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office and the soul upon the wife or son. This is bad. You must do all work efficiently and perfectly. The motto should be: ‘One thing at a time and that done well is a very good rule as many can tell' If your Guru or friend asks you to wash a towel, take his clothes also for washing without his knowledge. If your preceptor says. "Amritam, bring me some groundnut oil,” extract the oil in the twinkling of an eye and take it in a cup to your Guru. Run to him with the cup in your hand, with panting breath, with your body bathed in profuse perspiration, and say: "O venerable Master, dispeller of my ignorance! Here is the oil for thee." If a passer-by asks for a a cup of water, say to him with courtesy, in sweet words: "Brother, take your seat. Here is water. Here is a cup of milk for you. Rest awhile on this seat. I shall shampoo your legs and fan you. You are tired." This is real service This is real Yoga. If you do service with this mental attitude for one or two years, you will become an entirely changed being, a veritable God-man on this earth.
Do not do anything in a surry-scurry, in haste or flurry. Do every bit of work with a cool, unruffled mind. Be perfectly accurate in doing any kind of work. Collect all your scattered thoughts and apply your full mind to the work on hand. Many spoil their work by doing it in haste without reflection or consideration. They repent later on This is bad. Take your own time, it does not matter. But do it well
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