwhile,\nAnd the mind's true energy will help us go the extra mile.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mind is like a bow made of sugarcane, Full of sweet juice, yet wrapped in a hard domain. It can energize and provide health in abundance, But its true potential lies hidden behind resistance. The outer layer may seem &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-mind-a-tricky-weapon-to-use\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}