{"id":93,"date":"2007-12-08T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-08T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/12\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-this-fir.html"},"modified":"2007-12-08T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-08T16:48:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-this-fir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/12\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-this-fir.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: This First Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>As Buddhists we might say … “This is the first moment of the rest of your moments”.<\/span><\/div>\n

It <\/span>sounds trite, but it is true. Trite but true.<\/p>\n

And what the next moment becomes is greatly up to you. Trite but true too.<\/p>\n

Ah, freedom is hard to handle (also trite but true!).<\/span><\/div>\n


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