God’s Grace is like the shower of rain, like the sunlight. You must do some sadhana to acquire it – the sadhana of keeping a pot upright to receive the rain, of opening the door of your heart, so that the Sun may illumine it. Like the music that is broadcast over the radio is all around you; but you must switch on your receiver and tune the identical wavelength so that you can hear it and enjoy it. Pray for Grace; but do at least this little sadhana. Grace will set everything right. Its main consequence is Self-realisation; but there are other incidental benefits too, like a happy contented life here below, and a cool courageous temper, established in unruffled peace. The main benefit from a jewel is personal joy; but when one has come to the last coin in the purse, one can sell it and start life again! That is an incidental advantage! The plantain tree has a bunch of fruits as its main gift! But its leaves, soft core of trunk, flower bud, are subsidiary items that can be put to profitable use. This is the nature of grace. It fulfils a variety of wants! – Divine Discourse, Mar 29, 1968.