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Thursday 07/26/2001
When the roving senses, active mind and dividing intellect become still the peace of the soul nature is revealed.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 07/27/2001
A strong intention for liberation is the galvanizing factor that allows us to rein in the senses and steady the mind and intellect. A half-hearted desire for spiritual awakening cannot muster the necessary energy and focus to overcome the tendency toward dissipation of vital force.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 07/28/2001
Those who truly believe in the omnipresence of God continually seek to know God in the midst of both meditation and activity in the world.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 07/29/2001
Look to the root of anger to find the seeds of desire and self-will it springs from. Expressing anger to dissipate it is like blowing dandelion seeds in the wind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 07/30/2001
God is the eternal disinterested friend of all. There is no self-interest in unconditional love.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 07/31/2001
For true compassion to exist, there must be dispassion, the absence of self-interest.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 08/01/2001
Look beyond what you see with your eyes and peer into the day with your heart. Sense the soul's presence and experience it resounding in all that is. Enter the day like a child willing to play and wonder. Be yourself without worry.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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