Selfless Service

Sathya Sai Baba’s teachings are a treasure beyond compare. These teachings are invaluable for realizing our innate divinity. For instance, Baba has told us on many occasions that our true nature is pure love. This love expresses itself spontaneously and without any external promptings as selfless service. In selfless service, there is recognition of oneness between the one serving and the one being served. This, then, leads us to realise the truth that the God in us is serving the God in others. Selfless service is perhaps the single, most efficient and universal tool for understanding, experiencing and expressing this divine principle of love. Service is love in action. Swami says that the best way to love God is to love all and serve all. Swami cautions us about major obstacles that stand in the way of selfless service: ego and attachment.