A Selfish Service or a Service of Selflessness?
'Selflessness' itself is a misnomer: the true word should be 'self-mastery'
Being of Service is a central concept in many traditions, yet I’ve almost only seen badges of virtue slapped on and loud, egoic ramblings about supposed humility, when people who call themselves spiritual go into “service” of others… it’s a prickly pear, for sure. Here’s what the Spiritual Ancestors said about it when I asked them…
(Note: The heron pictured below is in Amsterdam, in the Red Light District, at night, making no sense at all and causing me to stop and really realize that I, too, was misplacing something sacred…I left and returned to the less dark areas of the city, at that moment. May this post offer the same Service to us All…)
“In the tumult of the untamed sensory and emotional chaos of life, you will not often think to move outside of yourself. Even in the effort to do so, you will do so in projection and a desire to make the outer world match your perceived inner world. This is the path of deterioration and the path of selfishness.
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