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Thursday 03/16/2000
Study must be combined with meditation, contemplation, and application. To gather information without reflection and putting into practice what one has learned is like eating too much without properly digesting the food. The body cannot use it and soon it poisons the system, even if what was taken in was nutritious to begin with.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 03/17/2000
Reading too much without contemplation, meditation and putting into practice--eating too much without mindful awareness, proper digestion, and exercise--talking too much without listening--are all forms of greed. Read less, eat less, and talk less. Meditate, contemplate, be mindful, digest, and listen.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 03/18/2000
Release the grasping demands of the ego by resting in the contentment and sweet bliss of the Higher True Self. This is the way of successful renunciation. To attempt self-denial without Self-love is self-defeating.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 03/19/2000
To awaken spiritually and prosper in all ways, grace is the main necessity. God's unlimited grace is always present, available every moment. We can open ourselves to it.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 03/20/2000
The teacher's grace helps the seeker to discover God's grace. Ultimately, however, one's own grace is required for liberation. Those who are willing to thrive, to live their lives to their fullest potential, invite into their life the activity of grace in its three aspects--as God, as the teacher, and as one's own true Self.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 03/21/2000
The same mind that has earned the title "monkey," by jumping from one worry to another while spewing forth an endless stream of commentary, can be transformed and used as the vehicle of spiritual awakening.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 03/22/2000
It is the nature of Spirit to give unconditionally. God has already released our good.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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