{"id":240,"date":"2025-02-11T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T00:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:43:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/?page_id=240","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"389\" data-id=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BE-Website-Block.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BE-Website-Block.jpg 932w, https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BE-Website-Block-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bahaiessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BE-Website-Block-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-7-background-color has-background\">The studies and deepenings on this website were developed over a forty-five-year period by Dr. Steven E. 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