Practices for Learning How to See

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

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

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

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

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