Beauty ＆ Pure 233

Q.
Can I dispense with outside help
and by my own effort
get into the deeper truth by myself?.

M.
True.
But the very fact you are possessed
of the quest of the Self
is a manifestation of the Divine Grace.

It is effulgent in the Heart,
the inner being,
the Real Self.
It draws you from within.

You have to attempt to get in from without.
Your attempt is Vichara,
the deep inner movement is Grace.

That is why I say
there is no real Vichara without Grace,
nor is there Grace active for him
who is without Vichara.

Both are necessary.