"Of lakes I am the vast Ocean." Krishna, Bhagavad Gita
When I first started practicing and studying Anusara yoga, I learned about the concept of "opening to Grace." As I tend to do, I over-intellectualized the whole thing and was left stumped by what exactly Grace is or should be. Yet, despite all the "thinking," there was a small inner voice that kept saying not to worry, that Grace need not be neatly defined. That perhaps by defining it, it diminishes its magic and, well, Grace.
Funny how after you let go of trying to figure something out, things start to get clearer. So, once I let go of my effort to define Grace, sure enough Grace revealed herself to me one beautiful night on the edge of the Pacific Ocean (incidentally, my favorite place in the world to be). I remember closing my eyes to hear the Ocean and feel the salt air ... and, at that moment, I realized Grace is as fluid and deep as the Ocean—constantly changing forms, always manifesting, giving and receiving, wild and calm, overt and subtle, simple and complex, dark and light.
Sometimes I try to remember this when things get stormy. It helps me see that Grace is not always all about sunshine.
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