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Tuesday 05/20/2008
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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Wednesday 05/21/2008
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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Thursday 05/22/2008
To be surrendered to God means living in the moment, open to what life brings. This does not mean that we float along in our boat of life without steering toward a destination, being tossed here and there with every wave of change. Our course is charted to God-realization, and our rudder is service.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 05/23/2008
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 outcome desired is spiritual awakening, whatever happens can serve that purpose.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 05/24/2008
When we are not attached to outcomes and thus do not desire things to be different from what they are, we can remain steady in the state of imperturbability.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 05/25/2008
Those who drink daily from the soul's well of bliss are not driven to seek gratification elsewhere.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 05/26/2008
Practice ruthless clarity to remove obstacles from your life. Whatever impedes the soul's expression and takes you into confusion and despair must be let go.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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