{"id":826,"date":"2012-02-12T08:14:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T13:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=826"},"modified":"2012-02-08T13:40:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:40:54","slug":"zen-kitty-and-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/02\/zen-kitty-and-gold.html","title":{"rendered":"Zen Kitty and Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sometimes I stare at the piano, but other times I listen to Doug and Cheryl<\/a> when they read books out-loud to one another in the evenings. Last night, Doug was reading The Treasure of the Superstition Mountains, <\/em>by Gary Jennings. Here are 3 curious facts I heard about gold:<\/p>\n

–<\/strong>One ounce of gold can be beaten out to the thickness used for gold-leafing statues and domes to cover 183 square feet.
\n–<\/strong>A single gram of gold has been drawn into a fine wire two miles long.
\n–<\/strong>Gold can be hammered to .0001 millimeter in thickness.<\/p>\n

According to The Money Show<\/a> gold is attractive next to dull interest rates and rising inflationary pressures. (The Surprise Gold Trend for 2012, <\/em>by Brittney Barrett)<\/p>\n

According to the Bible, gold is a temptation to make false images or gods.<\/p>\n

According to Zen Kitty<\/a>, gold is a part of creation, to be respected for what it is and for what it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

When it comes to \u201cthings\u201d it helps to know what the thing is<\/strong> AND what the thing isn\u2019t<\/strong>. This keeps us balanced and focused.<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n