Think of helping but not of results

 

Question: She has to speak to people, she believes, who are worthy to be helped; but they do not listen to […]

Difference between true service and service in the worldly sense

 

This incident occurred in my life with Baba, and it shows the difference between true service and service in the worldly sense.

During […]

Sincere selfless service gradually wipes away lower self

 

Sincere, selfless service to others, which if done wholeheartedly, will gradually wipe away much of the [lower] self element in one’s nature, and […]

Real service – to give real lasting happiness

Toni said, “I am only happy when I can do something for people. There is not even a hospital here …”

Baba said:

Yes, […]

To serve is an opportunity

On 7 January, Baba gave this message to the mandali about service to destitute people:

To help the poor, the needy and […]

“You are not obliging him by giving him medicine”

Adi Jr is second from left

Baba’s brother Adi Jr. conducted a homeopathic dispensary in Meherabad periodically, from 1936 to 1944. Once […]

“As soon as we make others happy, then God knows about it immediately”

“Christ said the very same thing. Why do we need another prescription? Because humanity would never listen to Him. He said the same thing: […]

Creative handling of suffering

It is a mistake to ignore human suffering as merely a part of the illusory universe. Not by ignoring human suffering, but by handling […]

Undergoing hardships for others wipes out our past karma

 

Baba inquired about Piloo’s sister, Shirin Damania. “She works very hard,” Piloo said. “Since our mother died years ago, and we were all […]

The beginning of real love is obedience

To realize God, we must love Him, losing ourselves in His Infinite Self. We can love God by surrendering to […]