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Grace seems to come and go, a momentary experience perhaps, something that is in great contrast to the vast majority of your experiences of being in the world.  But it is always there.  Think of it like this:  It is as if the Greater Self in you and the greater relationship that you have with others momentarily became ignited, as if the ground were illuminated one dark night by flashes of lightening, and for those moments, you realized there is so much there that you could not see before.  And after the momentary flashes, you return to darkness.  But Grace, for that moment, that tiny moment, has illuminated your life…
 
  
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:"You look for Grace;
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::you cannot find it.
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:You open yourself to Grace,
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::and it appears.
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:You claim Grace for yourself,
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::and it is nowhere to be found.
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:You yield yourself to Grace,
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::and Grace gently emerges.
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:You speak the truth—
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:::the truth of what you really know,
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:::not the truth of what you want or believe—
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::and Grace is standing beside you.
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:You look at the events of your world with compassion and deep understanding,
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::and Grace looks with you."<ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 25: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-grace] What is Grace?(shared by the Messenger, [http://www.newmessage.org/forum/showthread.php/4556-Campfire-Chat-Transcript-January-2-2016 January 2, 2016)]</ref>
  
You look for Grace; you cannot find it.
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[[File:Grace.jpg|right|God's Presence]]
You open yourself to Grace, and it appears.
 
You claim Grace for yourself,
 
and it is nowhere to be found.
 
You yield yourself to Grace,
 
and Grace gently emerges.
 
You speak the truth –
 
the truth of what you really know,
 
not the truth of what you want or believe –
 
and Grace is standing beside you.
 
You look at the events of your world
 
with compassion and deep understanding,
 
and Grace looks with you.
 
  
***
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==What Is Grace?==
  
Grace must be something very powerful because it inspires individuals to do great and selfless acts.
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;"Grace must be a presence
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:and an intelligence that can enter into and abide
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:::in any situation,
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:::in any world, in any climate,
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:::in any condition, in any culture and
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:::in any race.
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:It must be something that can enter silently and abide with circumstances as they are.
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:It must be something that can enter at the invitation of a genuine and sincere request.
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:It must be something that can abide with a man or woman of Knowledge,
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:something that can abide with them without dominating them and
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:exist with them and in them without manipulating them.
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:It must abide with them in such a way that the authority of the person who is its recipient is not overshadowed or usurped.
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Grace must be something that can be translated from one mind to another and transferred from one world to another."  <ref name=gcs25/>
  
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==To Find Grace==
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"Grace seems to come and go, a momentary experience perhaps, something that is in great contrast to the vast majority of your experiences of being in the world.  But it is always there.  Think of it like this:  It is as if the Greater Self in you and the greater relationship that you have with others momentarily became ignited, as if the ground were illuminated one dark night by flashes of lightning, and for those moments, you realized there is so much there that you could not see before.  And after the momentary flashes, you return to darkness.  But Grace, for that moment, that tiny moment, has illuminated your life." <ref name=gcs25/>
  
Grace is evidence of a greater union and relationship that you have with others, with the world and with your Creator, but Grace also is the potency that carries great ideas and great inspiration from one mind to another.  Here it is like a conduit that enables the transmission of Knowledge to pass from one mind to another.
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"Grace is evidence of a greater union and relationship that you have with others, with the world and with your Creator, but Grace also is the potency that carries great ideas and great inspiration from one mind to another.  Here it is like a conduit that enables the transmission of Knowledge to pass from one mind to another." <ref name=gcs25/>
  
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"At first, it will emerge momentarily like great flashes of lightning.  It will emerge momentarily like the sudden appearance of an angelic presence.  It will emerge suddenly like a warm glow and a hazy feeling that you are not alone and that there is a real confirmation in what has just been said or done.  You will feel it initially in a sudden feeling of rightness within yourself and in the sudden recognition and appreciation of another." <ref name=gcs25/>
  
At first, it will emerge momentarily like great flashes of lightening.  It will emerge momentarily like the sudden appearance of an angelic presence. It will emerge suddenly like a warm glow and a hazy feeling that you are not alone and that there is a real confirmation in what has just been said or done.  You will feel it initially in a sudden feeling of rightness within yourself and in the sudden recognition and appreciation of another. 
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"Once you cease to be preoccupied with your own fervent wishes and desires, you will begin to feel this presence which is so graceful, so gentle and so reassuring." <ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Step 114: My true friends are with me. I am not alone</ref>
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==To Know Grace==
  
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"Find your way to Grace, and Grace will have a place to abide with you."
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<ref name=gcs25>[[Greater Community Spirituality]], Chapter 25: What is Grace?</ref>
  
