Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: Effort and Grace, March 19, 2023, live on Baba Zoom

We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! But once a week, Jeff Wolverton joins us for some serious mining of the spiritual depths. Join us for conversation, more readings, songs, quotes - you never know what treasures will be uncovered!

Topic: Delving into Effort and Grace

Dear folks of Baba,

This Sunday and next Sunday we will again explore Darwin Shaw’s book, Effort and Grace, which is an in-depth inquiry into the inner life with Baba. It describes one of the major approaches to Baba by one who was devoted to Him for over 70 years, which culminated in a glorious intimacy with Him. Darwin was always so encouraging and optimistic in what we can do to open up to Baba’s immediate loving presence. He asserts that many of the blocks to this intimacy can be removed by our efforts and by inviting Baba’s ongoing intervention and grace.

In this session, we continue from page 18 in the chapter on “Our Veil-Making Machine.” Here Darwin explores several of the illusions we buy into that usually go unexamined in our lives. Most of us pursue desires and wants as a matter of course, little realizing how limiting they are to our inner freedom. We tend to project the disapproval we experience from the people in our lives on to Baba, thereby limiting His unconditional love. We take it as a fundamental fact that we are all separate from each other, and that there is no essential unity underlying all life. These are just some of the illusions Darwin delves into in this chapter.

Each session evokes invaluable discussion that does not require having attended the previous sessions; each section stands alone and provides a window into the inner life of the lover/Beloved relationship and is virtually independent, like facets of one diamond—Baba.

For those who do not have a copy of the book, below is an attachment for following along:

https://issuu.com/ompoint/docs/shaw_effort_grace

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