Grace
Grace is the Divine choosing to act on his own, for his own reasons, unknowable by human reason. (MSS, slightly modified)

Grace Acts on Its Own

Grace acts on its own. For us to bring ourselves to move Grace, all that we should do is to withdraw the faith from every other aspect. That makes Grace act. For instance, when salary arrears of fifteen years are pending with the government, the mind will naturally rely on rules, procedures, etc. Grace cannot act as long as faith is there in any other aspect of life. (MSS)

Grace
Beyond al our spiritual efforts to connect to the spirit, there is the direct action of the Divine. Grace does not wait for us to connect to spirit; it occurs on it's own. Grace, a direct action of the Divine in our lives, organizes and conducts everything for us and the world around us. Our awareness of its action releases in us a deep universal Joy of existence. 

Grace in Action
We know enough of Grace. We rarely see it in action, especially in our own lives. The stamp of Grace expresses variously: an idea comes from outside; it looks as if the exact conducive circumstances already existed; people, against their normal doubting, act positively and encouragingly; work moves swifter than can be imagined; there is a sense of elation that is inner elevation of consciousness; unskilled persons execute jobs skillfully; there is a smile on every face; what we seek moves towards us as if it is answering our unvoiced call. (MSS)

On Grace
-What happens on its own is an act of God - Grace choosing to act in our lives.
-He who is unconscious of Grace takes conscious steps to eliminate the instrument that delivers the boon. (MSS)

On Grace
-Grace is the divine action coming from above and acting in our life when we are not insisting on our human folly.

-One who is drowning is saved by a bystander, a pure act of Grace. We do not know that Grace is ever-present on earth and is acting non-stop whenever we do not INSIST on our human intellect, our capacities or our understanding.

-By being open to this FORCE, one eternally qualifies to receive Grace at will. (MSS)

The Force and Grace
By being open to the FORCE, one eternally qualifies to receive Grace at will. (MSS)

What the Circumstances of Life are Teaching Us
All the circumstances of life are arranged to teach us that, beyond mind, faith in the Divine Grace gives us the strength to go through all trials, to overcome all weaknesses and find the contact with the Divine Consciousness which gives us not only peace and joy but also physical balance and good health. (The Mother)

The very first condition is that the Grace acts on its own conditions, conditions of truth, not according to the demands of the human Mind which is false. To us our falsehood appears as Truth. We take our desires as our wants. Duties go before rights, we simply ignore then. It never strikes us. Only that we know our prayer is not answered. Surely it will be answered when you cease to be irrational and do not assert your ego. (MSS, somewhat modified)

On Grace
-Grace is the divine action coming from above and acting in our life when we are not insisting on our human folly.

-One who is drowning is saved by a bystander, a pure act of Grace. We do not know that Grace is ever-present on earth and is acting non-stop whenever we do not INSIST on our human intellect, our capacities or our understanding.

-By being open to this FORCE, one eternally qualifies to receive Grace at will. (MSS)

Grace in Atmosphere of Good Will and Ill Will
If one lives in an atmosphere of good will, Grace moving towards him announces itself as a happy incident. If the atmosphere is one of ill will, incoming Grace is heralded by an act of disturbance. (MSS)

Grace and Super Grace
Faith brings in Grace; absence of faith in one's capacities brings in Super Grace. (MSS)

Supergrace
Grace becomes supergrace when man withdraws his reliance from his own capacities. (MSS)

Rewards, Grace, Supergrace
Rewards of work coming to us is luck. Greater rewards than the work deserves coming to us is Grace. There is a further stage called Supergrace.

Rewards go to the right man. Grace acts occasionally. Supergrace is a rare incident on divine occasions. Then rewards that are not your due or your due ten years later or rewards that should go to the entire organisation come to you as if you were the chosen receptacle for all the grace in the atmosphere. (MSS, extracted)

Qualities that Attract, Repel Grace
People fall into two categories. One is endowed with foresight. The other is used to crisis management. Those with foresight continuously receive Grace. The others create crises by their casual attitudes and the incoming Grace is fully absorbed by the crises.

There is one more category of people who are immune to Grace. They are casual, refuse to shoulder any responsibility, pay little attention to their duties, do the minimum necessary to survive. Well-wishers point out to them the value of being serious and responsible, but they are deaf to such importunities, because they are unaware they are refusing Grace. Their standard reply is, "Everything is fine with me. Why do you raise an issue now?"(MSS)

Turning Away from Grace
Man is an adept in turning away from Grace. If we look upon the past events of our lives, we will see NOW how many times we have actively declined Grace. (MSS)

Further Grace Comes by How We Respond to It When it Comes
An individual should deserve Grace by the way he receives it. The very best method is to feel a deep gratitude in the very cells. The next best is to know it came by Grace in spite of the lack of several qualifications in him. The moment he has received the job, he must endeavour to remove the disqualifications. That way, he will physically deserve what comes. (MSS, slightly changed)

Grace that is Received with Gratitude Solves Problems

�        Grace is God's action on His own without any propitiation or prompting.

