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Thursday 06/24/2004
Action taken to support selfish motives ultimately brings bondage and suffering. Selfless service is action that supports freedom and joy for all concerned.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 06/25/2004
Concentration in meditation acts as a purifying agent for the mind and the heart.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 06/26/2004
In the multitude of supportive acts we perform for ourselves everyday, we never expect a thank you or some acknowledgement. With spiritual vision, we care for others in the same way--spontaneously and without expecting a return.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 06/27/2004
With a mind full of thoughts than run like a stampede of horses, how is it possible to know happiness? When the restless mind is brought to a still point through concentration on God, the stampeding horses stop to drink from the waters of the soul's joy.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 06/28/2004
Of course enlightenment is possible in this lifetime. What other lifetime is there?
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 06/29/2004
The mind becomes steady through meditation and dispassion--remaining even-minded or nonreactive to changing conditions, supremely free from any form of attraction or aversion.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 06/30/2004
Let your mind be a temple for worshipping God, your thoughts candles of praise.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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