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Explore the practices, prayers, and intentions used on Season 2 of Learning How to See.

Practices for Learning How to See Brian McLaren, Center for Action and Contemplation

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 32 Ratings

Explore the practices, prayers, and intentions used on Season 2 of Learning How to See.

    Confirmation Bias

    Confirmation Bias

    The prayer/intention used for Confirmation Bias, as heard on Episode 1, Season 2 of Learning How to See.

    Brian: Source of all truth,
    Mike: help me to hunger for truth,
    Gigi: even if it upsets, modifies, or overturns what I already think is true.
    Paul: Guide me into all the truth I can bear,
    Brian: and stretch me to bear more,
    Mike: so that I may always choose the whole truth — even with disruption —
    Gigi: over half-truths with self-deception.
    Paul: Grant me passion to follow wisdom wherever it leads.

    © 2021, Brian McLaren

    • 1 min
    Complexity Bias

    Complexity Bias

    The prayer/intention used for Complexity Bias, as heard on Episode 1, Season 2 of Learning How to See.
    Mike: Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    Brian: help me not be seduced by simple lies
    Gigi: or repelled by complex truths.
    Paul: Instead, teach me to seek out understanding as if it were hidden treasure,
    Mike: digging deep beneath surface appearances
    Gigi: to discover what is real in the depths.
    © 2021, Brian McLaren

    • 1 min
    Community Bias

    Community Bias

    The prayer/intention used for Community Bias, as heard on Episode 2, Season 2 of Learning How to See.
    Gigi: Inspirer of holy boldness and humble bravery,
    Mike: give me the humility to learn from my community
    Paul: along with the courage differ graciously from my community,
    Brian: seeking truth even when my companions are unwilling to see it or accept it.
    Gigi: Help me remain humbly loyal to the truth
    Mike: even when I am misjudged and rejected by my community for doing so.
    © 2021, Brian McLaren

    • 1 min
    Complementarity Bias

    Complementarity 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

    • 1 min
    Contact Bias

    Contact 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

    • 1 min
    Competency Bias

    Competency 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

    • 1 min

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These Prayers are powerful

I love the concept of setting my intention and strengthening my desire. I have not heard it phrased that way before and it really works for me. I would have loved to hear a slightly slower reading of each
line with a Pause after so I could repeat the line out loud …such as you did in The Big Ditch. I find it important to hear myself say the words & to understand them out loud as heard in my own voice. This takes them into my heart mind. The series is amazing. Thank you all!

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