{"id":23321,"date":"2026-10-11T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.com\/?page_id=23321"},"modified":"2026-10-11T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:50:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.com\/?page_id=23321","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/iainhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iain_2246x1627.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;243px||39px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Others may challenge assumptions we have carried for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The invitation is simply to consider them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And then to look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at your own thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at your choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at the patterns in your relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at what repeatedly enters\u2014and leaves\u2014your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at what happens when you change something within yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You may find that an idea doesn\u2019t correspond with your experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s valuable too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The aim isn\u2019t agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is <\/span><strong>observation<\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because perhaps the most interesting spiritual questions aren\u2019t the ones we can answer intellectually, but the ones we can investigate through the way we live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Read with an open mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Question everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And whenever possible, test the idea against your own experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t have to take my word for it.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><span>See for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; 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