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Thursday 01/03/2002
Love is the bond between teacher and student that allows truth to be transmitted between them. When this bond is broken, the transmission cannot occur.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 01/04/2002
Though the physical teacher may fail or disappoint you, God is always the True Teacher. That Divine Presence will continue to make Itself known as the heart is left open. Even the breaking of the heart in the student-teacher relationship can serve this purpose.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 01/05/2002
Jesus taught that we would find him among the poor. If we keep our hearts open we discover that he lives within us as the voice of conscience and the inclination toward compassionate action.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 01/06/2002
Christ is the distressing presence that tries to wake us and call us to compassion.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 01/07/2002
Good works bring us to the door of heaven, or Divine Consciousness; only love and grace take us through.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 01/08/2002
Good works abide in nature; only surrender takes us beyond. No one, not even the saints, reach enlightenment through action. But action is necessary. Do not imagine yourself to be the doer of the action--that is the key.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/09/2002
Good works are useful to a point, then they may be detrimental to one's awakening. If there is attachment to one's work--the desire to gain praise, favor with God, or an enlightened state through what we do--it becomes a detriment.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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