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Service is the only concern of the Serf
turn can not but love him and take complete charge of his worldly wants and welfare.
Coming to the spiritual side of the above observation of Pujya Babuji, He hints at the attitudes and duties of a disciple towards God/ Master, under commandment No. II Babuji detailed the attitudes an abhyasi has to develop so that he might compel the attention of God/ Master towards him so that his spiritual journey to attain the goal is ensured since the Master Himself starts serving him. Pujya Babuji explained about the other qualities to be backed by service such as devotion, love, humility, obedience, faith and surrender which will endear him to the Master who will be compelled to hasten his spiritual journey.
Why is it Babuji laid stress on devoted service? Since the ideal of service is really the ideal of attaining selflessness, rising above all selfish interest, of realizing the all comprehensive Divinity which is the true unity underlying all existence. Selfless service, further, is a way of killing the ego which is the source of all troubles.
By the instrument of devotion one soon becomes attached to the beloved. Here it refers to the Master and this helps the devotee to go into deeper consciousness. Babuji observed that devotion makes our passage smooth and create a channel for Godly current to flow into our hearts; which in turn removes dirt and refuse from our way and felicitates our march along the path.
Babuji expressed that the natural way of practising devotion love and surrender is to love another person of his own species best. So Guru shall be taken into account as the personification of the supreme.
Real devotion has no tinge of affection in it and goes hand in glove with enlightenment. In the initial stages the devotee may be conscious of his feeling
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