{"id":1992,"date":"2012-01-13T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2016-01-15T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T05:29:38","slug":"sports-transcendental-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/sports-transcendental-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports as Transcendental Metaphor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are few areas in the modern world as rich with metaphor and spiritual truth as the world of sports.<\/p>\n<p>Very grateful for the years in my life when nothing was more important than sports.<\/p>\n<p>The competitive fire that once burned on the field and court, now burns inside me while I run the Entrepreneurial Marathon, spar in the Philosophical Pantheon and tear it up on the Dancefloor.<\/p>\n<p>It is all ON<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">E energy transmuted into the MANY forms of our diverse, eclectic world.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a gem from Kobe Bryant I just came across:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The advice I get from Magic, Michael and those guys, that&#8217;s always sacred&#8230;that&#8217;s going to the mountain top and talking to Buddha, know what I mean? 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