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Friday 06/18/2021
Our initial spiritual practice may be intermittent. With dedication and perseverance, practice becomes steady, an integral part of each day. Through self-discipline and God’s grace, one’s life begins to turn to God completely. Like a pilgrim circling the Kaaba, Self-realization is the center of all one thinks, says, and does.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 06/19/2021
Restlessness is no match for patience.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 06/20/2021
Any time we come to our meditation practice for some reason—to find peace, get enlightened, or solve a problem—it is contrary to the true spirit of meditation. Such thoughts are about the future. Meditation is now—a radical return to unconditional joy.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 06/21/2021
At any moment, we can return to joy by moving from our head to our heart—from ego-centered thought (I, me, mine) to the deeper center of being. Practice divine communion by remembering God is your life.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 06/22/2021
Faith is necessary. The spiritual way of life requires us to swim against the current of conformity. This conventional message says that material possessions, fame, and relationships will bring us happiness and security. We must seek another way. Break free from this illusion by believing it is possible.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 06/23/2021
When we return our conscious awareness to our ever-present spiritual nature, we partake of the joy that the conscious contact with God brings. Joy is the link between God and the soul.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 06/24/2021
Release the false sense of self as the owner of things or the doer of actions. Realize that life is a play of consciousness in which the separate self is an illusion. Only one Absolute Reality exists.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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