Commitment Or Convenience

Seva is not something that is done out of convenience.

- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“Oh this is convenient for me, I will do this.” It is not Seva. Seva gets you out of the ‘I’. Out of the problem. Then what remains is joy. But, if you are doing Seva just for joy, then it is not Seva.

In knowledge you know you will never lose. Seva only brings everything back to you. So, there is a law in nature in which the giver will never lose. You scatter and you gain. Your palms open, the whole sky is in your palms. If you hold tight, then what is there in the palm? Very little.