The world does not need you at all. The world goes on, you are like a drop in the ocean.
A leaf does not move, the wind does not blow without Him. Blessed are we that we are given the privilege of working for Him, not of helping Him.
Cut out this word "help" from your mind. You cannot help; it is blaspheming.
You are here yourself at His pleasure. Do you mean to say, you help Him? You worship. When you give a morsel of food to the dog, you worship the dog as God. God is in that dog. He is the dog. He is all and in all. We are allowed to worship Him.
Stand in that reverent attitude to the whole universe, and then will come perfect non-attachment. This should be your duty. This is the proper attitude of work.
This is the secret taught by Karma-Yoga.
- Swami Vivekananda,
'Work is Worship',
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
A leaf does not move, the wind does not blow without Him. Blessed are we that we are given the privilege of working for Him, not of helping Him.
Cut out this word "help" from your mind. You cannot help; it is blaspheming.
You are here yourself at His pleasure. Do you mean to say, you help Him? You worship. When you give a morsel of food to the dog, you worship the dog as God. God is in that dog. He is the dog. He is all and in all. We are allowed to worship Him.
Stand in that reverent attitude to the whole universe, and then will come perfect non-attachment. This should be your duty. This is the proper attitude of work.
This is the secret taught by Karma-Yoga.
- Swami Vivekananda,
'Work is Worship',
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
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