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Sunday 08/25/2013
When we have God what can we gain? What can we lose? Things and circumstances flash like glass baubles—they do not unsettle the mind of one possessing the gold of Self-realization.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 08/26/2013
Reliance on God cures co-dependency.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 08/27/2013
When we work for security we have misplaced our trust. Work to serve God, the source of real security.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 08/28/2013
When work is understood as service the questions of right livelihood are more easily answered. Service contributes to the welfare of others, to peace, and to the repair and healing of the world. Any vocation that is contrary to these cannot be called right livelihood.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 08/29/2013
We must do everything as if we are demonstrating the teachings to those around us, for indeed we are. Even when we are alone, we are studied by conscience.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 08/30/2013
Actions in the world are an expression of the forces of nature. It is possible to observe these forces without identifying with them. Imagining oneself as the doer of action is like a bicyclist on the downhill slope who continues to pedal.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 08/31/2013
When the senses are purified through spiritual practice the self-serving tendency of the ego gives way to the experience of awe. When we are free of the desire to possess the beauty we experience, we can experience it with radical amazement.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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