{"id":8773,"date":"2016-12-01T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2016-12-08T22:31:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T03:31:55","slug":"important-spiritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2016\/12\/important-spiritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is it Important to be Spiritual?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati explains \u201cWhy is it Important to be Spiritual?\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/snjr2-655cf4?skin=108\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aired Thursday, 8 December 2016, 11:00 AM ET<\/strong><\/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>~ Why is it important to be spiritual?<br \/>\n~ Being Happy &amp; Free from Desires<br \/>\n~ How do we release the ego?<br \/>\n~ What is transcendental meditation, specifically and generally?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati explains \u201cWhy is it Important to be Spiritual?\u201d Aired Thursday, 8 December 2016, 11:00 AM ET 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: ~ Why is it important [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2229],"tags":[2310,2308,3155],"class_list":["post-8773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration-and-transformation","tag-inspiration-and-transformation","tag-sadhvi-bhagawati-saraswati","tag-why-is-it-important-to-be-spiritual"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is it Important to be Spiritual? 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