Everything which refers to God is grace — a meditative contemplation. (Magdi 03-12-2023)

The speaker reflects on the idea that everything in life ultimately reaches God or truth, even though we may feel limited and burdened by personal issues and suffering. They discuss the wonder of awareness and how it can transcend personal problems. They suggest that suffering can serve a purpose by leading us to deeper inquiry and understanding. They describe a peace that is not dependent on external experiences or the mind, but rather a divine and universal peace that is our true nature. They emphasize the importance of being open and available to the mystery of life and truth. So, welcome. As I was reflecting about the title of this meeting, whatever reaches to God is grace, or whatever reaches to truth is grace, I realized that everything reaches to God, everything reaches to truth. And yet there is this feeling of being limited. There is somebody with personal issues, personal problems, suffering. And then somehow we become interested in what is really going on, what is the root cause of our suffering. And what is this experience that we share? The wonder of awareness. Somehow the wonder of awareness reveals itself, even for a brief moment. A complete different dimension than the dimension of personal issues and personal problems. We may wonder what grace is there in our suffering. What is it for? What is the purpose? And yet many of us can attest to the purpose of suffering in bringing us somehow into this inquiry, this investigation. Somehow there is a grace in suffering. As if God is calling us from outside to look within, inviting us to look deeper. And at some time we realize that there is a peace which does not belong to the mind, which does not arise out of experience. It is sort of a divine peace, a universal peace, which is a peace of being in this moment. Our true self is the restful peace. We become more and more familiar with this peace. And we start to experience this peace in the midst of our life, in the midst of activity. And we start to experience this peace in the midst of our life, in the midst of activity. First we may try to hold on to it. And in time we realize that we are it. Peace does not need to hold on to itself, it already is itself. You already are. And what you are is that peace, that causeless peace. The mind takes some time but at some point it starts to rest. To rest in the peace. Rather than the mind looking for the peace, it is the peace that permeates the mind. So there is no one that needs to do anything. No need to identify ourselves as anything or anyone. To be available. The availability of presence, the availability of our true nature already is. There are no doors, no gates. To our self. Our self is awareness. Whenever you contemplate truth, being, reality, it is grace. It is grace which is interested in truth. We invite you to it. So be open, be available for the mystery. Do not realize solely of your mind. Be open. Be open. Be open.