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Sunday 11/23/2014
Identifying with thoughts and experiences is the habit of ego which then creates attractions and aversions to maintain its identity. Notice the tendency to superimpose “I, me, mine” on life. Let it go and take a step toward freedom.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 11/24/2014
Happiness and sorrow are both reflections of internal states. Nothing outside of us can cause these. If things, people, or situations could cause happiness or sorrow, then everyone would perceive it the same way, but what brings happiness to one person may bring sorrow to another.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 11/25/2014
Our words should always serve love.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 11/26/2014
Stealing—taking or desiring what belongs to others—whether material goods or more subtle things such as acknowledgement, takes us far from our inherent prosperity.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 11/27/2014
Notice how thought activity is directly related to diet—what we eat and how we eat it. Honor the body temple so that the soul’s radiance may shine through a pure mind.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 11/28/2014
There are basically two kinds of thoughts—those that shore up the sense of separate self, and those that return awareness to the unity of the true Self. The first kind ultimately brings suffering, the second, joy.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 11/29/2014
Inwardly recalling the divine name will bring us to the shore of the ocean of God consciousness.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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