The real work lies in the patterns of thinking and feeling that come into our awareness in our struggle (5 mins)

22/04/2025 5 min
The real work lies in the patterns of thinking and feeling that come into our awareness in our struggle (5 mins)

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So there are a couple of things. There's the content, which is what I think you're mainly focused on. And then there's the process. So what you've expressed just then is a submission. It might not appear to be that, but it's what's happening in being here. And so the struggles that we have in trying to give expression to things puts us in front of tendencies to critique ourselves in the light of how others hearing this, how are they seeing this. So there's a lot of things that can arise in the struggle to bring what we have to bring. So, you know, it's not really about repeating the content. What it's about is what arises in the struggle to do that because in Logopraxis, the key elements are becoming aware of the patterns that operate within us. And the format just provides a means of doing that. So what you've just shared there reveals certain patterns in terms of what happens when I'm in a situation that I feel that, you know, either I'm not coping or I'm not meeting expectations or, you know, however that's framed. It reveals a lot about those habitual patterns that are hidden, which is what this whole reading is about, right. So what has been shared is an awareness of patterns. And so the Word has actually undertaken to produce an illustration through your frustration that is of benefit to us all because we get to see how subtle these things work.



So, you're free to modify things in any way you like. What I would say is that whatever it is, the Lord is wanting you to see through this process, modify to your heart's delight. You still will be brought to see what it is you need to see. And thanks for this submission that you're bringing now. This is gold, right? This is the living edge of the human struggle to bring what is higher into the lower. You know, that's the struggle and it illustrates this text like, you know, you have Jehovah, you have Moses, you have Aaron, you have the sons of Israel, you have Pharaoh, you have all these levels. And Moses doesn't think anyone's listening to him. Pharaoh is disrupted by the whole thing. Aaron, he's having to carry out what Moses is sort of telling him that Jehovah said to him. And like, it's all a struggle, you know, like the whole spiritual life trying to bring what is higher into a form that can meet us, that can be accommodated to the level that we live at. Is the struggle. And that's what Logopraxis is about. So as I said, look, we're free to approach things in the way that we feel we must, but also be aware of what's arising as we try to do that, because that's where the revelation is so far as our contact with our work is concerned.



Just one other thing also, there's what we say and then there's what others are hearing and people are processing things through their own inner connection with the Lord. And so what's being heard out of the shares is not necessarily what's being said. So again, the content is a means, it's a structural element, but the real material is what sits within that. So it's not just about being able to express things according to how we feel we should be able to express them, because people are listening and the Lord is pulling together within their own mind what's needed for the group. So this is a very different way of functioning in group work than we find in most forms of group work that, yeah, even like biblical study or studying of the doctrines here, because it's what gets bound together. And, you know, look, what you've spoken about has initiated this conversation and that's of benefit to everybody, right? So the Lord brings everything together into a human form, which feeds the group, feeds everybody.



Third Round posts are short audio clips taken from Round 3 comments offered in the online Logopraxis Life Group meetings. The aim is to keep the focus on understanding the Text in terms of its application to the inner life along with reinforcing any key LP principles that have been highlighted in the exchanges.

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