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Monday 11/17/2003
One who stands on the steady ground of faith in God is not driven by the reactions arising from likes and dislikes. The even-mindedness that comes from faith brings freedom.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 11/18/2003
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.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 11/19/2003
Restlessness is no match for patience.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 11/20/2003
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.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 11/21/2003
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.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 11/22/2003
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.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 11/23/2003
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.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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