ATDTDA - grace

[David Gentle]

> When Westerners think of 'grace' they quickly go to the Christian  sense 
> of grace in a judicial sense. Lew's 'grace' is the grace of  Hinduism or 
> Buddhism (see 48:18 - 'disciplined in the ways of the  East'), a grace 
> which results in an egoless state which leads to an  unbearable 
> realization that things are exactly as they are. It is a  grace which 
> leads to luminosity (42:21) as opposed to darkness and is  one of the 
> layers of TRP's light/dark theme in ATD.
>
> "Your doubts will never be totally destroyed until perception has  gone 
> beyond mere phenomenality, and such perception is not a matter  of will 
> but of Grace."     --Ramesh Balsekar
>
> This quote parallels 'a condition he had no memory of having sought'
>
> Lew's state of luminosity is grace because Lew was not seeking it,  not 
> doing anything to make it happen.
"was Jesus a Buddhist?"
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/jesus.htm
http://jimvb.home.mindspring.com/ser1998Oct11.htm

"Gospel of Thomas:The Buddhist Jesus?"
http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/pureland_sangha/id59.html

Perhaps Mr. Christ (and the Christian worldview) is not so far removed from 
the Buddhist or Hindu worldview?

David Gentle