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Friday 09/17/2021
The false self pretends to do spiritual work but on its time frame and self-serving agenda, and without surrender. The soul’s way is to lead with the peace that prevails, not the aggression that tires and annoys.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 09/18/2021
Through serving God, or the highest good, we step into the stream of grace. With personal attachment to the results of our actions, we step out of it, removing ourselves from the flow of guidance and inspiration continually available to the surrendered heart.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 09/19/2021
To pray wholeheartedly, pray without attachment to the outcome. Be completely willing to follow divine will. Refrain from wandering into forgetfulness of God’s graceful support by being attached to particular results.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 09/20/2021
The feeling of overwhelm is more related to desire than it is to action. The same body can fight hard, kicking feet and thrashing arms to stay afloat in water or relax and stay afloat effortlessly.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 09/21/2021
Impatience, frustration, and irritability are all shades of anger related to thwarted desire. If we practice imperturbability, we short circuit the karmic trap and free ourselves from present pain and future unhappiness.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 09/22/2021
To be surrendered to God means to live in the moment, open to what life brings. It’s not that we float along in our boat of life without steering toward a destination, tossed about with every wave of change. Our course is charted to God-realization, and our rudder is service. Now we can enjoy the ride.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 09/23/2021
When all that we do, all that we encounter, everyone, and everything is for the sake of God-realization, the attachment to particular outcomes falls away. When the only goal desired is spiritual awakening, whatever happens can serve that purpose.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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