We are all Buddhas. Most of us have not reached our Buddha-hood though. How we get there is inter-dependent on many things and often independent of our efforts. Hard work and dedication will take us far. Grace will take us farther. The Buddha himself spent many years living a hard and disciplined life before grace granted realization under the Bodhi tree. I run to reach a state of grace and on rare occasions I am granted a glimpse. Meditation takes me close as well and many of my relationships take me farther still. But grace comes on its own accord. The work that we do only serves to break the ego and allow a spacious entry for the gift of grace. So that's our work - we run, we pray, we contemplate, we practice kindness and serve the needs of others - and we wait, we abide in the peaceful moment of our service. If grace appears we are honored. And if not - we are blessed by the wisdom of our service.
Peace,
Eric
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