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===Topic: ''Are You Fluent in Prayer?''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “For many among you, [[prayer]] is a very [[formal]] activity, as they have been taught to speak to the Divine using ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’ generic [[formulas]]. At times, they are repeated over and over, at the risk of dulling [[the mind]] and weakening the [[focus]] of the person dutifully ‘reciting’ them. Yet, on the positive side, they can act as conversation starters with the Divine.
“Just as you frequently engage in conversations by talking about the weather and then moving on to more interesting and intimate [[topics]], such generic prayers could act as the primers for deeper ones.
“Don’t you think that [[the Father]] would relish hearing the confidences flowing out from your [[heart]], rather than your mental regurgitations of prayers that He has by now heard bazillions of times? Which one would pique His interest? By truthfully confiding in Him and by asking Him [[questions]] that are relevant to your life, He will provide you with pertinent answers and you will get to [[discover]] for yourself how close and personal He is.
“When you set out to learn a foreign [[language]], you start with the basics of that language until such time as you can speak in easy-flowing full sentences. [[Eventually]] by applying yourself [[diligently]], you become so fluent that you can think in that previously ‘foreign’ language without any longer resorting to a [[dictionary]] or a translator.
“The same applies to [[prayer]]. What matters is that you learn to speak the language of your [[heart]], rather than the one of your head that fails to impress [[the Father]] with its string of [[fancy]] [[words]], missing their intended mark, as He wishes for a heart-to-heart [[connection]], not a head-to-head one.
===Closing===
“Dear ones, don’t be shy! Don’t hold back! Your efforts at establishing a [[sincere]] [[communication]] with the Father will not go unnoticed, just as a [[parent]] greatly rejoices at his child’s first and often garbled words and [[becomes]] adept at [[reading]] between their lines, so to speak.
“By learning to talk to the Father from the very bottom of your [[heart]], you will soon acquire a greater ease at [[expressing]] yourself. You will become fluent in prayer and such prayers will overflow in your life in many ways as, once fully opened, your heart will remain open in your other [[relationships]] as well. Such prayers will become as important to you as the air you [[breathe]].
“Eventually, you will become so [[comfortable]] sitting in the Divine [[Presence]] that you will refrain from uttering a single word, so as not to contaminate this [[quality]] [[silence]] where a wonderful heart-to-heart [[communion]] takes place.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: Prayer]]
[[Category: 2017]]
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Are You Fluent in Prayer?''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “For many among you, [[prayer]] is a very [[formal]] activity, as they have been taught to speak to the Divine using ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’ generic [[formulas]]. At times, they are repeated over and over, at the risk of dulling [[the mind]] and weakening the [[focus]] of the person dutifully ‘reciting’ them. Yet, on the positive side, they can act as conversation starters with the Divine.
“Just as you frequently engage in conversations by talking about the weather and then moving on to more interesting and intimate [[topics]], such generic prayers could act as the primers for deeper ones.
“Don’t you think that [[the Father]] would relish hearing the confidences flowing out from your [[heart]], rather than your mental regurgitations of prayers that He has by now heard bazillions of times? Which one would pique His interest? By truthfully confiding in Him and by asking Him [[questions]] that are relevant to your life, He will provide you with pertinent answers and you will get to [[discover]] for yourself how close and personal He is.
“When you set out to learn a foreign [[language]], you start with the basics of that language until such time as you can speak in easy-flowing full sentences. [[Eventually]] by applying yourself [[diligently]], you become so fluent that you can think in that previously ‘foreign’ language without any longer resorting to a [[dictionary]] or a translator.
“The same applies to [[prayer]]. What matters is that you learn to speak the language of your [[heart]], rather than the one of your head that fails to impress [[the Father]] with its string of [[fancy]] [[words]], missing their intended mark, as He wishes for a heart-to-heart [[connection]], not a head-to-head one.
===Closing===
“Dear ones, don’t be shy! Don’t hold back! Your efforts at establishing a [[sincere]] [[communication]] with the Father will not go unnoticed, just as a [[parent]] greatly rejoices at his child’s first and often garbled words and [[becomes]] adept at [[reading]] between their lines, so to speak.
“By learning to talk to the Father from the very bottom of your [[heart]], you will soon acquire a greater ease at [[expressing]] yourself. You will become fluent in prayer and such prayers will overflow in your life in many ways as, once fully opened, your heart will remain open in your other [[relationships]] as well. Such prayers will become as important to you as the air you [[breathe]].
“Eventually, you will become so [[comfortable]] sitting in the Divine [[Presence]] that you will refrain from uttering a single word, so as not to contaminate this [[quality]] [[silence]] where a wonderful heart-to-heart [[communion]] takes place.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: Prayer]]
[[Category: 2017]]