{"id":17642,"date":"2019-11-20T10:06:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/whats-the-point-of-meditation-self-awareness\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:02:27","slug":"whats-the-point-of-meditation-self-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/whats-the-point-of-meditation-self-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the point of meditation? 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