A.H. Almaas Diamond Approach
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Service

We definitely need to serve other human beings and other sentient beings. But we need to remember what serving them means. To serve them is to guide them toward their greatest happiness and fulfillment, which means to guide them toward their true nature and their function in relation to this nature. This again is to serve the absolute truth. We serve it by assisting its various manifestations to attain the functions by which they can serve it, which is identical with assisting their self-realization. In other words, when we objectively understand and appreciate what service is, we realize that there is no true difference between serving human beings and serving God. (Inner Journey Home, pg 457)

 

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Service and essence

We see that real service can only be done by somebody who knows Essence. Selfless service means service not centered around the false personality but centered around Essence. In Essence there is no selfishness because there is no defensive separateness between oneself and others. When an action serves one’s Essence, it automatically serves the Essence of everybody else. (Essence, pg 34)

 

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Service is not a morally good action. It has nothing to do with morality. Service is the useful and necessary work or action that is needed for the realization and development of Essence, without regard to boundaries of self and other. (Essence, pg 34)