The Spirit of Seva

Dear child!

Accept My blessings. I received your letter, conveying your reaction to recent happenings. I am pained to find they have upset you so much. Everyone is eager to serve Swami and carry out the duties assigned to him. No one is high or low, no one is a competitor to another. In order to facilitate the projects that are planned by the devotees, people have been assigned tasks, but that does not mean they are in sole or superior charge. Everyone should join hands in loving service.

When the tasks which the organisation takes up increase in number and size, naturally, new committees have to be formed and entrusted with new duties.

Mutual adjustment and constant consultation are necessary if a programme of spiritual service is to succeed. Over-enthusiasm may make some people commit blunders or do incorrect things. These have to be overlooked in a generous spirit. Love and brotherhood must be expressed as both understanding and sympathy.

Dear child, do not lose your peace of mind when such things occur. Give your best to the cause and let love flow from your heart to all. Appreciate the devotion that moves thousands in your country and help in every way to deepen it.

I will not allow you to give up the role I have blessed you with. Know that I am always with you, in you, beside you and before you.

With Blessings and love,

Sri Sathya Sai.