Thursday 04/27/2017
With a mind full of thoughts that run like a stampede of horses, how is it possible to know happiness? When the restless mind is brought to a still point through meditation, the stampeding horses stop to drink from the waters of the soul’s joy.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 04/28/2017
Enlightenment is possible in this lifetime. What other lifetime is there?
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 04/29/2017
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.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 04/30/2017
Let your mind be a temple for worshipping God, your thoughts candles of praise.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 05/01/2017
Throughout time people have achieved mastery in all walks of life and risen above obstacles to greatness. What is the common factor? A single-minded devotion to the goal. The way of God-realization is the same. The same potential exists in all; the same grace is present, and the same necessity for dedication. Press on.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 05/02/2017
The bird that neglects to visit the flower misses the nectar. Devotion to God softens the heart and brings sweetness to meditation.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 05/03/2017
The desire to live an ethical life is a necessary preparation for liberation. If one does not see the suffering that results from unconscious living, there is no motivation for finding freedom.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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