ashram<\/a>, though relaxed, are quite full. But if I had a little more time I could tell you some pretty amazing stories.<\/p>\nThey’ll have to wait.<\/p>\n
For now, I’ll share with you my thoughts on the topic of Grace, which was the subject of last night’s study discussion.<\/p>\n
We were told that Grace is an unmerited gift. One does not have to do anything to receive Grace. Grace is everywhere. Grace is always present. Grace is all there is. Grace is, in fact, the true definition of God. So Grace simply Is.<\/p>\n
Though we can better receive Grace by becoming fit vessels (through prayer, meditation, right eating, right living etc.) the Nature of Grace is such that one does not have to be a fit vessel to receive It. Grace does not discriminate.<\/p>\n
Because Grace is all there is, the unfit vessel is always receiving Grace just as the fit vessel is also. However, in order to better experience<\/em> Grace, one must become open and willing.<\/p>\nWith these qualities the individual will come to know Grace intimately and the Gift will have true meaning.<\/p>\n
If I had a million years I couldn’t tell you of the Grace I am now experiencing. Well, maybe I could. With a laptop.<\/p>\n
Inspiring Message of the Day:<\/strong><\/em> My desire is to know Grace. Because this Gift is mine by birthright I will accept its offer by being open and willing to receive it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dearest Readers, These posts of late have been short and (hopefully) sweet because I’m writing them on an iPhone and because my days here on the ashram, though relaxed, are quite full. But if I had a little more time I could tell you some pretty amazing stories. They’ll have to wait. For now, I’ll…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[384,822,834,391,372],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ashram","tag-grace","tag-meditation","tag-meditation-practice","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}