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Thursday 01/06/2005
Christ is the distressing presence that tries to wake us and call us to compassion.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 01/07/2005
Good works bring us to the door of heaven, or Divine Consciousness, only love and grace take us through.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 01/08/2005
Good works abide in nature, only surrender takes us beyond. No one, not even the saints, reach enlightenment through action. But action is necessary. Do not imagine yourself to be the doer of the action, that is the key.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 01/09/2005
Good works are useful to a point, then they may be detrimental to one's awakening. If there is attachment to one's work--the desire to gain praise, favor with God, or an enlightened state through what we do, it becomes a detriment.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 01/10/2005
The daily choices we make, the life we lead, reveal which of the three modes of nature--uplifting, restless, or deadening--are predominant in our character.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 01/11/2005
Constant activity and desiring, even for good works, is a restless state. Silence brings more peace. When peace predominates, one sees God everywhere and is of a loving frame of mind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/12/2005
When the restless tendency in nature is dominant in our life the mind is judgmental and critical, always looking for something that needs "doing" and never experiencing satisfaction. To calm this restless tendency in the midst of being active, one must see all as God's plan and let go of attachment to outcomes.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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