435. Faith and personal effort

Lord, can faith be increased
By personal effort?
    “Yes, faith can be increased
    By personal effort
    Provided
    One knows the real meaning
    Of personal effort.”
What is personal effort?
    “Personal effort is nothing but
    Unseen and unrecognised Grace.”
What is the other Grace,
I mean normal Grace?
    “That Grace is called
    Universal shower.”
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 9, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973