Love and Grace

Sri Sarada Devi

About   God-realization, the Holy Mother said: “Do you know, my child, what it is like? It is just like a candy in the hand of a child. Some people beg the child to part with it. But he does not care to give it to them. Still he easily hands it over to another whom he likes. A man performs severe austerity and spiritual practices throughout his life to realize God, but he does not succeed, whereas another man gets his realization practically without any effort. It depends upon the grace of God. He bestows His grace upon anyone He likes. Grace is the important thing.

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He who has really prayed to the Lord even once, has nothing to fear. By praying to Him constantly one gets (Prema-Bhakti) ecstatic love through His grace. This Prema, my child, is the innermost thing of a spiritual life. The Gopis  of Vrindavan attained it. They were not aware of anything else in the world excepting Sri Krishna.