“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
- Charles Reade
I also don't see the literal/maya/illusion of a world as the only place for seva. Beyond the illusion is the Sound/Vibration and Light (God's Light hides within maya) of God which causes things to spin at different frequencies, creating maya. When we help an old woman shovel her sidewalk, the spiritual part, imho, is not so much the act of helping someone shovel, but the way the energy/intention/etc. effects what exists beyond maya.
IE- If I pet my cat and she purrs, its not really about me petting my cat. Its about God interacting with God through us. We perceive it as a cat and a person interacting, but beyond maya it is Vibrations and Energy. Our aura and chakras and energy field can therefore effect the energy of the world in a positive way by meditating, etc., because it has a ripple effect.
Sort of like when someone smiles, we often return a smile. If the smile is "polite", but not felt in the heart, it won't change anything. To me, that's not seva.
When it is seva is when we genuinely smile and someone feels the energy of that and genuinely smiles back ... because then her heart is filled with the joy of genuine smiles between two ppl.
Nam Jiwan peacesign
