A Meditation On The 3rd Step Prayer
by Paul Babin
This talk explores the 3rd Step Prayer as a spiritual guide for navigating change, releasing fear-based control, and living with purpose. It asks: what happens when we stop running life through survival-mode thinking and turn toward a wiser, more loving consciousness? The prayer begins with surrender—not weakness, but a brave shift away from forcing outcomes. It invites reflection on how control shows up in daily life: emotions, relationships, perceptions, and the future. It also asks what “God” means—here understood not as a distant judge, but as a loving Presence or Universal Intelligence, accessed through stillness and honesty. “Build with me and do with me as Thou wilt” explores partnership with life: openness instead of certainty, cooperation instead of going it alone. “Relieve me of the bondage of self” names patterns that keep us stuck—fear, shame, judgment, approval-seeking, and resistance to life on life’s terms—and points toward freedom, courage, and service.
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