{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspiritual-unfoldment-with-john-butler.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fperfect-days-cVzDgXCt","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Perfect Days","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4a235888-7ec9-438b-bb13-a3e9358b7f94/54555925-7c0e-4e76-be7f-2c2327ecad67/jb-201.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/405b0aad-28af-474e-bc07-a0a6d5ec1d4c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Perfect Days\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"John & Phil have a conversation about the film 'Perfect days' about a Tokyo toilet cleaner and find a lot to agree about - and surprisingly 'spiritual' themes.\n\nTopics:\nOrdinary Life as Sacred Practice – A Tokyo toilet cleaner’s repetitive routine becomes a quiet meditation on dignity, care, and simplicity.\n\nPresence Over Plot – The film resists conventional narrative, inviting attention to how life is lived rather than what happens.\n\nMindfulness Tested by Disruption – Family visits and subtle losses wobble the calm, revealing the limits of composure when life intrudes.\n\nBeauty in Small Things – Sunlight through leaves, cleaning by hand, tending plants, shared smiles—fleeting moments as meaning.\n\nHonest Spirituality – Skepticism toward tidy spiritual answers; valuing sincerity, vulnerability, and “honest failure” over pretence."}