No matter how difficult your decisions are or how seemingly serious their consequences, when you make a decision that is in keeping with Knowledge, you will feel this presence with you.
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"Honor the world because without your judgment you will realize it is a place of grace, a place of [[beauty]] and a place that blesses you as you learn to bless it."
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<ref>[[Steps to Knowledge]], Step 145</ref>
  
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"This is your sacred encounter. Be with Us. Be with It. We are all connected there. You experience a different part of your nature and your reality here that you cannot find out into the world, except in moments of selfless action where you experience Grace in gratitude and the recognition of others, when you experience Grace. This is Grace—an experience, not an idea, not a concept, not a belief, but it is this, to be with Us." … "Receive this, for you are worthy to receive it regardless of what you may have done or not done in your life. You are worthy to receive the Grace." <ref>The Sacred Experience (April 2011)</ref>
  
This Greater Power is with you now.  Knowledge is with you now. Grace is with you now.  The Creator is with you now.  The relationships that you will truly need in life exist now.  You must find your way to them, and they will find their way to you.
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"Your promise, then, is to become a man or a woman of Knowledge—a vehicle for Knowledge; a person through which Knowledge can speak, act and move; a bringer of Grace, but also a person of action who can effect change, but with a greater spirit; who can speak the truth, but with a greater [[authority]]; who can reveal error, but with a greater compassion. Grace will be with you because Grace will be in you, and Grace will be with your relationships because Grace will be the foundation for their establishment and for their activity. Every moment you experience this, no matter how infrequent those moments may be, each one will be an experience of Christmas."<ref>The Meaning of Christmas (December 1994)</ref>
  
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==Qualities of Grace==
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"Grace must be something very powerful because it inspires individuals to do great and selfless acts." <ref name=gcs25/>
  
Find your way to Grace, and Grace will have a place to abide with you…
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==Opportunities for Grace to emerge==
  
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"The experience of recognition is not based upon the fervency of one’s belief, for people are forever arguing over beliefs and can never really unite at this level. The resonance is happening beyond ideas and formulations of ideas. This is where true [[commitment]] emerges. This is where real courage emerges. This is where compassion and the experience of Grace emerge."
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<ref>[http://www.newmessage.org/gods-power-in-you God’s Power and Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)]</ref>
  
all above quotes: <ref>''[[Greater Community Sprituality]]'', What is Grace?</ref>
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==References==
 
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<references/>
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"Honor the world because without your judgment you will realize it is a place of grace, a place of beauty and a place that blesses you as you learn to bless it."
 
<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge]]'', Step 145</ref>
 
  
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==Further Study==
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[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-is-grace Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 25: What is grace?]
  
Here the experience of recognition is not based upon the fervency of one’s belief, for people are forever arguing over beliefs and can never really unite at this level.
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==See Also==
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[[God]]
  
The resonance is happening beyond ideas and formulations of ideas. This is where true commitment emerges. This is where real courage emerges. This is where compassion and the experience of Grace emerge.
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[[The Unseen Ones]]
  
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[[category:God]]
 
 
At every great time of Revelation, spread out intermittently over the course of human history, how many have failed to recognize the significance of the event that was taking place in their lives, at their time?
 
 
 
And if they had the great opportunity to witness or to recognize the Messenger of that time and era, did they just see another person or did they recognize the power of the Messenger and the Grace that accompanies the Messenger?
 
 
 
<ref>''[[God’s Power and Presence in the World]]''</ref>
 
 
 
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This is your sacred encounter. Be with Us. Be with It. We are all connected there.
 
 
 
You experience a different part of your nature and your reality here that you cannot find out into the world, except in moments of selfless action where you experience Grace in gratitude and the recognition of others, when you experience Grace.
 
 
 
This is Grace—an experience, not an idea, not a concept, not a belief, but it is this, to be with Us…
 
 
 
Receive this, for you are worthy to receive it regardless of what you may have done or not done in your life. You are worthy to receive the Grace.
 
 
 
<ref>''[[The Sacred Experience]]''</ref>
 
 
 
***
 
 
 
Your promise, then, is to become a man or a woman of Knowledge—a vehicle for Knowledge; a person through which Knowledge can speak, act and move; a bringer of Grace, but also a person of action who can effect change, but with a greater spirit; who can speak the truth, but with a greater authority; who can reveal error, but with a greater compassion.
 
 
 
Grace will be with you because Grace will be in you, and Grace will be with your relationships because Grace will be the foundation for their establishment and for their activity. Every moment you experience this, no matter how infrequent those moments may be, each one will be an experience of Christmas.
 
