Question: If God is 'karuna sargara' (ocean of compassion), then shouldn’t God’s Grace be flowing automatically to us?

Babaji:

It is automatic, but you have to understand to be able to see it. If God slaps us - it is a kindness. If there are troubles in our life, it is God’s kindness. If there is suffering, it is God’s kindness. When you really understand God you will see He is really full of Grace. His Grace is automatically flowing, He can never do anything other than shower Grace, can never do anything wrong. Adi Sankaracharya says, and I have found this also in my life - agony is universal law. The soul has jumped into this well we call the world. Suffering is the spring that throws us back to God. It makes us seek to go back. When a mother is taking the ice cream away from the child because it will make the child sick, she is doing so for the child’s own good. It is the same with God when He shows you to behave differently.