{"id":1276,"date":"2026-08-14T00:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/the-test-of-experience\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:33:24","slug":"the-test-of-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/the-test-of-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Test of Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"quote-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/test-of-experience.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/test-of-experience.webp 459w, https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/test-of-experience-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/test-of-experience-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meditation requires more than just contemplation. Study and investigation must also be involved. We must verify the efficacy of any teaching through the test of experience and we must verify the efficacy of any experience through the test of study and investigation. Anything less than this is hearsay and an obstacle to self-realization and peace.<\/p>\n<cite>Theodore Tsaousidis<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meditation requires more than just contemplation. Study and investigation must also be involved. We must verify the efficacy of any teaching through the test of experience and we must verify &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/the-test-of-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Test of Experience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quotes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowlionmeditationcommunity.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}