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Thursday, June 14. 2007

From Inner Monologue to Dialogue with God

The talk in the back of my mind, from a piece in Provocations:

I was struck by the revelation that I have an unceasing inner voice that chatters a non-stop monologue in the back of my mind. Now some of you may be thinking, “I don’t know what you are talking about; I don’t have an unceasing inner voice.” That’s it—that’s the voice. At night we call it dreaming. In the day we can recognize it as worry, or the sub-vocalization of a frenzied and ever-changing personal focus. But what Lawrence learned to do was to move that voice from a monologue to a dialogue with God.

Posted by Gwynnie in Religion at 20:01 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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"To move out of fearful isolation to courageous conversation with God is the wholesome yet frightening path to a healthy, productive life. Socrates wisely urged us to reflect when he said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” But Nouwen points out that introspection without dialogue can lead to paralyzing self-centeredness and narcissism."

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good stuff --thanks!
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-06-14 21:18 (Reply)
A very interesting thread.

In the world of 2007 introspection is on very few peoples agenda. That type of thing requires a certain amount of desire to understand. By and large our population is far too superficial to even begin that type of journey.
#2 Habu on 2007-06-14 23:57 (Reply)
Victims of passive electronic stimulation. Alas.
#3 buddy larsen on 2007-06-15 00:05 (Reply)
did ya read where I was kicked off anti-idolitarian rottweiler? they couldn't handle my bad juju.
#3.1 Habu on 2007-06-15 00:28 (Reply)
never have seen the blog. what'd you do to them?
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-06-16 15:11 (Reply)

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