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Tuesday 08/14/2001
To please God please your own soul. When the soul is pleased the mind is peaceful, the heart is open, and the conscience is clear.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 08/15/2001
God helps. It is the nature of the divine to support life. When we offer service we are simply following our deepest nature.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 08/16/2001
A worried mind lives in the future. An unhappy mind lives in the past. Only a peaceful mind abides in the present. When worry haunts you ask: Is it true now? Moods flee in the light of now.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 08/17/2001
Attraction and aversion are the twin poles of desire. To want is attraction; to hate is aversion. To refuse to forgive binds us to the past through aversion. Though consciousness is impartial to attraction or aversion, it registers both as mental imprints. These patterns influence our subsequent thoughts and feelings, which eventually become lenses through which see and interpret the world. Let go. Forgive. Cleanse your mental spectacles by dissolving the old hurts and angers that continue to haunt the soul. Let in the light of God's unconditional love.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 08/18/2001
Resentment builds a prison, thought by thought. Forgiveness tears it down at once.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 08/19/2001
Forgiveness is a change of heart that occurs through the activity of grace. We cannot change our heart but we can change our mind. We change our mind through willingness. Becoming willing to forgive opens the door to grace.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 08/20/2001
When the mind is agitated with worry and fear, the darkness of ignorance clouds our wisdom. This is when discernment is needed. Like a sheriff breaking up a fight, discernment asks the participants to quietly step outside. Stepping into the light, a new perspective emerges. We can similarly step outside our present tests and roles by calling on the spiritual power of intuitive discernment in meditation.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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