{"id":18415,"date":"2013-05-17T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18415"},"modified":"2013-05-17T21:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T02:57:19","slug":"if-i-am-somebody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18415","title":{"rendered":"If I am somebody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I am somebody<br \/>\nIt is only by standing on the shoulder of giants:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18416\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=18416\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1368808236&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3915\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"IMG_3915\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?w=3264 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3915.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18417\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=18417\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1368808254&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3918\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?fit=640%2C853\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"IMG_3918\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?w=2448 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_3918.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took the boys to see the Drepung Loseling monks perform a ceremony after completing the mandala &#8211; guttural singing, horns blowing, cymbals tinkling and then the dyed sands were swept up and a procession led us through Mardi Gras World to the river (a truly New Orleans ceremonial experience) where the sands were loosed into the mighty Mississippi to re-imagine our world through loving kindness. <\/p>\n<p>He won&#8217;t remember, unless I show him the photos and tell him about the time we went to see the Dalai Lama and the monks. The Dalai Lama&#8217;s message today: &#8220;Spend more time with your children. Your children will be happier persons.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I am somebody It is only by standing on the shoulder of giants: Took the boys to see the Drepung Loseling monks perform a ceremony after completing the mandala &#8211; guttural singing, horns blowing, cymbals tinkling and then the dyed sands were swept up and a procession led us through Mardi Gras World to the river (a truly New Orleans ceremonial experience) where the sands were loosed into the mighty Mississippi to re-imagine our&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-4N1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18419,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18415\/revisions\/18419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}