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Sunday 10/21/2001
Don't wait to be prosperous. Don't look for outer conditions to change in order to declare yourself prosperous, to declare yourself a child of God, to declare yourself happy and successful. Don't wait; live in your spiritual inheritance now.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 10/22/2001
Action taken to support selfish motives ultimately brings bondage and suffering. Selfless service is action that supports freedom and joy.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 10/23/2001
Concentration in meditation acts as a purifying agent for the mind and the heart.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 10/24/2001
In the multitude of supportive acts we perform for ourselves everyday, we never expect a thank you or some acknowledgement. With spiritual vision, we care for others in the same way-spontaneously and without expecting a return.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 10/25/2001
With a mind full of thoughts than run like a stampede of horses, how is it possible to know happiness? When the restless mind is brought to a still point through concentration on God, the stampeding horses stop to drink from the waters of the soul's joy.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 10/26/2001
Of course enlightenment is possible in this lifetime. What other lifetime is there?
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 10/27/2001
The mind becomes steady through meditation and dispassion-remaining even-minded or nonreactive to changing conditions, supremely free from any form of attraction or aversion.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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