DETACHMENT FROM SELF

When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looks more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears. - Anonymous

When first I read that, I realized that my only concern had ever been for relief from my unreasonable fears, never how to serve in my job or in life itself. I was always seeking to get...rather than to realize God as my fulfillment, my sustenance, my abundance.

Any chance of freedom from fear of anything is dependent on reliance on a power greater than ourselves...a power we have no way to control, influence, curry the favor of, or even despise...a power for our own personal good, hence for the good of friend and foe alike...the reliance shows forth in and as service, being of service, becoming a service-giver according to the other's needs (as determined by that same higher power upon whom we are learning to rely).

It is all about detachment from self into Oneness, here and now.

Thank You.