Sai Seva and Its Meaning - The S.A.I. Of Service

Aum Sairam

What type of service should devotees perform? Perhaps the word SAI can
serve as a guide - He indeed is the guide for those who sincerely reach
out and want Him to be the guide.

[S] - The service should be satvic, selfless and must be undertaken as
a yagna: a sacrifice for God.

[A] - Atmic Oneness, Must be recognized in all the service that is performed

[I] - The Individual, "I" consciousness and its twin brother "My" must
be reduced, and the unitary Universal "I" must be allowed to emerge.

Let us examine the above briefly

[S] - Satvic, Selfless Service Means to serve those who are in greatest
need not looking for one's personal convenience of Time, Energy and
Comfort. It means seeking out the neediest, identifying their real
needs and then providing that service so that those served perceive you
as "God Sent" to relieve their suffering.

[A] - Atmic oneness Is the spiritual practice of expanding one's
consciousness, one's Love, dissolving the feelings of separateness
arising out of caste, creed, status, etc., serving those of different
color, religion, etc., as one's own brother.

[I] - The Individual "I" Is one who declares that he is one with God,
full of ego? "The first Lesson of "I" is not to judge the Ego of others
only to work with a feeling of thankfulness to have been blessed with
ability and opportunity to serve and to attempt to reduce one's own "I"
and "MY" syndrome.

Be ever grateful to God for the opportunity to serve, for the needy
have given you the grace to earn spiritual merit which will either
reduce negative karmic backlash coming from your past, or create
positive karmic waves for your future. Who has helped whom more? Where
is the room for your Ego to emerge? What have you done? Thus is the
totality of Sri Sai service to become as one's life breath, enriching
the lives of Sri Sai Sewaks [the active workers] and those who served,
by the Sri Sai in all of us.

Allah Malik