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Service is the only concern of the Serf
personification of obedience to the orders of his master. The king Mohammad Ghazni had a slave by name “Ayaz”. The king was always praising Ayaz’s obedience and his devotion to him. All the nobles and courtiers were jealous and asked the king why he had all praise for Ayaz, a slave. The king wanted to teach them a lesson one day he called his nobles and courtiers one by one and asked them to destroy the tree of gold, silver and jewels which has taken by him from India; No one was willing to destroy such a valuable tree made of jewels. Then he called Ayaz and asked him to destroy the tree. Without even a second thought, Ayaz pulled out his sword and cut it into pieces. The king then said “This is Why I love him”.
It is only in the field of spirituality obedience gives total benefit. Obedience is the sign of devotion and where there is no devotion there is no great chance of rising to spiritual heights.
Obedience will ultimately make us develop love towards the person whom we are obeying. When we obey without question, then it is said that we find the miraculous unfoldment of his powers. Obedience to the will of God has been well illustrated in the life of Pujya Lalaji Maharaj. When Lalaji was in acute stomach pain, one of his disciples asked him if he could not remove that pain /suffering. Lalaji replied that it could be done in a second but he hastened to explain that nothing could come to him except from God which must be for his good. So he said, he could not refuse something which God had sent him. That was the order of obedience and that was the level of faith and trust he had in God.
Next comes faith. Faith is a basic necessity of life. Faith is a quality of life. It is a great power of the mind with true faith one can attain enlightenment. If we can lay our faith and rely on the Divine /Master, If we give Him
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