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Saturday 02/05/2005
The fire of divine love that burns in the devotee's heart is used in three ways: as a light of worship, bringing awareness to God's omnipresence; as the warmth of generosity, serving God in all; and as the fire of self-discipline, casting into the fire of self-restraint those thoughts, words, and actions that are not useful to the soul's expression.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 02/06/2005
Work with intensity, focus, and integrity. Let go of the past and the future with surrender. This is the key to success.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 02/07/2005
The awakening of shakti, or spiritual energy, is like lighting a fire in your home. It is useful if it is contained and tended. Then the fire can be used for cooking or heating the house. Without the container, it will burn the house down. Spiritual practice is the container for awakened energy.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 02/08/2005
The right relationship to all action is this: everything for God.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 02/09/2005
When we pray in secret, communing with God in the silent chambers of the soul, God responds to us openly through the channels of perception in the world-dreams, synchronicities, events or communications.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 02/10/2005
For an action to be pure it must be accomplished purely throughout. The initial intention toward action must be the desire to please God, the action itself must be only for God without attachment to the fruits, and the completion of the action must be an offering to God with complete surrender of the outcome.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 02/11/2005
The teachings, when embraced with faith and practiced by the devotee, are the
connecting link between guru and disciple, or spiritual teacher and student.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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