Changing Operating Systems

If the universal addiction is to our own pattern of thinking, which is invariably dualistic, the primary spiritual path must be some form of contemplative practice, once just called “prayer,” to break down this unhelpful binary system of either-or thinking, and superiority thinking. “Praying” is changing your operating system! This was well recognized in Step 11 of the Twelve Steps. ~Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

Contemplative thinking — expressing or involving prolonged rational judgment.
Can we be addicted to our thought patterns?Are our thoughts always dualistic?
material and mental? Can thoughts be other than mental?Should prayers be material?
Do I have it all wrong? Is a material prayer, make this right? cause my body to function rather than mold my thoughts? Is that Abraham thinking?

YOU ARE A PHYSICAL EXTENSION OF THAT WHICH IS NON-PHYSICAL
All-That-Is, or that which you call God,
is not finished and waiting for you to catch up.
You are the leading edge of thought, here seeking more:
more of all that feels good to you, more of that which is fresh and
gloriously uplifting. (You are, in essence, bringing heaven to earth.)