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YOGA OF SERVICE
Karma Yogi. Fearlessness, humility and all other virtues will shine in you by themselves now.
8. WORK IS WORSHIP
Work is worship. Work is meditation. Serve all with intense love without any idea of agency and without expectation of fruits or reward. You will realize God. Service of humanity is service of God.
Work elevates when done in the right spirit without attachment or egoism. If you are a Bhakta (devotee), feel you are a Nimitta or instrument in the hands of God. If you adopt the path of Jnana, feel that you are a silent Sakshi (witness) and that Prakriti does everything. All work is sacred. There is no menial work from the highest view-point (from the view-point of the Absolute, from the view-point of Karma Yoga). Even scavengering, when done with the right mental attitude as described above, will become a Yogic activity for God-realization.
It is selfishness that has deplorably contracted your heart. Selfishness is the bane of human life. Selfishness clouds the understanding. Selfishness is pettymindedness. Bhoga (sensual enjoyment) increases selfishness and selfish Pravritti. It is the root cause of human sufferings. Real spiritual progress starts with selfless service.
Serve Sadhus, Sannyasins, Bhaktas, the poor and sick people with Bhav, Prem and Bhakti. The Lord is seated in the hearts of all.
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