|
Thursday 01/15/2004
Doing sadhana is like carrying a lamp into the dark night of our unconscious life. It reveals what is already there. It's easier to ignore the clutter of self-will and attachments that collect in our life if we do not bring the light to them. Once we see what is there, we can begin a new way of living.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Friday 01/16/2004
Renunciation does not require renouncing the world or our duties in it. The abode of the true renunciate is the cave of the heart. Everything done with nonattachment and love for God in our hearts is renunciation.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Saturday 01/17/2004
Love for God is the antidote for the suffering that comes from attachment to things. Detaching from desires can be an austerity practiced with great effort and resolve, or it can happen effortlessly like the wave returning to the ocean.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Sunday 01/18/2004
Do not say you will begin to practice meditation tomorrow, or next week when you have finished some important work, or when more time is available. Everything depends on God. Begin today.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Monday 01/19/2004
The nature of thought is to divide, to compare one thing against another. Love unifies. God, which has no other, can never be known through thought. Only undivided love reveals God's presence.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Tuesday 01/20/2004
How can one accomplish single-minded devotion to God in the midst of work and family life? See God in all. Serve God in all. Do everything for God.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
|
Wednesday 01/21/2004
The Self does not wake or sleep, come into being or pass from existence. It only seems so from the vantage point of "I," as the sun appears to the earth to rise and set, appear and disappear.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
|
