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Tuesday 01/04/2005
Though the physical teacher may fail or disappoint you, God is always the True Teacher. That Divine Presence will continue to make Itself known as the heart is left open. Even the breaking of the heart in the student teacher relationship can serve this purpose.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/05/2005
Jesus taught that we would find him among the poor. If we keep our hearts open we discover that he lives within us as the voice of conscience and the inclination toward compassionate action.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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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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