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So I'm here today with Hamid Ali, whose author and spiritual teacher.

And I want to just tell you a little about him and then we're going to be talking.

But maybe to start with that, this is one of those interviews or conversations I've been really, really excited about because of the impact.

Hamid has had on my own practice. So you'll hear more about that.

He's the founder of the Diamond approach to self realization.

And this emerged in the context of ancient spiritual teachings and modern, depth psychology theories.

So I'll be asking him to tell you about the Diamond approach.

And for now, I just want to kind of say that in reading his most recent book, non dual love, so much inspiration.

I'll show it to you. This is what it looks like.

And you'll see the little post it's because.

You know, just so many parts of it that I just sat with and found really touched something deep.

So I want to write from the get go that you know about his latest book again. It's non dual love.

And just to say that I've only had a few encounters at retreats with Hamid where we were in the same place, but it's been incredibly nourishing to my path.

So I'm delighted to share him with you today and welcome to you. Thank you for being with us.

I thought maybe I'd start in kind of as promised with a broad stroke question, which is to tell us a little about the Diamond approach, you know, for listeners who are either Buddhist or more generally exploring mindfulness and compassion and have had no exposure.

Can you just give us a bit of a feeling for what this approach is?

Well, that's all the Diamond approach in the beginning. First of all Sam, glad to be here with everybody and share everybody and think that'll be useful for all of us.

And that's what the Diamond approach is really is something to be useful for people who come in contact with it.

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