grace

 

grace

Root meaning: A pure blessing or a state of pure blessing, given by God, which makes no demand on the receiver, which the receiver must do nothing to contribute to or earn.

Christian: An undeserved gift from God that saves or sanctifies us.

ACIM:

1. The heavenly state in which everything is freely given us and there are no difficulties, struggles, guilts or burdens (see CE T-7.X.1-2).
2. The salvation that we receive in the holy instant (see CE T-19.I.14).
3. The act of God reaching down and giving us the revelation of His Presence, either a) in the form of a temporary experience of divine union (see CE W-169.11:1-2), or b) in the form of the final step, in which He permanently awakens us to Heaven. See CE W-168, CE W-169.