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Monday 03/13/2000
Life and death are not pairs of opposites. Birth and death are the opposites. Life is the continuum that contains them both.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 03/14/2000
Dwelling on the faults of others is an indication that we are not tending to our own.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 03/15/2000
Cultivating even-mindedness is like planting a garden--it takes time, patience, and dedication. If we allow ourselves to be overcome with anger, it is like pulling out the tender shoots by the root.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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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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