Aum Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai
What type of service should devotees perform? Perhaps the word SAI
can serve as a guide - He indeed is the guide for those who sincerely
reach out and want Him to be the guide.
(S) - The service should be satvic, selfless and must be undertaken
as a yagna : a sacrifice for God.
(A) - Atmic Oneness, Must be recognised in all the service that is
performed
(I) - The Individual, "I" consciousness and its twin brother "My"
must be reduced, and the unitary Universal "I" must be allowed to
emerge.
Let us examine the above briefly
(S) - Satvic, Selfless Service Means to serve those who are in
greatest need not looking for one's personal convenience of Time,
Energy and Comfort. It means seeking out the most needy, identifying
their real needs and then providing that service so that those served
perceive you as "God Sent" to relieve their suffering.
(A) - Atmic oneness Is the spiritual practice of expanding one's
consciousness, one's Love, dissolving the feelings of separateness
arising out of caste, creed, status, etc., serving those of different
colour, religion, etc., as one's own brother.
(I) - The Individual "I" Is one who declares that he is one with God,
full of ego? "The first Lesson of "I" is not to judge the Ego of
others only to work with a feeling of thankfulness to have been
blessed with ability and opportunity to serve and to attempt to
reduce one's own "I" and "MY" syndrome.
Be ever grateful to God for the opportunity to Serve, for the needy
have given you the grace to earn spiritual merit which will either
reduce negative karmic backlash coming from your past, or create
positive karmic waves for your future. Who has helped whom more?
Where is the room for your Ego to emerge ? What have you done? Thus
is the totality of Sri Sai service to become as one's life breath,
enriching the lives of Sri Sai Sewaks (the active workers) and those
who served, by the Sri Sai in all of us.
Bow To Sri Sai - Peace Be To All
om sai sri sai jaya jaya sai