“Amazing grace! how sweet the sound; that saved a wretch; like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.” These moving words of the song Amazing Grace are expressions of personal experience of the poet and clergyman John Newton in the late 1770’s when he nearly drowned in a storm at sea. It was a Christian hymn, but is more widely applicable. Grace is delicious, such a sweet sound. It brings meaning and joy, allowing us to see the deeper beauty and ecstasy. A state of grace comes when we see the light. When we experience and taste the joy of love bathed in wisdom of nonattachment.
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We miss out being present
Too often we get swept away into the future, or dragged back into the past. We miss out being present. It is in the present that we find balance, that we find our center. In […]
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The state of grace
When we sink emotionally, we forget gratitude. Living in grace we receive the blessings of the Buddhas. Our virtuous actions of concern for others and not taking appearances to be real lead to this state […]
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The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warm-heartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest; it is as if we open an inner door. An […]