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Tuesday 01/17/2006
It is not only the worldly ego -- the aspect of self that has no interest in spiritual matters--that is the enemy of the soul but the "pseudo-spiritualized ego" -- the ego that pretends to do spiritual work but on its own time frame, according to its own idea and agenda, and without surrender.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/18/2006
In our work for God we step into the stream of grace. With attachment to the results of our actions we step out of it, removing ourselves form the flow of guidance and inspiration continually available to the surrendered heart.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 01/19/2006
To pray wholeheartedly one must pray without attachment to outcome. Be completely willing to follow divine will. Refrain from wandering into forgetfulness and attachment to outcomes.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 01/20/2006
The experience of being overwhelmed is more related to desire than it is to action. The same body can fight very hard, kicking feet and thrashing arms in an effort to stay afloat in water or, relax and stay afloat effortlessly.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 01/21/2006
Impatience, frustration, and irritability are all shades of anger related to thwarted desire. If we practice imperturbability, we short circuit the karmic trap brought about by self centered desire and free ourselves from present pain and future unhappiness.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 01/22/2006
To be surrendered to God means living in the moment open to what life brings. This does not mean we float along in our boat of life without steering toward a destination, being tossed here and there with every wave of change. Our course is charted to God-realization, our rudder is service.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 01/23/2006
When all that we do, all that we encounter, everyone and everything is for the sake of God-realization, the attachment to particular outcomes falls away. When the only outcome desired is awakening, whatever happens can serve that purpose.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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