The Gift of Service

An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson

To be of clean service, you must first own your personal space, just like securing your own oxygen mask on an airplane before helping someone else.

I’ve watched clean service awaken within many spiritual warriors. As people begin to own their personal space, they naturally start to ask the question, ‘How can I help?’ It’s part of the spiritual journey.

But it is important to be aware that the dark version of service may still have some influence over you. This is service that feeds the ego. You can call it greed.

Greed is the unconscious belief you can take without giving back. Everyone is in process with healing this unhealthy aspect of the human journey.  Greed comes from programming that says material gain creates fulfillment. Ironically, at the core of this myth is a desire for true fulfillment – spiritual fulfillment. But of course this can’t be achieved through greed.

To overcome greed, it helps to increase your awareness that when you give cleanly to others, you are giving to yourself. There’s no need to seek gratitude, attention or material gain. By being of service to others, you are giving to yourself, valuing yourself and loving yourself.

As a spiritual warrior, you want to constantly create opportunities to be of clean service, uplifting yourself and others. And you want to steer clear of acts that are not of integrity.