St. Paul directs us to “have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God… humbled himself…” (Phil 2:5-6,8) Contemplative practice is a deliberate attempt at practicing such humility and thus acquiring the mind of Christ. To adopt a posture of humility is to recognize the truth of what we are and what we are not, of our abilities and our limitations. In practicing contemplation, we become humble enough to admit that we are wounded, that we don’t know, and that any form of “love” we ourselves give is finite. We admit that we lack the power to transform ourselves, or even to know how we ought to pray (see Romans 8:26). We humble ourselves enough to see that we are like little children before God: eager, needy and trusting. This is our part to play in contemplative practice. In being so humble as to embrace what we are and are not, we grant God freedom to be what God is: a knowing healer overflowing with unconditional love, ready, willing, and able to guide our prayer and transform us from the inside out, if we only allow it.