Rewire your brain

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We like to think of prayer
in this very utilitarian way,

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as a functional thing of asking God

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for things or telling God about things.

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As Jesus says, God already knows
you don't need to tell God things.

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What you have to do is rewire this.

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What we discovered, really just for
a lot of us, is that a lot of Christians,

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and I'm sure other religions too,

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they said prayers but with
a dualistic mind. You understand?

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So they didn't rewire this
to leave the field open,

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to not divide the field of the moment,

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to let it be what it is as
it is without labelling it,

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without judging it, without critiquing it.

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If you don't have some freedom
from your own egocentricity,

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you really will not go there.

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You won't do it because
you like taking your stand.

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It gives you a false
sense of control I think.