I agree that 'effort' is required for 'doing' stuff. But in spirituality, as per my experience whenever we have set out to do the Guru's work, pure faith has helped us do such great work that when one looks back one wonders how this came about. That is what I mean by 'effort'. If i do not take the first step and set out on an assigned task and just sit at home, nothing will happen. But, when I set out to do the Guru's work with full faith knowing that the Guru-energies are with me, then the quantuma and pace of work which gets done is unbelievable.