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Thursday 01/12/2012
A student, or spiritual seeker, is one who embarks on the path. A disciple is one who follows the path with steadfastness, faith, and devotion, ever intent on Self-realization.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 01/13/2012
We should ask ourselves what we are seeking in our work. Do we work for security, prosperity, or happiness? All these conditions must first be found in their essential nature in the soul as being, conscious awareness, and bliss. When we have found them within, then we can work without attachment.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 01/14/2012
Will can be a useful tool on the spiritual path when it is guided by soul-inspired wisdom. First we use it to follow the inspired guidance of enlightened teachings and learn how to conform it to divine will.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 01/15/2012
Every day the spiritual life presents a question: On what will you rely for happiness and security? We can choose the world with the material or emotional supports it promises or we can choose Divine Consciousness, the invisible infinite support. Many reach for what appears to be the sure thing of the world only to discover it is ultimately unreliable.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 01/16/2012
Reliance on God is accomplished by continually turning the mind and heart toward divine remembrance and in so doing, letting go of dependence on worldly supports. We cannot depend on both.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 01/17/2012
The use of a mantra, or prayer word, allows us to channel our energy toward our divine nature. When negative mind states arise such as anxiety, anger, or fear we can use the energy of these emotions in a positive way through introducing the mantra into the mental field. The “fire” or energy of the emotion then becomes a transforming fire instead of a destructive fire.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/18/2012
Self-realization, to know directly God as the true Self, is the bridge that connects the wisdom of all the world’s religions. This is the Yugadharma, the law or duty, specific to the 21st Century.
Ellen Grace O'Brian
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