05-06-2009, 01:30 PM
So many great ideas shared here. The first perhaps 'funny' thing that came to mind when I asked myself the question, 'what is being of service' is:
Don't worry your mother.
These words were written on what I thought at the time to be a random scrap of paper that I noticed on the ground and picked up as I went for a midnight / early morning walk after climbing out of a 2-story window on a bed sheet after locking myself in a 100 degree heated room for three days without food and, if I remember correctly, little water. This simple thought struck me like a board. To expand upon this idea, I now think in terms of how my personal health, and moreover, my intentions and actions will affect the subtle environment that informs the physical, those around me, those that care about me, and those who want for my learning and growing, and my understanding of the choices that I've made. I was once terrible at 'taking care of me.' Preparing and gathering food, for instance, seemed such a chore. It seemed 'a waste of time.' I would spend my last dollar or 'put myself out' knowing full well that something will always happen to catch me, or carry me through. This behavior may have made complete sense to me, but it caused worry or concern, sometimes even on a subconscious level, within those who 'know' me and sensed that 'something was a little off.' This strange way of smiling that I was inadvertently passing to people was being passed on as distraction, and uncertainty, and discomfort. Disharmony. My awareness now is that the 'smile' or 'good word' I give to someone is, in some great or small way, passed on. This awareness, this care for myself and therefore care for those around me, this offering of a smile, the acknowledgment to complete strangers that I see them, that I see the Creator within them, in many ways concerns my intention to be of service.
Praying. Prayer to Jesus Christ, prayer to the Father, prayer to the Almighty and Merciful One, prayer to angels, celestial beings and entities for continued protection, for understanding, for guidance . . . meditative prayer, and a sense of thankfulness for the gifts and blessings bestowed upon me, and prayer for opportunities, the understanding, and the tools those oppressed by darkness may need to free themselves and make their own choices without influence of any kind greatly concerns my intention to be of service.
Effective discernment. The sensible offering of my 'help' when it is requested, and the awareness that although it may very well seem as if my help is urgently needed, it may definitely not be wanted. The daily practice of effective discernment concerns my intention to be of service.
Seeing the Creator in all persons and in all situations most certainly concerns my intention to be of service. I strive not for an indifferent moment. If I'm not seeing the Creator in every moment, in the eyes of people, young and old, I come into daily and passing contact with, then I'm not looking hard enough. The idea of 'boredom' to me is one of a lowering of vibration and that of my field. The conscious raising my vibration and with hope that of those around me is how I am best, at this time, at being of service.
Don't worry your mother.
These words were written on what I thought at the time to be a random scrap of paper that I noticed on the ground and picked up as I went for a midnight / early morning walk after climbing out of a 2-story window on a bed sheet after locking myself in a 100 degree heated room for three days without food and, if I remember correctly, little water. This simple thought struck me like a board. To expand upon this idea, I now think in terms of how my personal health, and moreover, my intentions and actions will affect the subtle environment that informs the physical, those around me, those that care about me, and those who want for my learning and growing, and my understanding of the choices that I've made. I was once terrible at 'taking care of me.' Preparing and gathering food, for instance, seemed such a chore. It seemed 'a waste of time.' I would spend my last dollar or 'put myself out' knowing full well that something will always happen to catch me, or carry me through. This behavior may have made complete sense to me, but it caused worry or concern, sometimes even on a subconscious level, within those who 'know' me and sensed that 'something was a little off.' This strange way of smiling that I was inadvertently passing to people was being passed on as distraction, and uncertainty, and discomfort. Disharmony. My awareness now is that the 'smile' or 'good word' I give to someone is, in some great or small way, passed on. This awareness, this care for myself and therefore care for those around me, this offering of a smile, the acknowledgment to complete strangers that I see them, that I see the Creator within them, in many ways concerns my intention to be of service.
Praying. Prayer to Jesus Christ, prayer to the Father, prayer to the Almighty and Merciful One, prayer to angels, celestial beings and entities for continued protection, for understanding, for guidance . . . meditative prayer, and a sense of thankfulness for the gifts and blessings bestowed upon me, and prayer for opportunities, the understanding, and the tools those oppressed by darkness may need to free themselves and make their own choices without influence of any kind greatly concerns my intention to be of service.
Effective discernment. The sensible offering of my 'help' when it is requested, and the awareness that although it may very well seem as if my help is urgently needed, it may definitely not be wanted. The daily practice of effective discernment concerns my intention to be of service.
Seeing the Creator in all persons and in all situations most certainly concerns my intention to be of service. I strive not for an indifferent moment. If I'm not seeing the Creator in every moment, in the eyes of people, young and old, I come into daily and passing contact with, then I'm not looking hard enough. The idea of 'boredom' to me is one of a lowering of vibration and that of my field. The conscious raising my vibration and with hope that of those around me is how I am best, at this time, at being of service.