Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

Through activity man attains purity of consciousness. In fact man has to welcome activity with this end in view. And why strive for a pure consciousness? Imagine a well with polluted and muddy water so that the bottom of the well cannot be seen. Similarly within man's heart, deep down in his consciousness, we have the Aathman (Divine Spirit). But it can be cognized only when the consciousness is clarified. Your imaginings, your inferences, your judgments and prejudices, your passions, emotions and egoistic desires, muddy the consciousness and make it opaque. How, then, can you become aware of the Aathman that is at the very base? Through seva (service) rendered without any desire to placate one's ego and with only the well being of others in view is it possible to cleanse the consciousness and have the Aathman revealed.

 

So, for whose sake are you performing seva? You are doing seva for your own sake. You are engaged in seva in order that you may become aware of the Aathman in you, in order that you may discard the allurements of your ego, in order to know yourself and to get the answer to the question that torments you, namely, "Who am I." You do not serve others, you serve yourselves; you do not serve the world, you serve your own best interest.

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. XIII, Chapter 29.