The grace of the guru is often misunderstood. The grace of the guru is his teaching. The knowledge which removes ignorance. Once the ignorance is understood and discarded by means of knowledge(jnana), the true guru tells you then to even throw off that knowledge which is the greatest ignorance. That is the highest grace. The empowerment that the guru seems to give which allows the Self to abide as itself without ignorance or knowledge. Grace is not some external force or power, it is the guidance that the Self gives to itself to awaken itself. Anything else is only in the realm of passing appearances, which have no substance. Even the grace, on the ultimate level has no substance in Illusion. It only points to substance/essence that is beyond and prior to Illusion.
Blah, blah, blah... Pop goes the BOZO! Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...... On Feb 14, 9:19 pm, godszen <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Ty-Wharton wrote: > > he was right next to him? > > > I am right next to a pair of speakers and a nice chest of drawers, it isn't > > responsible for my illumination should I choose to lose myself in it! > > your speakers and chest of drawers are likely not > > radiating tangible, pure energetic love-joy > > > On a path, following someone... > > > = LOST > > it's more like finding the Divine > > and realizing it
