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Saturday 06/04/2005
Intend to bless everyone you meet today. Resolve to override the ego's quick draw to irritability, selfishness, or pride by acting in accordance with your divine nature -- be generous, patient, and kind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 06/05/2005
Let the energy of prayer infuse your home environment like a sweet fragrance. The same discipline of the monastery that supports the monks in practicing the presence of God through regular times of prayer can be easily incorporated into the life of householders.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 06/06/2005
Look for the times when a moment of prayer, or mindfulness, could bring more spiritual awareness to your day -- on entering and leaving your home, on beginning work, on answering the telephone, or at meal times. Commit to pause for a moment of prayer or contemplation at those times. It only takes a moment.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 06/07/2005
Put God first by living simply. When spiritual realization is the primary motive for our actions this becomes easy. The joy we experience in our spiritual life and the deepening of love and peace in our relationships help us to prioritize.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 06/08/2005
Awakening to discipleship on the spiritual path coincides with the initial awakening to the Guru, the realization of God within us. The role of the external teacher or guru is to introduce us to this reality -- to lead us home to the True Guru, our divine nature.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 06/09/2005
The spiritual teacher is one who leads us across the river of delusion to discover the shore of eternity -- taking us from identification with the body-mind as separate self to the reality of our spiritual nature and our oneness with God.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 06/10/2005
The valid knowledge of direct perception that exists in the mind of the enlightened teacher is imparted to the receptive listener. Because it is valid knowledge, it will resonate with the student's own intuitive wisdom. The discerning spiritual seeker can perceive, when listening to spiritual teachings, that which is spoken with the authority of revealed knowledge.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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