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Thursday 07/03/2003
The self-discipline of restraining the appetites and transmuting them toward spiritual focus is like building a hot fire into which we place all of our conditioned ways of being. It is not for its own sake--that leads to pride and further bondage--but for the sake of breaking the bonds of desire and mindless living.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 07/04/2003
Divine guidance cannot be received when there is attachment to a particular outcome.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 07/05/2003
Discerning God's plan is the key to right action. The resources needed for the action will come from this divine inspiration.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 07/06/2003
To be focused on the faults of others assures little spiritual progress. The only truly effective work we can do is on ourselves.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 07/07/2003
To criticize and blame others diverts us from the important task of self-improvement. It also prevents genuine human relationship, which is possible only with a compassionate heart.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 07/08/2003
The critical mind leaves out the compassionate heart. Only seeing a single aspect--the error--the critical mind cannot grasp what the heart knows.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 07/09/2003
Everyone seeks healing and makes many errors along the way. Criticizing and blaming others only exacerbates the wound. Love heals it.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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