{"id":42289,"date":"2019-09-01T20:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T02:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=42289"},"modified":"2019-09-01T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T02:32:15","slug":"the-guiding-light-bernadette-roberts-14-the-positive-purpose-of-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/the-guiding-light-bernadette-roberts-14-the-positive-purpose-of-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guiding Light ~ Bernadette Roberts #14: The Positive Purpose of Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-40624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/th-14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"220\" \/>Regina Dawn Akers reads selections from books by Bernadette Roberts. 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