December 14th, 2008 Archive

duty

December 14th, 2008 by Locke in Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Daily Life, Spiritual Journey, service

  Duty should not be performed out of favoritism or as a business. If you want to perform a duty, you have to do it with an open heart. If you perform a duty without love, that means there is some doubt within you, or some feeling of differences. There may even be a subtle feeling of revenge because of a fault that someone had committed earlier towards you or some fault that you had done to him. Do not give room to doubts,anger,or revenge for things that have been said or done earlier. Whatever duty you set out to do in this world,do it and then escape. Do not expect help in return. It is dangerous to expect a reward; simply do your duty.Therefore,do not expect any favors from those you help. Just perform your duty with wisdom. One day people will praise you ,the next day they will blame you. One day they will embrace you the next day they will beat you. One day they will trust you and treat you with respect, the next day they  will try to destroy you.Therefore we must completely remove such expectations.That is how God performs His duty. He never expects any help or favors from us.Those who have wisdom and truly believe in that one God must perform their duties in the same way. If we can organize our hearts  to perform our duties in the highest and loftiest way, we will know victory and the beauty of the kingdom of God.

 

      M.R.Bawa Muhaiyaddeen