VIII

GRACE: A PERSON ENABLING OUR PERSON

 

Grace is the remote cause of our acquiring skills in any musical instruments, in any games we play, in fulfilling our resolutions, of our personal and deeper friendship with anyone. The statement may sound rough and crude, but that is a reality which I am convinced of. In fact, I would further say that it is the bridge between the structure of life and genuine relationships and experiences. Behind our monotonous life, there the grace of God is working deep within us, transforming us to make us better persons and helps us to become a clearer image of the Divine person.

 

The grace of God in our life can never be stippled. It flows wherever it wills. Spontaneity is the state where Grace is. It is there where structure of any sort is out-of-place.

 

When we are in contact with our SELF – when we get to know ourselves, human structures are not needed anymore. It looses its importance and glitters.  We  do not concern ourselves on too much structures: on how we speak, on how we relate, on how we present ourselves, etc. We just remain ourselves, and do not have any outside pressure. Indeed, we become  truly free. By being on ourselves, there and then the spontaneity of our life’s message and our contribution for other persons will exude brilliantly.  We will be able to do what we are suppose to do as human beings. And that is because of the working of God’s abiding presence in us.

 

A truly good artist is he/she who’s not putting oneself as the center of all and become conscious of himself/herself. He does not even concern whether his masterpiece will be a failure or not. He just paints and paints and put all his best into it. And lo, a beautiful picture comes out. What I mean here is that, this man does his work with great spontaneity. He does not even

concern himself of the rules in painting, the painter’s position when painting, how he acts  or looks. He is doing his job  spontaneously. A student in fine arts is still conscious in every  detail of his work. He follows the rule bit by bit. But the real artist paints beautifully spontaneously as if skills and rules are himself.

 

I even observe that most of my reflections in my practical and spiritual life do not come during our meditation time or during Mass. Mostly, they just pop up just after games, when I’m tired thinking of any schedules or of the next activity and just sit there relaxed. Or they even come in my mind during my going up and  down the staircase, or when we have a chance to go to a certain place, or a striking words or event I heard and encountered. What I mean here is, I would only encounter these learning experience in my life, in great intensity and even convincingly, when I am in the state of spontaneity.

 

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