Grace As A Way To God (4)
Beautiful post.. thanks...
He's the only way...
He's the only way...
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I like bold font and the colour blue..... 'but' 
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RobertC2: I like bold font and the colour blue..... 'but'
By GRACE are you saved by FAITH!!!!
It's that simple Robert!
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God is inescapable and constant. Sometimes he is felt with ecstasy, but just as often there can be pain, anguish, and confusion. This mixture of feelings reminds us that two entities are coming into conjunction. One is spirit, the other is body.
The body can perceive spirit only through the nervous system. As the intensity of God increases, the nervous system is overwhelmed by it. There is no choice but to adapt, yet adaptation can cause sensations of intense burning, tremors, blackouts, and fainting, along with fear and semipsychotic states. God’s presence overcomes the most intense conditions of pain and suffering.
There is no way to tell whether we are actually doing anything through our own will. An Indian master was once asked, ”When we strive to reach higher states of consciousness, are we really doing anything or is it just happening to us?” “It could be seen either way,” he replied. “You are doing your part, but the real motivation comes from outside you. If you wanted to be strictly accurate, it is all happening to you.”
Whether operating on the level of a saint or a criminal, grace is the ingredient that saves karma from being heartlessly mechanical. Grace is thus linked to free will.
Grace can take the form of a simple thought, or it can be an overwhelming transformation. In either case, the impulse to move toward spirit is the result of grace.
Adapted from How To Know God, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2000).