Sari's story

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>Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:01:52 -0800

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>Madhya,

>I love this post. I have read it three times now!! WOW I bow to you.

 

Oh me too. Madhya has a true gift of expressing truths so clearly,

doesn't she? Harsha asks if she would consider to become a teacher, but

here...she already IS!!!

 

 

>Can you go into more detail on how you came to this awareness? I have

been

>told by teachers that once you glimpse of pure joy it is easy to find

>again. A year ago I had this wonderful moment when I truly understood

and

>felt the connection we all share.

 

Sari, I hear many clues in your story of how you saw what needed doing

and simply did it for love and concern of others.

 

I live in a remote part of Northern

>California. The roads are windy and remote. I was commuting to and from

>work on a particularly remote road. Someone had thrown a lot of beer

>bottles on the road, and the broken glass was strewn across both lanes.

 

I do NOT hear any anger towards those who threw the bottles.

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>I did this not so someone would say "oh great job, what a nice thing to

>do", but to truly stop the glass from damaging any cars, or hurting an

>animals.

 

 

With no thought of praise for this, your ego was out of the way??

 

Anyway while I was sweeping it up, something wonderful came over

>me, I could of stayed there all day sweeping up the whole road!!! I

felt so

>connected with life. I felt my actions were starting a cosmic chain

>reaction..

 

Yes, like ripples on a pond ?? And to do what is right in front of you

without really knowing exactly what might result...only that good must

surely come from good actions ?

 

the next car would not hit the glass in get a flat tire, there

>for that person would not be effected by the glass.. and in turn effect

>something else. I felt pure joy in my work and thought "ah ha, I think

I am

>getting it!!" I had a great day, it stayed with me all day and the

night.

>But I have yet to feel that again. Now in writing about it is sounds

kinds

>stupid. But now I feel the need to be in service. This I did get out of

it.

>So it is not so stupid. I do not know how to describe the feeling. I

>thought of it while reading your post. Thank you for sharing with us.

 

And thank you, Sari...your wonderful story.

Perhaps is not always so easy to see clearly how you may be serving

others already wherever you are. And if you can bloom where you are

planted first, the joy will find you. As you learn to see what others

truly need and are simply willing to serve. Seeking the good feelings

first is just putting the cart before the horse.

 

Bless you,

 

Glo

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