One of the most essential qualities one must possess if we are going to truly evolve on the spiritual path is to take total responsibility for our lives, for our suffering, for our minds, for our emotions, and our egos.
Most of us suffer greatly from our relationship with our past and our unconsciousness. One of the great mysteries we all face in our lives is how this force of samsara or unconsciousness becomes manifest in our everyday lives. Many ask, “how come I seem to have the same painful situations arise in my life again and again?
The energy of tenderness has the power to transform anger, jealousy, sadness, and despair. When we are stuck in these feelings it is very difficult to see a way out. When these difficult feelings arise within us, most of us deeply struggle within our painful perspective.
Fierce Grace is when Life comes to us in a brutal way to wake us up out of our egoic entrenchment, and into a greater expression of our Divinity. When this Grace comes it usually comes with an intense shock to an entrenched ego. Our egoic nature responds with righteous opposition, rebelliousness, denial or despair and acceptance of victimhood.