{"id":420,"date":"2011-05-19T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=420"},"modified":"2011-05-19T15:56:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T20:56:21","slug":"service-is-the-vehicle-that-drives-us-to-the-destination-of-true-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/service-is-the-vehicle-that-drives-us-to-the-destination-of-true-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Service is the vehicle that drives us to the destination of true satisfaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211;<em> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/strong><br \/>\n???? ?? ??? ??????, ???????? ?? ??? |<br \/>\n?? ??? ???? ???, ????? ????? ??? ||<\/p>\n<p><strong>transliterated:<\/strong><br \/>\nBhookhe ko kuch dijiye, yatha shakti jo hoye |<br \/>\nTaa upar sheetal vachan, lakhon aatma soye ||<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>\nFeed the poor, to the extent personal resources allow |<br \/>\nBlessed by a satisfied soul, we gain the strength to satisfy many more ||<\/p>\n<p><strong>My thoughts:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe quote and the couplet above already state the obvious. But there is an underlying truth that is often ignored. When we serve, especially when we serve without thought of gain or return, we get more than another soul\u2019s blessing. We learn, we discover more of our real self, and we become more that we were when we started.<\/p>\n<p>This is because service helps us reach in and find that inner core of strength to go beyond a material need to understand another person. This learning is more than an entire life can pay for \u2013 and the enrichment gained is otherwise unattainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.&#8221; &#8211; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Kabir &#8211; The couplet ???? ?? ??? ??????, ???????? ?? ??? | ?? ??? ???? ???, ?????&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}