LOVE IS SERVING

[Ani]

LOVE IS SERVING

 

At a joint lunch, the Master said:

 

In the Love, man must first of all be active and take the initiative. For the Love speak less and do more. When you love somebody, you are ready to make a sacrifice. In the love enters the law of self-denial. You shall serve all. In the Love, the biggest job is at hand for you. There you will be a servant. Love is a sacrifice.

 

Love has to be applied. Water the smallest flower, water the big one as well. In order to recognize your love towards someone, see what sacrifice you can make because of him. Your Love has to be absolutely selfless. Even if the one you love does not suspect you love him. Love has an inner side: when you love someone, you are already giving him, because Life comes out of you and pours into him, and if he is sick, he would recover, if he is sad, he would rejoice, if he is ugly, he would beautify, if he is bad, he would become good, if he is stupid, he would become wiser, if he is ungifted, his gifts would bloom. Love is in the smallest incentives. For instance, should they tell you from inside, "Walk with this person for several score meters to show him the way". And this small favour can become the reason for a big change in your life after some time. I see that in the dead of night someone is in trouble; I light a lamp for him, I bring him out of the bog, I take him home and tell him, "Tomorrow everything will be all right!" The biggest favour that you can do is to tell some people in which way to get out of that slavery they are in. The present life is a big contradiction, because we cannot apply what we know. For instance, you have the desire to comfort a person and you begin talking to him. Do not rush to talk to him.

 

Sit down with him and first keep some silence, then you will talk to him. This is a method. Half an hour you shall wait, and then you shall talk to him.

 

A brother asked, "In which way can we accept the suffering of somebody else on ourselves?"

 

You cannot accept the suffering of anyone who is not connected with you. This connection is the Love.

 

A sister inquired, "What is the main quality of the Love?" To wish the others well as much as you do for yourself.

 

A brother inquired, "Why does the Love not manifest equally in all people?"

 

Can nectar be poured into an unclean glass? First it will go through fire, in order for the impure to burn away, and then the Love will come. You shall serve the one you love outwardly, but at the same time you shall pray for him as well, without him knowing about that. The question about the Love is one of the most difficult ones. When you enter a house with Love, with your presence, without speaking to them, you will bring in harmony. If they are quarrelling, they will cease, if they do not love each other, they will start to love each other. In order to be able to do that, learning and prayer is required. When we go somewhere, we should bring in blessing. Each day we have countless circumstances to be useful.

 

A rule: you do not love somebody; give him bread. If you do not give bread to the one who does not love you, you will darken. When someone gives you Love, however small it might be, even the size of a grain of wheat, accept it, because should you plant it, in four or five years it can fill the entire Earth. Do not divert the small stream that waters your garden.