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Wednesday 12/16/2009
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 that is done with nonattachment and love for God in our hearts is renunciation.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 12/17/2009
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.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 12/18/2009
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 now.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 12/19/2009
The nature of thought is to divide, to compare one thing against another. Love unifies. God is One and free of “other.” Therefore, God can never be known through thought. Only undivided love reveals God’s presence.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 12/20/2009
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.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 12/21/2009
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.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 12/22/2009
Choose the way that leads to increased awareness, enhanced life, and love. Our own aliveness, our deep abiding joy, can serve as the compass.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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