DON'T DO FOR TO GET...DO FOR TO GIVE

Throughout the Sermon, we are told to do in secret what we need do, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (I'm convinced that is the quiet word re anonymity...in anonymity, the ego is quieted and the true Self is freed.)  

We are warned against doing our business in public (donating money, praying, even lending a helping hand) when the purpose is for looking good, getting admiration or praise  The looking good we seek is our reward, negating your Father who is in secret, sees in secret, and will reward you.

I wonder if that same doesn't apply for when we share. We do not share to educate, or to enlighten, or to 'show and tell'...no, we  share to be educated, enlightened, told by our Father within. Actually, I'm thinking the same applies to all we do...even when "pitching in" is to feel good about ourself, that is our reward. 

Our life lesson is all about doing for others without thought of self. The hidden message then is that what we do for others is what we do for ourself...ah, is what is done for us by our Father within. 

The hidden, very hidden, message: If we are doing for to get anything...praise, money, peace of mind, a reward of any kind...we are doing for our ego, and yikes!, there is no enough to our ego. We will ever feel unrewarded...lacking, in fact.

In the end all that matters is what we have done for others. -- Anonymous

Thank you.