Divine Grace is a manifestation of the cosmic free will in operation.
It can alter the course of events in a mysterious manner through its
own unknown laws, which are superior to all natural laws, and can
modify the latter by interaction. It is the most powerful force in the
universe. It descends and acts only when it is invoked by total self-
surrender. It acts from within, because God resides in the Heart of all
beings. Its whisper can be heard only in a mind purified by
self-surrender and prayer.
Rationalists laugh at it, and atheists scorn it, but it exists. It is a descent of God into the soul's zone of awareness. It is a visitation of force unexpected and unpredictable. It is a voice spoken out of cosmic silence - It is `Cosmic Will which can perform authentic miracles under its own laws'. In truth, God and the Guru are not different. Just as the prey which has fallen into the jaws of a tiger has no escape, so those who have come within the ambit of the Guru's gracious look will be saved by the Guru and will not get lost; yet, each one should by his own effort pursue the path shown by God or Guru and gain release.
By Sri Ramana Maharshi
Rationalists laugh at it, and atheists scorn it, but it exists. It is a descent of God into the soul's zone of awareness. It is a visitation of force unexpected and unpredictable. It is a voice spoken out of cosmic silence - It is `Cosmic Will which can perform authentic miracles under its own laws'. In truth, God and the Guru are not different. Just as the prey which has fallen into the jaws of a tiger has no escape, so those who have come within the ambit of the Guru's gracious look will be saved by the Guru and will not get lost; yet, each one should by his own effort pursue the path shown by God or Guru and gain release.
By Sri Ramana Maharshi
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