Episodios
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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