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 Wednesday 02 September 2026

GRACE AND EFFORT

Swami Sivananda

But Ishwara′s or God′s omnipotence and omni presence cannot be taken as an excuse to sharply distinguish between the Divine Will and individual action. God Himself works as self-effort also, and God Himself works as Grace and Destiny. He is the dis ease as well as the medicine, action as well as reaction. The knowledge of this supreme fact of life constitutes the freedom of the so-called actor, the Jiva. On account of egoism, the Jiva feels that it is the actor, not knowing that there is God behind it as the reality of its very existence. Egoistic actions cannot be attributed to God. The ego is an aberration from Truth, and so it cannot shift the effects of its deeds to God. The ego does actions and the ego alone shall reap the fruits thereof. Though the thief may take the help of moon-light for the purpose of stealing, the moon is not in any way to be held responsible for the thief′s act or its result. Contd…


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- Swami Chidananda
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