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Soul Sustenance 02-12-2012
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Improving The Quality Of Different Areas Of My Karmas (Part 4)
Karmas as spiritual service of others
Service of others can be seen on a very basic level as physical charity but the
real service is to uplift the souls of others by inspiring them to re-claim their
state of self-respect. There is the old saying that if I give others chapattis,
I feed them for a day. If I teach them how to cook chapattis, I feed them for life.
In a spiritual way, this refers to the fact that instead of merely performing a
positive karma like the donation of money, food, clothes, etc. if one can show others
the understanding of karma and how it works and also teach them the ultimate, pure
karma of coming closer to the Supreme on a spiritual level, they can make efforts
to change their negative karmic situation and bring happiness, peace and positivity
back in their lives. When there is a change at the mental and emotional level, then
changes will begin to show at the physical level too. Over a period of time, due
to understanding spiritual knowledge (as a result of which the soul starts performing
positive actions) and a deep connection with the Supreme (due to which negative
actions or sins performed in the past are burned up), the karmic situation of the
soul, which has been served, starts improving.
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Message for the day 02-12-2012
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The one who has the spirit of service is free from wasteful thinking.
Expression: It is usually thought of as an additional burden to think of
serving others. The usual thought is to think of first serving oneself and when
one is content to think of serving others. But this thought makes one miss out on
the fact that both service to oneself and service to others are complementary to
each other, one helping the other in a positive way.
Experience: When we take on the responsibility of bringing benefit to others,
i.e., when we consider ourselves as a humble server we will be free from wasteful
and negative thinking. We will not waste our thoughts and energy on something that
is not worthwhile, something that is not going to bring benefit to anyone. So each
thought, word and action of ours becomes elevated.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris