Show Notes
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
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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