Service rendered without egoism, however small, can be highly beneficial

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Service without idea of self is the very first step in the spiritual

progress of man. Any activity solely benefiting the self is, on that

very account, barren. The community is essential for the individual,

for one's very survival. Service will confer on you and on the

community wherein you live untold benefits. It will also bring you an

invisible but potent benefit: Divine Grace. Service is an important

ingredient of devotion. You can see, sense, understand and sympathise

with others, for they are akin to you. If you do not feel the call at

the sight human distress, disease and deviation from the right, how can

you muster the determination and dedication necessary to serve the

unseen, inscrutable, mysterious God?...Despising brother man, you

cannot at the same time worship God. If you do, God will not accept

that hypocrisy. God is the resident in every heart; so, serve anyone,

that service reaches the God within him, and brings you the grace of

God.