 
 
<ref>''[[The Meaning of Christmas]]''</ref>
 
 
 
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==References==
 
<references/>
 

Latest revision as of 15:00, 22 December 2018

"You look for Grace;
you cannot find it.
You open yourself to Grace,
and it appears.
You claim Grace for yourself,
and it is nowhere to be found.
You yield yourself to Grace,
and Grace gently emerges.
You speak the truth—
the truth of what you really know,
not the truth of what you want or believe—
and Grace is standing beside you.
You look at the events of your world with compassion and deep understanding,
and Grace looks with you."[1]
God's Presence

What Is Grace?

"Grace must be a presence
and an intelligence that can enter into and abide
in any situation,
in any world, in any climate,
in any condition, in any culture and
in any race.
It must be something that can enter silently and abide with circumstances as they are.
It must be something that can enter at the invitation of a genuine and sincere request.
It must be something that can abide with a man or woman of Knowledge,
something that can abide with them without dominating them and
exist with them and in them without manipulating them.
It must abide with them in such a way that the authority of the person who is its recipient is not overshadowed or usurped.

Grace must be something that can be translated from one mind to another and transferred from one world to another." [2]

To Find Grace

"Grace seems to come and go, a momentary experience perhaps, something that is in great contrast to the vast majority of your experiences of being in the world. But it is always there. Think of it like this: It is as if the Greater Self in you and the greater relationship that you have with others momentarily became ignited, as if the ground were illuminated one dark night by flashes of lightning, and for those moments, you realized there is so much there that you could not see before. And after the momentary flashes, you return to darkness. But Grace, for that moment, that tiny moment, has illuminated your life." [2]

"Grace is evidence of a greater union and relationship that you have with others, with the world and with your Creator, but Grace also is the potency that carries great ideas and great inspiration from one mind to another. Here it is like a conduit that enables the transmission of Knowledge to pass from one mind to another." [2]

"At first, it will emerge momentarily like great flashes of lightning. It will emerge momentarily like the sudden appearance of an angelic presence. It will emerge suddenly like a warm glow and a hazy feeling that you are not alone and that there is a real confirmation in what has just been said or done. You will feel it initially in a sudden feeling of rightness within yourself and in the sudden recognition and appreciation of another." [2]

"Once you cease to be preoccupied with your own fervent wishes and desires, you will begin to feel this presence which is so graceful, so gentle and so reassuring." [3]

To Know Grace

"Find your way to Grace, and Grace will have a place to abide with you." [2]

"Honor the world because without your judgment you will realize it is a place of grace, a place of beauty and a place that blesses you as you learn to bless it." [4]

"This is your sacred encounter. Be with Us. Be with It. We are all connected there. You experience a different part of your nature and your reality here that you cannot find out into the world, except in moments of selfless action where you experience Grace in gratitude and the recognition of others, when you experience Grace. This is Grace—an experience, not an idea, not a concept, not a belief, but it is this, to be with Us." … "Receive this, for you are worthy to receive it regardless of what you may have done or not done in your life. You are worthy to receive the Grace." [5]

"Your promise, then, is to become a man or a woman of Knowledge—a vehicle for Knowledge; a person through which Knowledge can speak, act and move; a bringer of Grace, but also a person of action who can effect change, but with a greater spirit; who can speak the truth, but with a greater authority; who can reveal error, but with a greater compassion. Grace will be with you because Grace will be in you, and Grace will be with your relationships because Grace will be the foundation for their establishment and for their activity. Every moment you experience this, no matter how infrequent those moments may be, each one will be an experience of Christmas."[6]

Qualities of Grace

"Grace must be something very powerful because it inspires individuals to do great and selfless acts." [2]

Opportunities for Grace to emerge

"The experience of recognition is not based upon the fervency of one’s belief, for people are forever arguing over beliefs and can never really unite at this level. The resonance is happening beyond ideas and formulations of ideas. This is where true commitment emerges. This is where real courage emerges. This is where compassion and the experience of Grace emerge." [7]

References

  1. Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 25: [1] What is Grace?(shared by the Messenger, January 2, 2016)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 25: What is Grace?
  3. Steps to Knowledge, Step 114: My true friends are with me. I am not alone
  4. Steps to Knowledge, Step 145
  5. The Sacred Experience (April 2011)
  6. The Meaning of Christmas (December 1994)
  7. God’s Power and Presence in the World (April 23, 2011)

Further Study

Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 25: What is grace?

See Also

God

The Unseen Ones