Divine Grace...

We do not get at the Real by our own efforts alone nor does it come to us by its own volition alone.

Effort that springs from the self and Grace that springs from beyond it are two things essential to success in this quest.

The first we can all provide, but the second only the Overself can provide.

Man was once told by someone who knew, "The Spirit bloweth where it listeth."

Thus it is neither contradictory nor antithetic to say that human effort and human dependence upon Divine Grace are both needed.

For there is a kind of reciprocal action between them. This reciprocal working of Grace is a beautiful fact.

The subconscious invitation from the Overself begets the conscious invocation of it as an automatic response.

When the ego feels attracted towards its sacred source, there is an equivalent attraction on the Overself's part towards the ego itself.

Never doubt that the Divine always reciprocates this attraction to it of the human self. Neither the latter's past history nor present character can alter that blessed hope-bringing fact.

Grace is the final, glorious, and authentic proof that it is not only man that is seeking God, but also God that is ever waiting for man.


— Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practicies Involved > Chapter 9: Conclusion > # 67
Paul Brunton