SOCIOCARE – Love that Shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFJX8q2MRu8
Selfless Service
“The act of service is not to be judged, according to the cost or publicity it entails; it may be only the offering of a cup of water in the depth of a jungle. But the need of the recipient, the mood of the person who offers—these decide whether the act is gold or lead. Fill every act of yours with love. Let no one suffer the slightest pain as a result of your thought, word or deed. Let this be your sādhanā (spiritual discipline). It will surely help you to achieve the goal.” – Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Selfless service is perhaps the single, most efficient and universal tool for understanding, experiencing and expressing this Divine Principle of Love. Service is love in action. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that the best way to love God is to love all; serve all. The main purpose of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation is to help one realise one’s innate Divinity by the practice of Divine Love through selfless service. Baba has also made it clear that the quality of service is most important, not the quantity. The spirit or the motive behind service is the deciding factor. When we render service, we should feel that we are serving God. This is why He says, “Service to man is service to God”. Service done in this manner makes us realise that “service is done by God, to God, and for God”. The person who is serving, the recipient of the service and the process of serving are all one—and are all divine. Just as the proof of rain is in the wetness of the ground, pure, self- less, loving service transforms and we enjoy supreme peace and equanimity – the “peace that passeth understanding”.
Source: https://www.sathyasai.org/sathya-sai/teachings/study-guides/selfless-service
Community Engagement
Sathya Sai Baba’s teachings can be summarized in four words, “Love All, Serve All.”
He regularly said that “Service to Man, is Service to God”. And that through Service, we reach our ultimate potential by transforming ourselves. His life was the embodiment of showing love in action through service – Sathya Sai Baba established institutions renowned globally in education, healthcare, and serving those less fortunate.
Through the Sathya Sai International Organization, local Centers render service in their communities to help meet needs in education, healthcare, environment, and social services.
Locally in Dallas, the Sathya Sai Baba Center of Dallas volunteers serve at Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano, VNA Meals on Wheels Program, Austin Street Shelter, the Bridge, and many more.
Through the SOULS initiative, we aim to support the Five Pillars of Community Engagement:
- Energize ourselves to serve SOCIETY
- Empower ourselves with the right understanding of what is really NEEDED in society
- Encourage community PARTICIPATION
- Enlighten communities with right KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS
- Excellence in all that we do, to become ROLE MODELS