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Thursday 09/18/2008
In the beginning of sadhana, spiritual practice is random and 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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Friday 09/19/2008
Restlessness is no match for patience.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 09/20/2008
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 sense of separate self is an illusion. We exist as expressions of the one infinite field of divine consciousness.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 09/21/2008
In 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 and know God is your life.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 09/22/2008
When we return our conscious awareness to God, 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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Tuesday 09/23/2008
Any time we come to our spiritual practice for some reason—to find peace, to get enlightened, or to 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 joy now.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 09/24/2008
Faith is necessary. One must believe in the promise of freedom because the spiritual way of life requires us to swim against the current of conformity—the message of the world that says that material possessions, fame, and relationships will bring us happiness and security. We must be interested in seeking another way to break free from this illusion.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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