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Service is the only concern of the Serf
completely blacked out. This was the extent to which Bharata had negated himself and while Ramarajya is a word which is commonly used Bharata rajya is almost unheard off. Possibly this is the logic which Babuji was referring to when he used the word serf.
Another logic for using the word serf maybe as follows, a serf is one who cannot be delinked from the soil and has to be transferred along with the land. Let us for a moment assume that the land referred to is the karma bhoomi and we are all serfs bound to the master. If this is the case, then the statement of Babuji when he states that “Prayer is a sign of devotion. It shows that we have established our relationship with the Holy Divine. When the idea of Divine Mastership is established our position turns into that of serf,” makes absolute sense.
But the paradox here is that serf is someone who is bound to perform his duty whether he likes it or not without having regard to the benefits that may accrue from the duty so performed, in spiritual life one has to want to and firm up the relationship with the master by continuous practice and assiduous sadhana and then what does one become, he becomes a serf who is bound to his master in thought, speech and action.
In this regard I would like to digress a bit and make a mention here about certain observations regarding Sahaj Seva Samsthan. The Sahaj Seva Samsthan people say is rendering service and not selfless service. In this regard I would like quote Pujya Babuji Maharaj “.....Service may be taken as the stepping stone towards devotion.......Service refers to the action of the physical body including the indriyas. But there is a mind as well in the background and the same thing must also be there in it. One might say that the actions of the body are all subject to the activity of the mind. So, when the body is engaged in service the mind must also be with it.
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