Defined
in psychological terms, grace is something other than our
self- conscious personal self.
We
may experience three kinds of grace-animal grace, human grace and spiritual
grace.
Animal grace comes when we live in
harmony with our own nature on the biological level-not abusing our bodies by
excess, not interfering with the workings of our indwelling animal intelligence
by conscious cravings and aversions, but living wholesomely and lying ourselves
open to the ‘virtue of the sun and the spirit of the universe’ and available
scientific knowledge. The reward in this is an awareness of life as good, not
for any reason but just because it is life.
Human grace comes to us form
other persons, social groups, from our own wishes hopes and imaginings
projected outside ourselves and persisting somehow in the psychic medium
in a state what we can refer to as second hand objectivity. During our
development we get this from parents, teachers or friends and loved ones later
in life from spiritual guides and women and men that are generally better and
wiser than ourselves.
Spiritual Grace originates form the divine ground of all
being by those who have willed away their self-will to the point of being able
to truthfully say, ‘Not I, but the God (or force) in me.’
There
are few people who can achieve this level:
Such
individuals may be identified as being humble and not conceited, Contented and
easily satisfied, unburdened with duties and frugal in there ways. Peaceful and
calm, wise skilful and friendly. Not proud and demanding in nature. The pure
harted ones having clarity of vision with no fixed views, are free of deceptive
behaviour, sense desires or hurtful actions to other sentient beings. These
individuals are free from drowsiness, are upright and radiate kindness. Freed from hatred they cherish all
living beings and are neither proud or demanding.
Lucky
are the ones to know such individuals.
