{"id":17615,"date":"2019-03-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=17615"},"modified":"2019-04-06T21:28:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T01:28:51","slug":"drugs-and-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2019\/03\/drugs-and-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs and Spirituality: Can Marijuana be Used to Experience Bliss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drugs and Spirituality: Can Marijuana be Used to Experience Bliss?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Date 4 April 2019 at 11:00 AM EST \/ 8:00 AM PST\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/sg5pp-ad06fc&#038;?from=site&#038;skin=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0&#038;download=1&#038;share=1&#038;version=1&#038;btn-skin=108\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:<\/p>\n<p>~ The significance of Aum<\/p>\n<p>~ Overcoming judgemental behavior<\/p>\n<p>~ Compassion and love in action in the face of suffering <\/p>\n<p>~ Drugs &#038; spirituality: Can marijuana be used to experience bliss?<\/p>\n<p>Visit the show page for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/shows\/inspiration-and-transformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Inspiration and Transformation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connect with Sadhvi at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/parmarth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parmarth.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drugs and Spirituality: Can Marijuana be Used to Experience Bliss? 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