03-07-2012, 02:38 PM
I think by approaching and relating to others with the volitional formation/intent of serving them in some way, you're displaying to the Universe that you are capable of loving God, even when it is not at all apparent that the person who you just managed to cause to smile is an aspect of God given that we are subjected to the illusion of individual selves. Every "individual" is a merely a small portion of God donning a mask and the individuals one meets enters their life in order to teach you and simultaneously be taught by you in some way.
By choosing to willingly serve the "individuals" around you, what is really happening is you are serving the Creator. When the Creator sees that you are actively trying to disperse light and love to others in your chosen way, it will return the favor for you regardless if you choose to be of service without any attachment to being rewarded in any way or appeasing the self, the Creator will return to you the same love you have shown to its avatars. Likewise, when you serve "the self", you are still an aspect of God who has chosen to ignore that all others around you contain the essence of God as well or have any value beyond that which you may siphon and use for your own gain. This perspective will only get one so far until it has to be acknowledged that the Creator exists in all things and beings, but nevertheless it is a valid outlook. However, the all-pervading eye of the Creator will see your true intentions and how you choose to correspond with its spawn, and will react accordingly.
So by serving "others" you are serving God, and God will return the service to you (e.g. good karma, more opportunities for love, light, harmony) via its mysterious ways. For example, sharing that small bite of food with a hungry mini-god will result in your loved one/god deciding to cook your absolute favorite meal for you later that day/week, as a vague example since it's never known what sort of catalyst will be manifested in the future for you in response to your present moment decisions but there is the assurance that the outcome will equal the previous deed (of which the intention behind the deed is a crucial determining factor) in its nature. By serving "the self" you still serve God, albeit in a spiritually ignorant, divisive, separated and distorted manner.
My .02
By choosing to willingly serve the "individuals" around you, what is really happening is you are serving the Creator. When the Creator sees that you are actively trying to disperse light and love to others in your chosen way, it will return the favor for you regardless if you choose to be of service without any attachment to being rewarded in any way or appeasing the self, the Creator will return to you the same love you have shown to its avatars. Likewise, when you serve "the self", you are still an aspect of God who has chosen to ignore that all others around you contain the essence of God as well or have any value beyond that which you may siphon and use for your own gain. This perspective will only get one so far until it has to be acknowledged that the Creator exists in all things and beings, but nevertheless it is a valid outlook. However, the all-pervading eye of the Creator will see your true intentions and how you choose to correspond with its spawn, and will react accordingly.
So by serving "others" you are serving God, and God will return the service to you (e.g. good karma, more opportunities for love, light, harmony) via its mysterious ways. For example, sharing that small bite of food with a hungry mini-god will result in your loved one/god deciding to cook your absolute favorite meal for you later that day/week, as a vague example since it's never known what sort of catalyst will be manifested in the future for you in response to your present moment decisions but there is the assurance that the outcome will equal the previous deed (of which the intention behind the deed is a crucial determining factor) in its nature. By serving "the self" you still serve God, albeit in a spiritually ignorant, divisive, separated and distorted manner.
My .02
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