Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Service (Doing for the Welfare of Others)


|| Shri Hari ||


(Seva - Parahit)

It is a rule that by serving others, we will be served and by harming others, we will harm ourselves.


Relationship with the world are subject to and conditioned by obligations. There are ways to free oneself from these obligations, and that is by serving all and desiring nothing from them.

If a spiritual aspirant desires realization of either God with attributes or without attributes, it is vital and essential that he must be devoted to the service and welfare of all beings.

A spiritual aspirant lives in this world only for the service of others, not for his own pleasures and happiness.

Those spiritual aspirants that are wholeheartedly, with true faith and a pure heart engaged in the service of others, are really serving all beings, since God is the source of all.

A spiritual aspirant must bear even the worst of pain and sorrow that comes to him, but he must not tolerate even the smallest pain that falls on others.

 

By wishing to bring happiness to others, one loses his own desire for happiness for himself.

Let no one suffer any pain whatsoever, having this feeling within, is a great worship.


Just like a man goes to his office and only looks after his office work, similarly coming to this world, only work for the world, not for ourselves. Then very easily we can become detached from the world and realize the ever attained eternal God.

To consider using the following four - time, understanding, things and effort for our self, is misuse of these. To employ these for the benefit of others, is worthy and beneficial use.

 

That feeling of happiness that we experience on encountering objects of enjoyment, if that same joy is experienced on giving happiness to others, then
there is no doubt of our own well-being (welfare, upliftment and betterment).


That happiness and amenities that we have received, they have all been received for serving others.

Human body has not been received for enjoyment of pleasures, rather for serving others, for giving them happiness.

God has given us all such great rights, that we are capable of serving all. By serving all, we are also capable of truly serving God. 

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Ram Ram

From "Drops of Nectar" in English by Swami Ramuskhdasji


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Date : 2nd April, 2013

(Seva - Parhit)

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