Tuesday 09/16/2025
To reach freedom, joy, and the delight of thriving, we must travel the path of delightful thought, speech, and action. Spiritual self-discipline has us trade in anything that brings suffering for what brings lasting joy and soul happiness.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 09/17/2025
Time to raise our game! The Bhagavad Gita says it perfectly: "Raise your self by your Self."
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 09/18/2025
Self-discipline is fiery energy that can burn through obstacles and light our way forward.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 09/19/2025
Imagine a wave rising from the bosom of the ocean, looking around at other waves, comparing itself to them, and declaring: I am not enough, not good enough, not pretty enough, not wild enough. Meanwhile, it is obvious to the onlooker that the wave is nothing less than the ocean expressing itself.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 09/20/2025
Reining in ego's misguided, self-serving motives allows life's prospering, evolutionary, creative impulse to rise in us.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 09/21/2025
Polishing the body and mind with self-discipline, we allow our innate radiance to pour through. In its wake is the soul's delight.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 09/22/2025
Effective self-discipline is the generous, kind, and most profound expression of Self-care.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian
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