to Amarnath and all about selfless service

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Dear Amarnath and all ~ this passage especially struck home with me. Since

I am home bound, I no longer do the work I used to do that I considered to

be selfless service (working in cause oriented non-profits) and I could no

longer be involved in the community, how can I perform selfless service?

Well, I do live with two beings, my husband and my dog. I don't really get

angry with Pepper, and David and I both take care of his needs, but I guess

that could be a form of selfless service.

 

Even more, though, when David gets upset with me, I get angry or sad (old

program), and when my body is in pain I get angry and frustrated. This

morning, after reading this, I was noticing how bad my body hurt (very bad for

early morning), and I immediately thought, " I am not this body; I am the

Self. If I am not this body, how then does the pain have any power over me? "

While I was contemplating this, I didn't notice the pain.

 

I guess I still have opportunities for selfless service. Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

Amarnath wrote:

 

.... " Service is also a form of sadhana. If you claim that you have attained

perfection after doing sadhana sitting in a certain place, Amma will not

accept that. Getting out into the world and doing service is very much a

part of sadhana. If we want to eliminate the enemies that lurk in the

innermost depths of the heart, we have to serve the world. Only then will we be

able to tell how effective our meditation has been. Only when someone gets

angry with us, will we know whether we still have anger in us. " ...