12-04-2018, 06:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2018, 06:38 AM by loostudent.)
Thanks for a great thread!
Grace in everyday terms means forgiveness, free help, compassion, mercy, a favour you didn't earn or can't repay ...
Spiritual meaning comes from Christianity (New Testament Bible) - grace is what Jesus did for us and how he thought us to live by grace/Spirit - an inspirited and selfgiving life so that Holy Spirit can work in us. The rules of the Law (Torah) were beginning light and order for the people but this is not an end in itself. There is also an inner meaning of this. Law must be balanced and transmuted/transcended with inner light and free universal love.
Some examples from the Bible:
"For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
"You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ /.../ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."
"All who are guided by God's Spirit are God's children."
In Kabbalistic Tree of Life there is a triad: Chesed or Gedulah (kindness), Gevurah or Gebulah (might) and Tiferet (beauty). I see correspondance Chesed - grace, Gevurah - law.
1) Every day when I wake up and know I'm alive.
2 and 3) Yes.
4) LoO doesn't use "grace" but there are a lot of other words that would fit: protection, guidance, gratitude, Guardians, help, aid, investment, inner light, freely given service ...
Grace in everyday terms means forgiveness, free help, compassion, mercy, a favour you didn't earn or can't repay ...
Spiritual meaning comes from Christianity (New Testament Bible) - grace is what Jesus did for us and how he thought us to live by grace/Spirit - an inspirited and selfgiving life so that Holy Spirit can work in us. The rules of the Law (Torah) were beginning light and order for the people but this is not an end in itself. There is also an inner meaning of this. Law must be balanced and transmuted/transcended with inner light and free universal love.
Some examples from the Bible:
"For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
"You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ /.../ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."
"All who are guided by God's Spirit are God's children."
In Kabbalistic Tree of Life there is a triad: Chesed or Gedulah (kindness), Gevurah or Gebulah (might) and Tiferet (beauty). I see correspondance Chesed - grace, Gevurah - law.
Bring4th_Plenum Wrote:1) do you think you've personally experienced Grace at some point in your life?
2) how does one 'actuate' grace? An attitude of gratitude, receptivity, and mutual honoring? Does it become pretty much automatic, when the mind is truly appreciative of each and every circumstance?
3) does Grace have an intermediary? Ie, the Holy Spirit, or the spirit complex? Does it even matter if it does?
4) how does the word/concept of Grace fit into the Law of One framework?
1) Every day when I wake up and know I'm alive.
2 and 3) Yes.
4) LoO doesn't use "grace" but there are a lot of other words that would fit: protection, guidance, gratitude, Guardians, help, aid, investment, inner light, freely given service ...
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