Art of Devotion to helping humanity
Lets us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile, is the beginning of Love.
Mother Teresa led her whole life by setting an example dedicated to helping all those in need… GLOBALIZATION ICAS and its members remember her today!!!
SEVA
Seva is the spiritual practice of selfless service. Seva, a Sanskrit word, springs from two forms of yoga, Karma Yoga which is the yoga of action and Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of worship inspired by divine love. Seva is one of the simplest yet most profound and life-changing ways to implement our spiritual knowledge.
Seva asks, “How may I serve you?” or asks, “Can I help you?” Another way of doing service is to roll up your sleeves and help where you notice that you are needed.
We can share our resources and energy with those in need and respond positively when someone asks for help. “Being there as the need arises” is a simple definition of Seva by Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living Foundation. When you consider work as divine service, you can do it anywhere, at any time. Doing Seva is uplifting yourself, your people and your world. Offering our Seva is a way to make a significant contribution to the spiritual community of fellow beings on earth. It is a practice that feeds us spiritually and a spiritual discipline that awakens us to the greater truth of our own being.
We are one big family; we depend on each other for our existence and cannot exist alone. Therefore, we should work for the good of all. I am reminded of how Native Americans say “All my relations” as a blessing to all beings and an acknowledgement of connectedness with all life. In our interconnected existence, we are called to treat each person as a sister or a brother and to remember ahimsa, the yogic precept of non-harming. Performing Seva helps us live in a way that is non-harming to others and to live up to that ideal.
All people have a human need for contribution. Everyone wants to help people and have their efforts make a difference in the world. What is your path? What is your contribution? The question in thinking of Seva is less what you do and more how you do it. When we practice selfless service, we imbue our actions with intention and do so without expectation of reward.
We experience our interdependence when each of us fulfils our duties as family members, friends, and as a part of society. When we perform duties with the attitude of not thinking of any selfish rewards but as a contribution to life, that spirit will develop an inner detachment. From this perspective, Seva is an attitude and consciousness we bring to our actions.
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