584. Om maha-vidyayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is the seat of exalted knowledge, the knowledge of the self.
When I see people working tirelessly keeping Amma in mind, I see so much of just how Amma positively influences people. They work without any rancour, without any inhibitions. The awareness that everything is for a higher cause is so strong that they will stand out on a limb and do everything possible. Amma has many a times told us to see Her in everyone else. And this possibly is the reason. Because She knows that we will do everything for Her. And that's all She would want for the world: for everyone to behave towards each other as we do with Amma: with love and respect! But that then makes me think: Do we selfishly love Amma only because She sorts out our life for us? Because we know that She has the power to change our karma? Is our love for Amma really tinged with selfishness? That's possibly when seva comes into the picture. When we can actually work tirelessly in Her name; when we can work with no material reward but purely the thought that we are doing this for Amma: that's when our selfish love gets converted to selfless love. That's when our hearts open up to the grace of the universe. A friend today told me that when people do seva with the express thought of promoting their work, the very word seva has already been diluted. We need to learn from Amma's selflessness. We can of course certainly not attain the same standard but we should definitely aim for at the very least, an iota of that. Imagine a world full of love and selflessness. How totally divine that would be!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
When I see people working tirelessly keeping Amma in mind, I see so much of just how Amma positively influences people. They work without any rancour, without any inhibitions. The awareness that everything is for a higher cause is so strong that they will stand out on a limb and do everything possible. Amma has many a times told us to see Her in everyone else. And this possibly is the reason. Because She knows that we will do everything for Her. And that's all She would want for the world: for everyone to behave towards each other as we do with Amma: with love and respect! But that then makes me think: Do we selfishly love Amma only because She sorts out our life for us? Because we know that She has the power to change our karma? Is our love for Amma really tinged with selfishness? That's possibly when seva comes into the picture. When we can actually work tirelessly in Her name; when we can work with no material reward but purely the thought that we are doing this for Amma: that's when our selfish love gets converted to selfless love. That's when our hearts open up to the grace of the universe. A friend today told me that when people do seva with the express thought of promoting their work, the very word seva has already been diluted. We need to learn from Amma's selflessness. We can of course certainly not attain the same standard but we should definitely aim for at the very least, an iota of that. Imagine a world full of love and selflessness. How totally divine that would be!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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