�        Man is usually oblivious of Grace.

�        The mind recognising Grace gives belief.

�        Recognition is not gratitude.

�        Deeper down the vital - the nerves - recognising Grace is joy.

�        The body recognising the action of Grace by its sensation and offering in turn a sensation of gratitude is thrilling.

�        Man is not usually aware that gratitude is NOT a ready sensation he ever feels. [Even in miraculous events that come one's way that are of overwhelming good fortune, including Grace. -editor]

• Anyone faced with a multitude of problems can pray and solve them. There is another method. Let him look at what recently came to him by Grace and offer gratitude for it. All his present problems will disappear. Gratitude is the divine sensation that attracts Grace. (MSS, extracted)

Grace and Protection When in Difficulty or Trouble
The grace and protection are always with you. When in any inner or outer difficulty or trouble do not allow it to oppress you; take refuge with the Divine Force that protects. If you do that always with faith and sincerity, you will find something opening in you which will always remain calm and peaceful in spite of all superficial disturbances. (Sri Aurobindo)

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Luck sailing to us is the WILL of grace permitted to enter us by the will of the being. (MSS)

Money vs. Rain Grace
In the experience of innumerable devotees, cleanliness is more money, a smaller expression of grace. Rain is a richer expression of grace. A further expression of grace is not to think of rain or money or any methods. (MSS)

Accepting Grace Positively or Negatively
One may accept Grace positively or negatively. To accept positively means to accept it is grace, knowing its spiritual value. Negatively means we accept it for the material benefits. (MSS)

Self-Giving and Grace
Self-giving expresses love, receiving it as grace from above. (MSS)

When to Help that Invokes Grace
To offer unegoistically to help is to offer Grace. Do it when the impulsion rises from inside, not altruistically or egoistically. (MSS)

External Good Behaviour
External good behaviour attracts Grace. (MSS)

Good Will that Brings Grace
If one lives in an atmosphere of good will, Grace moving towards him announces itself as a happy incident. If the atmosphere is one of ill will, incoming Grace is heralded by an act of disturbance. (MSS)

Grace, Higher Consciousness, and Good Will
The best method of attracting God's Grace is to develop higher consciousness. Good will is one important strand of the higher consciousness. (MSS)
 

Consciously Learning to Receive Grace
As the beating of the heart, breathing, digestion, etc. were learnt consciously by the animate organism and were handed over to the subconscious, so too receiving the Grace must be learnt consciously and passed on to the subconscious. (MSS)

Aspiration and Grace

Grace responds in overwhelming measure to the initial promises of aspiration. Continued working of Grace needs continued aspiration. (MSS)

Grace an Promise of Aspiration
Grace responds in overwhelming measure to the initial promises of aspiration. Continued working of Grace needs continued aspiration. (MSS)

Grace Expressing to Aspiration
Grace always meets the aspiration with a field of expression. (MSS)

Descent of Grace and Readiness Complete
If one prepares himself for any work, the moment the readiness is complete, the work moves towards him (Grace always meets the aspiration with a field of expression). (MSS)

Social Grace in Pride and Prejudice
Here, in this story [Pride and Prejudice], social grace offers, chases, thrusts on those who are unaware of it just as grace chases man. (MSS)

Invoking Rain through Grace that Emanates from Utilizing Flowers
Rain responds to the flower "water" (Porana). It also responds to Grace (Cotton Rose Hibiscus), as rain is the material expression of God's Grace. The best method of attracting God's Grace is to develop higher consciousness. Good will is one important strand of the higher consciousness.

Therefore, good will attracts grace and consequently rain. Beyond knowledge lies decision and determination. Grace flowers offered to the Mother bringing rain are a common experience. Someone pointed out the relationship between the last Grace plant dying and the drought in a certain year. Grace flowers being brought is different from Grace flowers brought with a decision behind it.

