What actually counts as seva (service) ?

 

satnaam satguru satshabad satsangat.

 

QN:Veer Ji, what actually counts as seva (service)?

 

ANSWER: when there's no selfish motive in it, when its for the other's benefit and not for our own name and fame, when we help others, even at work whatever we are getting paid to do is a service to someone. See it as serving God , and there is peace and happiness, but see it as a JOB - I work he & the company pays me then the mind gets upset when you dont get the promotion, or the pay rise. Or it just compaines all the time. See it as a service to God, to your Satguru and expect nothing in return. Then whatever comes back in return i.e. wages or spritual rewards is all a bonus ontop of the peace you had from doing selfless service. Apply the same attitude to your children, to your wife , to your friwends to everything and everyone around you. See a dried up plant - water it - thats seva. See a lonely person, talk to them and make them smile, thats seva. It builds compaasion in your heart, that brings in love. And only in a loving heart can Truth - SAT - reside.

 

dust of your feet

 

Harjit