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Monday 12/23/2002
Identifying with thoughts and experiences is the habit of ego which then creates attractions and aversions to maintain its identity. Notice the tendency to superimpose "I, me, mine" on life and take a step toward freedom.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 12/24/2002
Happiness and sorrow are both reflections of internal states. Nothing outside of us can cause these. If things, people, or situations could cause happiness or sorrow, then everyone would perceive it the same way, but what brings happiness to one person may bring sorrow to another.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 12/25/2002
Our words should always serve others.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 12/26/2002
Stealing is taking what belongs to others, even in our mind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 12/27/2002
Thought activity is directly related to diet--what we eat and how we eat it. Honor the body temple so that the soul's radiance may shine through a pure mind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 12/28/2002
There are two kinds of thoughts--those that take us into bondage by shoring up the sense of separate self, and those that return awareness to rest in the unity of the True Self. The first kind always brings suffering, the second, joy.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 12/29/2002
Inwardly recalling the divine name will bring us to the shore of the ocean of God consciousness.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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