Decision backing the act converts rainfall that falls short of the mark into excess rainfall. Twenty inches of rain in May is unusual. The department of meteorology classifies rainfall of more than two inches as heavy rainfall. Grace brought with decision and determination on various occasions has yielded rainfall in 24 hours of four inches, eight inches and on one occasion even 11 inches. (MSS)

The Force and Grace
By being open to the FORCE, one eternally qualifies to receive Grace at will. (MSS)

What the Circumstances of Life are Teaching Us
All the circumstances of life are arranged to teach us that, beyond mind, faith in the Divine Grace gives us the strength to go through all trials, to overcome all weaknesses and find the contact with the Divine Consciousness which gives us not only peace and joy but also physical balance and good health. (The Mother)

Answers to Prayer Beyond the Level Through Which We Believe
The Divine grants our prayer through what we believe in. One who believes in influence to get a government job will get it through his influential contacts. Suppose one can use money, has VIP contacts, status, etc., but disregards them and relies ONLY on the Divine, She grants his prayer by a procedure not in the department or life. (MSS, slightly modified)

That is pure Grace. Devotees have received orders from the government in defiance of the rules to the contrary.

Benefit, Results that Come from Flowers
Our devotees know that flowers are powerful in bringing us the desired results. Especially devotees know of two flowers, 1) protection (Bougainvillea) and 2) harmony (Coral Vine).
  
Quarrelsome families become QUIET when harmony flowers are brought in. It is well known that protection flowers kept with us bring protection in any impossible condition. To get the full benefit of the flowers we offer to the Mother, we must resort to securing the full knowledge of the flowers and the full knowledge of the issue for which we seek protection or harmony.
  
Rain responds to the flower "water" (Porana). It also responds to Grace (Cotton Rose Hibiscus), as rain is the material expression of God's Grace. (MSS)

Grace of a Single Good Man in Community
The presence of a single good man is grace for the community. (MSS)

Rewards, Grace, Supergrace
Rewards of work coming to us is luck. Greater rewards than the work deserves coming to us is Grace. There is a further stage called Supergrace.

Rewards go to the right man. Grace acts occasionally. Supergrace is a rare incident on divine occasions. Then rewards that are not your due or your due ten years later or rewards that should go to the entire organisation come to you as if you were the chosen receptacle for all the grace in the atmosphere. (MSS, extracted)

Gratitude to Grace
We often experience a thrill for various reasons. Spiritually, thrill is described as body sensing the action of Grace.

A young man is selected in an interview. He is relieved of the tension he was so far in. A case is judged in one's favour. The client is pleased. A negotiation turns out to someone's expectation. He is satisfied. He understands how it concluded so.

He sometimes knows the role his skill played. Relief is of the nerves, pleasure is a positive feeling of the nerves. Satisfaction is of the mind. Understanding is a mental process. What acted in the interview, the judgment, and the negotiation is, in fact, Grace that is behind. Grace is God's action on His own without any propitiation or prompting.

In all the above cases, the concerned persons were not aware of Grace. Man is usually oblivious of Grace. The mind recognising Grace gives belief. Recognition is not gratitude. Deeper down the vital - the nerves - recognising Grace is joy. At the deepest point lie the body and its sensations. The body recognising the action of Grace by its sensation and offering in turn a sensation of gratitude is thrilling.

If you have ever escaped an accident narrowly, think what was your first response. We exclaim, "It is good luck". There are other times we continue our journey without referring to the accident or escape. Man is not usually aware that gratitude is NOT a ready sensation he ever feels. Even miraculous events receive such responses.

Draupadi was in the court. She was humiliated . Her husbands were powerless to help, having become slaves. The great souls of the court and the King himself went dumb. She called Krishna who responded to her call. Her honour was saved. She was relieved.

She went on her tirade against dharma, court, eminence, traditions etc. That miracle happened in the public court. No one in the story ever mentioned that great MIRACLE after the event or after they left the court. Even Draupadi seemed to be oblivious of it.

She met Krishna a long time later. There was no mention of the subject. In this event, we see the normal oblivious, unconscious, human mind that is self-centred.

One experience of the devotees was examined, analysed, rationalised, subjected to close scrutiny and the considered result is: Should a devotee be aware of the overt acts of Grace in his life and take the full inner effort to feel a sensation of Gratitude, prayer will be superfluous to him in future.

Spiritually, any spiritual BOON for which he has to undergo austerities for years will come to him unasked, the moment he is ripe enough to receive it and retain it. Anyone faced with a multitude of problems can pray and solve them.

There is another method. Let him look at what recently came to him by Grace and offer gratitude for it. All his present problems will disappear. Gratitude is the divine sensation that attracts Grace. (MSS)

Grace of a Single Good Man in Community
The presence of a single good man is grace for the community. (MSS)

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