WHAT IS LOVE, LOVE AS A GRACE

We do not accomplish such a magnificent feat entirely on our  own. Thus, love is also a grace we were given at birth, part of our human endowment, a gift that can be opened and reopened all
through life. Grace is the special help that seems to come to us from beyond our ego. Thus, it is from a source that transcends our powers of control. We cannot make it happen, but it can’t help but
happen when we are open to it.

In Sonnet 87, Shakespeare alludes to grace: “The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting.” Grace is not based on our efforts or accomplishments;


it comes to us freely. It is an unmerited resource that grants us more wisdom and courage than we have in our ordinary ego toolbox. Grace can be seen as an energy that helps us fulfill ourselves. In ancient mythology, Plutus was the god of wealth. Zeus blinded him so that he could give riches away indiscriminately without attention to merit.

This myth reflects how grace is an entirely free gift, as well as one that comes from a transcendent
source.

What can be said of grace can be said of our own commitment to showing universal love. It is a free gift from us to others regardless of their merits. It is transcendent in that it originates beyond ego and cancels all the ego’s predilections, partialities, and restrictions.

This is the best sense in which love is blind.



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