{"id":6157,"date":"2014-03-25T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manyvoices.soundstrue.com\/manyvoices\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:06:33","slug":"future-thought-eckhart-tolle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/future-thought-eckhart-tolle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future is a Thought, with Eckhart Tolle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great gifts a spiritual teacher can offer is to shine a new light upon beliefs we take for granted. 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