Practical Prayer

Carol has noticed that we never reach the end of learning, and get to "coast out" with everything we need to know. Rev. Bill agrees, and shares his experience gathering nuggets in a previous career as an example.

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Carol wants to get back to fundamentals, and talk about the difference between Practical prayer and "conventional prayer". There are questions about how often to repeat a prayer, and tracking what we've prayed for so we can be aware of when they've worked.

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Carol has been reminded by the beginning of Spring, that change is at hand. There can be a feeling of "suddenness" when circumstances change. She and Rev. Bill turn to a deeper awareness of the jewels of growth and change that have happened while our attention has been elsewhere.

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The word is "enlightenment". Rev. Bill has noticed that it means something different to different people. Carol's approach has been to study, investigate, and explore the different meanings. Together they explore the path of enlightenment.

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Carol says that the idea of sin plays a huge role in traditional religion. It's all wrapped together with ideas of good, bad, judgement and supplication. Rev. Bill observes that sin is an inside job - more about the ways we judge ourselves and others.

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Carol observes that there's so much vying for our attention that we can easily lose focus on what's really important to us. Rev. Bill agrees, and points out that when advertisers and promoters and creators give us "free" content, we are actually paying for it with our attention.

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Carol and Bill have talked about karma in previous episodes, but Carol observes that there's still a lot to talk about. Together, they dive into the in-this-life karma of bringing experiences into our lives, and contrast it with the reincarnation karma suggested by some faiths.

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Carol points out that we often have an understanding of the journey we're on, and an idea of the destination we have in mind. Then. something happens to make us question all of it. Rev. Bill goes global, suggesting that the question about "destination" probably doesn't need an answer.

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Carol has been considering the "aha moments" when the things we've been learning about suddenly start showing up in our lives. Rev. Bill takes the conversation into what we mean by "reality", and how our lives are lived through the influence of our thinking and experienced through the personal "filter" through which we see it.

The production team experienced some technical challenges with the audio quality for this episode. It will be back to maximum joy next week.

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Carol wants to talk about Jesus in New Thought terms, and how the various branches of New Thought approach Jesus in a different way. Rev. Bill shares his perspective from his own branch of Religious Science, and how New Thought in general considers Jesus to be our "great example" rather than a "great exception".

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