CONCENTRATION ON THE UNIVERSAL ASPECT OF GOD

 
While meditation on the personal and impersonal aspects of God requires withdrawal of consciousness into the sanctuary of one's own heart, concentration on the universal aspect of God is best achieved through the selfless service of humanity. When the mind is absorbed in the service of humanity, it is oblivious of its body and mind and their functions as in meditation, and therefore new sanskaras are not formed. Further the old sanskaras which bind the mind are shattered and dispersed.

Selfless service is accomplished when there is no thought of reward or result.

You are willing to sacrifice everything for the well-being of others. Their comfort is your convenience, their health your delight, and their happiness your joy. You will find your life in losing it in theirs. You live in their hearts, and your heart becomes their shelter. Thus through living for others your own life finds its expansion.

The person who leads a life of selfless service is, however, never self-conscious in serving. He does not make those he serves feel that they are under any obligation to him.