Practices for Learning How to See

Practices for Learning How to See episodes:

• August 06, 2021Conspiracy Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Conspiracy Bias, as heard on Episode 6, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Mike: Companion who walks with me in light and darkness,

  Gigi: help me guard my heart from stories and theories

  Brian: that cast me as an innocent victim or virtuous hero,

  Paul: while simultaneously casting someone else as villain or enemy.

  Mike: Instead, help me join your cosmic conspiracy

  Gigi: of kindness, justice, joy, and peace for all,

  Brian: seeing myself and all my neighbors

  Paul: as equal beneficiaries of your boundless, merciful love.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• August 06, 2021Confidence Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Cash Bias, as heard on Episode 6, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Mike: Cosmic witness who cannot lie,

  Gigi: keep me vigilant against con artists for whom lies and truth are spoken with equal confidence,

  Paul: and who tell me what I want to hear

  Brian: so that I will do what they desire.

  Mike: Protect me from surrendering to others

  Gigi: my responsibility to think for myself.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 30, 2021Cash Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Cash Bias, as heard on Episode 5, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Gigi: Beloved One who loves me,

  Mike: help me to hate money in comparison with you,

  Paul: and help me see in the love of money

  Brian: the hidden root of all kinds of evil,

  Gigi: so that I may see and cherish what has true value,

  Mike: freely giving what I cannot keep

  Paul: to gain what I cannot lose.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 30, 2021Catastrophe Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Catastrophe Bias, as heard on Episode 5, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Gigi: Holy Light who illumines what is real,

  Brian: help me to see danger that is all the more threatening

  Mike: because it unfolds gradually,

  Paul: and likewise, help me to see possibility that is easily missed

  Gigi: because it emerges slowly and subtly.

  Mike: Grant me, I pray, the long view.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 24, 2021Comfort / Complacency / Convenience Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Comfort Bias, as heard on Episode 4, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Gigi: Spirit of truth who sets us free by the truth,

  Paul: please strengthen my desire for truth

  Mike: So that I will face rather than reject

  Brian: truths that will inconvenience me.

  Gigi; Grant me resolve to welcome the pain that often comes with wisdom.

  Paul; Help me choose empathy over apathy.

  Mike: Help me choose courage over complacency.

  Brian: And help me to abhor the bliss that accompanies ignorance.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 24, 2021Conservative / Liberal Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Conservative Liberal Bias, as heard on Episode 4, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Gigi: Holy Source of both surprise and consistency,

  Mike: help me never to be held captive by rigid ideology on the one had

  Brian: or addiction to novelty on the other.

  Paul: Do not let me be blinded by conformity or loyalty

  Gigi: to any political party or economic theory.

  Brian: Help me always to do justice persistently,

  Paul: love kindness cheerfully,

  Gigi: and with unflagging sincerity,

  Mike: to walk in humility with you, Living God.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 16, 2021Consciousness Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Consciousness Bias, as heard on Episode 3, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Mike: Voice who beckons me toward growth,

  Paul: help me see what I am mature enough to see right now,

  Gigi: and not only that: help me to know now how little I can know

  Brian: until I grow more mature.

  Mike: Grant me curiosity and awe

  Paul: so that I may honor the bottomless, limitless wonder,

  Gigi: and the beauty, glory, and mystery

  Brian: That permeate this world.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 16, 2021Competency Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Competency Bias, as heard on Episode 3, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Paul: Wellspring of all self-knowledge,

  Mike: give me humility so that I do not overestimate my competence.

  Gigi: Save me from both excessive confidence and a lack of confidence;

  Brian: instead, please grant me proper confidence,

  Paul: to see myself, my abilities, and my limitations

  Gigi: with a clear eye and sound mind.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 09, 2021Contact Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Contact Bias, as heard on Episode 2, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Paul: Revealer of insight,

  Gigi: do not let me be satisfied to see only what is visible from my limited perspective.

  Mike: Grant me insatiable curiosity to understand

  Brian: what my neighbors can see from their different vantage points.

  Gigi: Help me draw near to them, to walk with them,

  Mike: to see through their eyes, hear through their ears,

  Brian: and feel through their experience,

  Paul: so our shared horizons will be broadened.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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• July 09, 2021Complementarity Bias

  The prayer/intention used for Complementarity Bias, as heard on Episode 2, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

  Mike: Spirit of wisdom,

  Gigi: protect me from being misled by those whose words are full of flattery, familiarity, and false promises,

  Paul: and keep me humble enough to learn from those

  Brian: whom I am tempted to dismiss as strange, difficult, or unfriendly.

  © 2021, Brian McLaren

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