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Monday 05/15/2000
Cutting off a particular train of thought is like cauterizing a vein--the energy must then seek another path. As dissipating thoughts are continuously "cauterized" through conscious discrimination, the energy of Self-realization grows. It is possible to have one's thoughts immersed in God, but only through the self-discipline of "cauterization."
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 05/16/2000
Humility is the absolute willingness and commitment to be fully who we are.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 05/17/2000
It is not only the worldly ego--the aspect of self that has no interest in spiritual matters--that is the enemy of the soul. It is also the "pseudo-spiritualized ego"--the ego that pretends to do spiritual work but on its own time frame, according to its own idea and agenda, and without surrender.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 05/18/2000
In our work for God we step into the stream of grace. With attachment to the results of our actions we step out of it, removing ourselves form the flow of guidance and inspiration continually available to the surrendered heart.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 05/19/2000
To pray wholeheartedly one must pray without attachment to outcome. Be completely willing to follow divine will. Refrain from wandering into forgetfulness and attachment to outcomes.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 05/20/2000
The sense of "overwhelm" is more related to desire than it is to action. The same body can fight very hard, kicking feet, thrashing arms and hands to stay afloat in water or, relax and stay afloat effortlessly.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 05/21/2000
Impatience, frustration, and irritability are all shades of anger related to thwarted desire. If we practice imperturbability, we short circuit the karmic trap and free ourselves from present pain and future unhappiness.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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