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What does it mean?
Divine grace brings liberation from birth and death, but this cannot be written or spoken.
In plain terms
Only those who taste grace know it, like a dumb person tasting sweet.
What can you take from it?
Some spiritual truths can only be felt, not described.

Where it applies

  • teaching faith
  • explaining mysticism
  • seeking liberation

Putting it to work

  • share through experience
  • acknowledge limits of words
  • practice devotion

Questions to consider

  • What experience defies words?
  • How do you share the ineffable?

Another view

Without shared language, others may find this claim unverifiable.

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