LOOK OF GRACE

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Look of Grace

 

At one place He pointed out a palmyra tree which had decayed in the embrace

of a parasitic banyan tree. Some

 

bird had dropped a banyan seed into the palmyra, and as it began to grow the

palmyra became cloven and stunted in

 

its own growth. Drawing our attention to this phenomenon, Bhagavan remarked

that this is just what the look of Grace

 

from a *Jnani *does. One look into a soul, and the whole tree of past

tendencies and prejudices (*vasana*), gathered up

 

through long cycles of past births, is burned up and decays away. Then the

reality of the Self is experienced.

 

source: 'At the Feet of Bhagavan " Part 2 Ch 13

 

Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya!