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Do not try to help God, do not try to facilitate Grace || Acharya Prashant (2016)
Acharya Prashant
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Grace
Surrender
Ego
Spiritual Practice
Inaction
Mind
Divine Will
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that coming home to one's true nature is an act of grace that cannot be facilitated by the human mind. He points out that individuals often try to help God or manage grace with the same mind they use for worldly tasks, such as helping a neighbor or making life decisions. He emphasizes that grace is already flowing and the only requirement is to stop obstructing it. He challenges the idea of spiritual practices or disciplines being self-directed, questioning whether the mind is truly capable of knowing what is good for itself. If the mind decides the method, the timing, and the nature of surrender, it is not true surrender but merely another ego-driven choice. He further clarifies that when an individual stops trying to control everything, real action begins to happen. The ego fears that inaction will lead to nothingness, much like a rooster believing the sun will not rise without its crowing. Acharya Prashant asserts that the universe and the individual are continuously together, and everything required for sustenance is already provided. He concludes that just as grass grows on its own without human intervention, the essential processes of life and spiritual growth occur naturally when the ego stops interfering and trying to decide the terms of its own salvation.