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Thursday 05/31/2001
Trying to restrain the natural impulses of the senses toward pleasure and avoidance of pain is like trying to push a boulder uphill. It's wiser to stay out of its way. On the spiritual path this means anchoring our attention in and identifying with the True Self.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 06/01/2001
Sensory attraction to objects of desire is like a creeping vine. At first it blossoms and appears attractive. But when the vine grows unrestrained, it eventually covers the entire garden, even the house making it uninhabitable.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 06/02/2001
We imagine freedom to be the ability to choose what we like over what we dislike. This is really sugarcoated bondage. True freedom is being free from both likes and dislikes.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 06/03/2001
When we are no longer compelled to seek out what we like and avoid what we dislike, then we are free to follow the soul's guidance.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 06/04/2001
Comparing ourselves to others is like driving down a road trying to follow a map from another city.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 06/05/2001
The best way to discover the spiritual law of our life is to be completely present where we are--with our family, our work, and our spiritual practice.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 06/06/2001
There is sometimes an expectation that the discovery of one's dharma, spiritual purpose or duty, will be glamorous or in some way more significant than life currently is. God is no more present in one place than another.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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