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This evening's reflection is entitled Three Dimensions of Conscious Prayer.

And I'll begin with a bit of personal background that I grew up, my family was a Unitarian.

So I attended the liberal religious youth, which is the church school where we as teens

we'd gather.

And we had spirited discussions about comparative religion and social issues.

It's intellectual, not focused on a deity, and very explicitly respectful of different

views.

Of course, there are many Unitarian, that's you, you, as Unitarian jokes that were circulating

such as how Moses received the Ten Suggestions.

And one true story I heard, one person shared that I was brought up Unitarian.

I heard the minister say God one time.

He had come to our house and he said, oh God, I forgot my pipe.

So in my family, no formal religious rituals.

We had moments of silence for gratitude at meals and holidays.

And my parents were most reverential in nature, really.

They'd come into true stillness and silence when they were bird watching.

And my father liked to take pictures of birds and his most fervent prayer probably was

please hold still so I can get the shot.

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