{"id":680,"date":"2006-10-02T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/10\/new-enlightenment-visa-card.html"},"modified":"2006-10-02T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-02T17:16:00","slug":"new-enlightenment-visa-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/10\/new-enlightenment-visa-card.html","title":{"rendered":"The New ‘Enlightenment’ Visa Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You can now get “Enlightenment” Visa credit cards that reward you in “points” redeemable for spiritual retreats<\/a>, teacher trainings<\/a>, a session<\/a> with a spiritual “master,” and workshops.<\/a> You may also convert your points into charitable contributions for things like breast cancer research, schools in India, and the organization Cherish Our Children International. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only that, you can select a graphic for your Enlightenment Card from this menu<\/a>, stocked with an om symbol, Buddha, a photo of hands in a mudra, and more. Have a look.<\/p>\n

I’m slightly turned off, but I’m shaking my head in reluctant admiration. Outside of the fact that you’re fattening a huge corporation, I don’t quite see the downside. What do you think?<\/p>\n

If they run TV ads for this, they’ve got<\/em> to use as their theme song “We are The World. We are the Children<\/a>,” and show fit people doing Tai Chi, Qigong, and yoga at sunrise, don’t you think? Any other suggestions welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can now get “Enlightenment” Visa credit cards that reward you in “points” redeemable for spiritual retreats, teacher trainings, a session with a spiritual “master,” and workshops. You may also convert your points into charitable contributions for things like breast cancer research, schools in India, and the organization Cherish Our Children International. 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