Learn to serve others

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Life is given.

Nothing is earned,

so learn to serve others,

not your own desire and greed

and ego. They steal your energies,

whereas devotion builds your strength

and protects the intelligent flame

that leads to the truth within.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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