Maybe you need to understand yourself. And when you do this, you find out what it's like to walk with the Beloved. God bestows grace upon every Soul because God bestows grace upon Itself. And through that grace, God is saying, "Everything is all right."

If you find yourself having negative thoughts or expressions (an indication that you are living under the law) and you want to change that expression, one of the best ways to do that is to say, "I'm sorry" as a heartfelt apology, followed by a change of behavior that demonstrates the apology in action.

As you explore your inner space more and more, you come to have a clearer understanding of who you are. In that understanding is compassion and acceptance and loving; judgments fade. Harshness is replaced by gentleness. Rule by the sword is replaced by an inner discipline that consistently chooses positive expression. Law is replaced by grace.

As you reside in your loving heart at each and every moment, you find that you reside permanently in the Christ and that you will never be separated from His grace and His presence. And you will experience the living Christ as your Beloved.

Grace is God's righteousness, where "when you do it to the least one of these, you've done it unto me," and "love God with your body, mind, and Soul and your neighbor as yourself." Those who are under the law are not loving themselves. The Bible says, "A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue." Do you understand that? We stop finding faults in people, and we start to understand that what they're going through is their process, and we just let them do it. It's called, "That's their '10-percent level,' their own area of concern."

The only grace is loving God. If you want grace, you love God, and then you get it. And when you don't get grace, you're not loving God. Your approach has probably been to want to get grace first, and then you'll love God. It doesn't work that way. I wish it did. I wish I could see the kingdom of heaven first, and then repent.

In Soul transcendence, we focus upon grace and forgiveness so that, regardless of the past actions and resulting karma that has been created and allowed, we move into loving as the way to be with one another here and now and going forward.

You might bring back the memory of a car wreck through a very vivid dream experience - the kind where you hear the brakes screaming, feel the car going out of control, hear the sound of metal scraping against metal, feel the impact as you crash, feel the body being thrown through the air, and wake up in a cold sweat, shaking all over from the experience. That has been your lesson, and it has been real enough to bring home the point that you must drive more carefully. You have fulfilled the karma, but through the grace extended to you, you do not have to experience it physically and handle all the physical consequences of a major car accident.

Q: I'm concerned that I am creating negative karma for myself and leaving the path of grace. A: Everything a person does makes both positive and negative karma, though rarely equally. Your attitude is more important than the action. And in whatever you do, be loving and choose wisely.

The way we see faith is by our actions. Faith is the platform on which we step forward into nothingness, the future. The glory descends upon us, and we're sustained by the grace of God.