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Thursday 09/12/2002
What causes us to react unkindly when someone is angry? Restlessness. When the mind is agitated, we cannot perceive the unity of life. This leads to defending an imaginary separate self.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 09/13/2002
We can free ourselves and others from the shadow play of separation by bringing the light of peace into a tense moment. Seeing ourselves in others turns up the light.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 09/14/2002
Look upon all equally. Seeing the one life in all is recognizing the body of God. As our own body has different parts but belongs to one organism, so the divine life has many separate parts, making up the spiritual vision we experience as life.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 09/15/2002
The spiritual teacher provides a map for the path of awakening, but the student must make the journey. The ticket for enlightenment is not transferable.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 09/16/2002
Lust, greed, and anger are cousins. When the heart is occupied with self-interest, anger is not far behind. Conflicting desires fight and anger comes to settle the dispute. But when self-interest is removed, so is the dispute.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 09/17/2002
Look to the root of anger to find the desire it springs from. Trying to dissipate anger by venting it is like blowing dandelion seeds in the wind. They will take root and spring up again. Use the trowel of discrimination and pull out the root.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 09/18/2002
Comparing oneself to others is like driving down a road using a map from another city.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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