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服務的祝福 Seva Blessings

#089 1997/2/19 夏威夷 茂依島

當你從事服務時，不要認為你在給某人恩惠。你的服務己經立即獲得回報。回報是必然的而且永遠超過你的付出。

你對「回報」的期望使服務淪落成勞動工作。如果你認為已做了很多，那之後你將會做得很少；如果你認為做得很少，你將會做得更多。

服務是指即使在你沒看到立即的回報時，依然任勞任怨；而勞動工作是指即使在你獲得立即的回報之後，抱怨依舊存在。

感激任何一個能夠從事服務的機會。

089 SEVA BLESSINGS

Weekly Knowledge #89 Guess Where? 19 Feb 1997 Guess Where?

When you do seva don't think you are doing a favor for somebody. You have done the seva and it has rewarded you immediately. Its reward is for sure and is always more than your doing. Your expectation of reward for the seva turns the seva into labor. If you think you have done a lot, you will do very little; if you see you have done a little, then you will do more. Seva is even when you don't see an immediate reward there is no complaint; labor is even after an immediate reward, there will be complaints. Be grateful for any opportunity to do the seva.

Jai Guru Dev

NEWS FLASH

The GGE lessened PPS. Or did it??? But the GGE was interrupted by a devotee air line pilot with "one quick question". Like the professional translator in Costa Rica who got spaced out and could not translate, the air hostesses lost their minds and found their hearts becoming instant Gopis.

When you REST in the self, dynamic activity happens around you.

TRANSLATIONS:

GGE - Guru's Great Escape (from the hectic tour schedule for a few days rest wich turned out to be even more active.)

PPS - Post Punditiji Syndrome

REST - Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Seva and Tenacity

Compiled by Nancy D.