They were all disciples of Ramana. His grace have them the experience
From ~~~ Day by Day with Bhagavan, 4-1-46.
Among the letters etc. received was a small pamphlet
called Divine Grace Through Total Self-Surrender
by Mr. D.C. Desai.
Bhagavan read out to us a few extracts from it, viz.,
the following quotation from Paul Brunton:
“I remain perfectly calm and fully aware of who I am
and what is occurring.
Self still exists, but it is a changed, radiant Self.
Something that is far superior to my unimportant personality
rises into consciousness and becomes me.
I am in the midst of an ocean of blazing light.
I sit in the lap of holy bliss”;
and also the following:
“Divine grace is a manifestation
of the cosmic freewill in operation.
It can alter the course of events
in a mysterious manner
through its own unknown laws,
which are superior to all natural laws,
and can modify the latter by interaction.
It is the most powerful force in the universe.
It descends and acts,
only when it is invoked by total self-surrender.
It acts from within,
because God resides in the heart of all beings.
Its whisper can be heard only in a mind
purified by self-surrender and prayer.”
Paul Brunton describes its nature as follows:
“Rationalists laugh at it and atheists scorn it, but it exists.
It is a descent of God into the soul’s zone of awareness.
It is a visitation of force unexpected and unpredictable.
It is a voice spoken out of cosmic silence . . . . . . . . . .
It is cosmic will which can perform authentic miracles
under its own laws.”
What do you think – have you truly felt it?
Bhavin