The most giving souls are those who give when they don't have to give, who could just walk away from this world and its suffering and merge with eternal existence and bliss forever.
You don't need a special task. Every task is special.
Kirshna's message is eternal - fight!
The difficult opponent is the best.
The more talented the opponent, the luckier you are. You have draw a great deal of strength from your being.
In the big picture we are all eternal.
I practice selfless giving not because I'm remarkable but just because I find that its terrifically fun!
Selfless giving is measured by how good you feel. Self giving should be obvious.
The key to selfless giving is that you feel good when you do it and you feel good afterwards.
Selfless giving does not imply giving everything up - it's simply having a good time.
If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20 years? Set yourself up well. Get the things you want - God exists in the material and in the spiritual.
Selfless giving doesn't mean you let people walk all over you. You get a lot of footprints on your face that way.
If we give purely, it opens up a doorway in our heart and it gives us the vision to see that those we give to are God.
Selfless giving is a choice. The primary choice we make is not what to give, how to give, where to give. What we are trying to do is become perfect givers.
In real self-giving we are inspired. Whether they acknowledge us or not is not important.
The parent gives the child a new car, money. They know the child wants these things and has to do what they want; otherwise, they withdraw the favors - manipulation, domination, no happiness, psychic sickness.
Very often people give to others to control them and dominant them.
If I give Susan a new Cuisinart then she'll be happy ... If she's thankful to me, my life will be better ... she will do something for me.
The yoga of selfless giving is easy for anyone to practice. The key is detachment. The spirit is unattachment to results.
Selflessness implies fun. Its fun to be free. Freedom is inner stillness and not being haunted by your desires, your fears, your aggressive tendencies ... it's being cool.
Then you will pick yourself up, no matter how tired you are, and go forward again and again and again, until you've reached liberation.
Well, yes, I could give up for myself but no, there are others whom I will be able to help and they're waiting for me and if I don't complete my task, if I don't do this perfectly, then what about them? They'll suffer.
It is much more likely that you will attain liberation if you want liberation for others, than just for yourself.
Your spiritual journey and your spiritual welfare are really dependent on two primary factors: One, your ability to meditate and two, your ability to give of yourself.
Selfless giving has a lot to do with what happens to you in the future. There is karma, both good and bad.
