{"id":20041,"date":"2020-02-12T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-meditating-in-silence-or-using-an-application-that-provides-meditation-sounds-music-bells-nature-sounds-can-you-tell-why\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:13:14","slug":"do-you-prefer-meditating-in-silence-or-using-an-application-that-provides-meditation-sounds-music-bells-nature-sounds-can-you-tell-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/do-you-prefer-meditating-in-silence-or-using-an-application-that-provides-meditation-sounds-music-bells-nature-sounds-can-you-tell-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you prefer meditating in silence or using an application that provides meditation sounds (music, bells, nature sounds).  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