Introduction 1 What is Grace? How Do We Know it is Grace? Grace and Graces Three Arrivals of Grace What Is Transcendence? The More That We Are 2 How Effort Fits In Too Much Not Enough Does Merit Matter? 3 Destiny, Fate, and Luck Destiny Fate Luck After Luck, What? 4 The Gift of Synchronicity Trusting Opportunities Choice and Chance When Synchronicity Comes as Inspiration Calling and Coincidence 5 Grace in the Feminine The Materialist Questions A More-Inclusive Alternative Three Realities The Shadow of the Feminine 6 Graces on the Dark Paths Calamity Void and Chaos In the Face of Evil 7 Grace in Religion Ancient Religion Other Traditions A Christian Perspective Gift , State, and Means of Transformation Patriarchy and Limits Two Helpful Images 8 Grace in Buddhism Resources on the Buddhist Path The Pure Land Tradition Power From Self, Power from Other 9 Grace in Nature Flow and Field Time and Space Comfort in Nature Our Natural-Spiritual Challenge 10 The Graces in Ourselves The Gift in Our Inadequacies More Than Self-Help How Transformation Happens 11 Graces in Relationships Intimate Companions Discovering the Metaphor When Conflicts Arise The Graces of Mature Love in a Relationship 12 Spiritual Practices that Help Us Open to Grace Showing Gratitude Accepting the Givens of Life Cultivating Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom Letting Go of Self-Centeredness Following The Eightfold Path Epilogue: The Grace in Being Human About the Author.