Service
We definitely need to serve other human beings and other sentient beings. But we need to remember what serving them means. To serve them is to guide them toward their greatest happiness and fulfillment, which means to guide them toward their true nature and their function in relation to this nature. This again is to serve the absolute truth. We serve it by assisting its various manifestations to attain the functions by which they can serve it, which is identical with assisting their self-realization. In other words, when we objectively understand and appreciate what service is, we realize that there is no true difference between serving human beings and serving God.
Inner Journey Home, p. 457 • discuss »
Inner Journey Home, p. 457 • discuss »
We see that real service can only be done by somebody who knows Essence. Selfless service means service not centered around the false personality but centered around Essence. In Essence there is no selfishness because there is no defensive separateness between oneself and others. When an action serves one’s Essence, it automatically serves the Essence of everybody else.
Essence with the Elixir of Enlightenment, p. 34 • discuss »
Essence with the Elixir of Enlightenment, p. 34 • discuss »
Service is not a morally good action. It has nothing to do with morality. Service is the useful and necessary work or action that is needed for the realization and development of Essence, without regard to boundaries of self and other.
Essence with the Elixir of Enlightenment, p. 34 • discuss »
Essence with the Elixir of Enlightenment, p. 34 • discuss »
The true joy and the true celebration will arise the more we realize that we are purifying ourselves to be more worthy to serve the truth. Being the servant of the truth is part of our soul's nature. The soul is the servant; the master is the truth. Whatever dimension of truth we happen to have realized is the master we serve. We call this arriving at the station of servitude. The work of purification leads to that station of servitude, of being a good, worthy, and capable servant of the truth.
Diamond Heart Book V, p. 341 • discuss »
Diamond Heart Book V, p. 341 • discuss »
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