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When that is not there, the aspiration may come from dif-
ferent parts of the being; it may come mainly from the mind or
mainly from the vital or even from the physical, or it may come
from all the three together — it may come from all kinds of
combinations. But in general, for the intensity to be there, the
vital must be present. It is the vital which gives the intensity;
and as the vital is at the same time the seat of most of the diffi-
culties, obstacles, contradictions, it is the friction between the
intensity of the aspiration and the intensity of the difficulty
which creates this anguish.
This is no reason to stop one's aspiration,
You must know, you must understand the reason for this
anguish. And then, if you can introduce just one more element
in your aspiration, that is, your trust in the divine Grace, trust
in the divine Response, it counterbalances all possible anguish
and you can aspire without any disturbance or fear.

Effort and Grace
This brings us to something else, which is not positively a
question, but a request for an explanation, a comment or a de-
velopment of the subject. It is about Grace.
I have said somewhere, or maybe written, that no matter
how great your faith and trust in the divine Grace, no matter
how great your capacity to see it at work in all circumstances,
at every moment, at every point in life, you will never succeed
in understanding the marvellous immensity of Its Action, and
the precision, the exactitude with which this Action is accom-
plished; you will never be able to grasp to what extent the Grace
does everything, is behind everything, organises everything,
conducts everything, so that the march forward to the divine
realisation may be as swift, as complete, as total and harmoni-
ous as possible, considering the circumstances of the world.
As soon as you are in contact with It, there is not a second

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