LEARNING TO SERVE .

Each of us born or placed in this world do not enjoy the same fate in the field of life . some are intellectually superior some economically and some in other fields to others . some need help and service and some can give it . every one can contribute to this service to individual , society and to the world society at large .there are very few who are destitute and hapless either born or by casual happenings and accident and need full as they are not able to do any thing except to keep alive .
This help should not be taken as charity and act of kindness but as act of service to humankind . as the water maintains its level , those by the grace of God or Nature have been provided or granted the gift of riches , muscle power , intelligence , skill of any kind , learning , power of invention , poetic and writing ability , social service as to educate and keep cleanliness in the areas deserve and ability to establish and run , economic , social and educational institutions , should be aware of their abilities and give others , who need . by this service we apparently help the world but really help ourselves . we feel pleasure to give a glass of water to thirsty and a loaf of bread to hungry . this can be done on small scale , in small cases , that perhaps , we over look . it can be five/ten rupees to help a person who is hungry or has cold and cough or the fare or fees . Gandhi jee is of opinion that the poor and needy give us an opportunity for service and we should be rather grateful to them those who gave us a chance to serve them . Swami Vivekanand says , '' there is no service, possible to God ; it is only service to man that is rendered to God .'' Bible says , '' it is not the receiver that is blessed , but it is the giver . '' be thankful that you are allowed to provide your help and power of benevolence and mercy through a person or society .
service to man and nature as a whole is the first good work in once life . the worship and the yajnya and tour to religious places and all religious acts are have no merit . according to theory of karm , the action one has done can not be destroyed until it has born its fruit, no power in nature , as a rule can stop it from yielding its fruit and result . if you do an evil act , you must suffer for it and if good act similarly there is no power in the universe which can stay or stop, bearing good result . the service to others is best of bests ; nothing even seconds to it .
'' who cares , if there is a soul or not ; whether there is Heaven or Hell ;whether you are a Theist or an Atheist ; an Agnostic or Vedantitst ; a Christian or a Mohammedan ; forget yourself , this is the first lesson to be learnt that but there is the world and it is full of pain and misery and struggle to lessen it or die in the attempt . i do not care to kow your various theories about God and subtle doctrines of morals and of Soul . DO GOOD AND BE GOOD . '', said Lord Buddha. he works best who works without any motive , neither for money , nor for fame nor for any thing else .
'' selfishness is the chief sin . he who says / think , '' i will eat first , have more money than others , i will posses every thing first even Heaven / Mukhti is selfish. other who says , '' i will be the last , is unselfish . do not help but serve . use the privilege. you have the privilege to grant leave to those who need and you say , ''no '' you deny the privilege , granted to you by God . thus you defy God . once when i was Principal in one school , some good students committed some mischief as they had to leave the school by their xii exams. some of my friends suggested me to put bad entries to their papers and i thought ; i was not there to give some one bad entry as Head of the school but to award them good entries , good certificates of merit and to my faith , now they are in very good positions and are serving the society as well . thank God , i was right . blessed are those , who are rich (in any thing/ field /faculty ) and doubly blessed the become when they serve the poor and needy .
'' After so much austerity , i have understood ; this is the real truth -- God is present inevery 'JIVA' (living being ) there is no other God besides that . . who serves jiva (being ) serves God , indeed . if in this Hell of a world , one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person , that much alone is true . this is the gist of all worship -- to be pure and to do good to others. he who sees Lord in the poor in the weak and in the diseased really worship his Lord , and if he sees Lord in the image his worship is but preliminary . '' Swami Vivekanand.
Let us therefore serve others with all our might and take this service as our privilege , as service to God through man . .