The Essence of Service
A charitable disposition
towards others is the essence of service. Charity of feeling is the greatest of
charities. Giving donations of some dollars is not necessarily charity. That is
only an outward expression of one's internal recognition of the value of people
outside. The discovery of great spiritual value in all things in the world is
the essence of the serviceful outlook of life. We do not serve people because
they are inferior to us, or because they are beggars and we are rich. That is
not the reason why we do service. Service is the outcome of our feeling that
the great aspiration that is throbbing in our heart is also present in other
hearts. Social circumstances might have converted the other people into what
they are, but that is not their essential being. The charitable feeling, which
is the essence of service, arises on account of a recognition of divinity in
all things, rather than on account of the discovery that others are poor
fellows, beggars on the road, and unwanted units in society. There is no
putting on of a superior attitude in unselfish service. We do not become
important men, because we do service. It would be a blunder to think so.
Perhaps, one who is capable of doing the highest service regards himself as the
humblest of people. He is the last and the least, and not the first. These are
again subtle points which one has to be able to appreciate in one's own self,
by careful examination of oneself daily.
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