When I first read this teaching, I studied each part of it and then started acting upon it.
I focused on every part of my life including talking with family members, friends, patients, and students, and on my work, my studies, and my own thoughts. I started taking small, steady steps to improve myself.
With this practice, I experience grace, the divine presence, working through me. I feel more love toward my self and the people around me. I also notice my thoughts are more inspiring and uplifting.
Thank you Gurumayi ji for unconditional blessings, love, and grace.
Mansa, India
When I first read this teaching, I focused on each aspect of my life—every relationship with family and acquaintances, and even each interaction with strangers. I asked myself whether I was approaching each with love. And I examined my thoughts as to whether they were loving toward myself and others. I also asked myself what steps I could take to move further toward love in each case.
After rereading each
Divya Sukta along with the experience shares of others, I returned to this one. I found myself focusing on the words
to move with grace, toward love. At first I understood this to mean that grace flows with my own steady effort. Then another meaning was revealed: that grace is showing the way toward love in every moment, that the Guru is illuminating the path to take in each moment. I saw that each time I follow the path revealed by the Guru, I am moving toward love.
Thank you, Gurumayi!
Washington, USA
This teaching is a great reminder for me that, rather than be unsatisfied with my life or certain outcomes, I can introspect, contemplate, and engage in the practices—and then take other concrete steps that will bring me toward a happier state.
New York, USA
“Effortless Effort" is such a beautiful phrase that I want to hold it in my awareness. It reminds me that every effort I make to put Gurumayi's teachings into practice is met with abundant grace.
I am so grateful to Gurumayi for this
Divya Sukta that further illumines for me how to put her Message into practice. These words inspire and empower me to make efforts to bring more light and focus to several specific areas of my life, as well as to increase my general level of awareness about how to “move with grace, toward love” in all I do.
California, USA
This is such a gentle reminder to look inside and examine every thought, every word, every action to be certain they are in alignment with love. I know that self-effort and grace do combine to make this an easeful spiritual practice.
My heart is overflowing with love and gratitude for Gurumayi’s care and guidance.
Massachusetts, USA