Grace is Within

Sri Ramana Maharshi

(To a devotee visitor who was feeling sad to go away from Bhagavan's presence and therefore praying for His Grace)

Where are you going? You are not going anywhere. Even supposing you are the body, has your body come from Lucknow to Tiruvannamalai? You had simply sat in the car and one conveyance or another had moved; and finally you say that you have come here. The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move. The world moves in it. You are only what you are. There is no change in you. So then even after what looks like departure from here, you are here and there and everywhere. These scenes shift.

As for Grace, Grace is within you. If it is external it is useless. Grace is the Self. You are never out of its operation. Grace is always there.