The devotee who serves the Lord without aspiring anything in return is very fortunate

[dattaswami]

The devotee who serves the Lord without aspiring anything in return is very fortunate

 

Devotees, who detect the hidden God in human incarnation, are really blessed because they are going to be infinitely benefited by their service to the Lord in human form in His divine mission. But they should not aspire for any fruit for their service. If they aspire for the fruit, it shall be given by God based on the quality and quantity of the service here itself. In such case, God has no obligation for the devotee in his cycle of deeds. The reward here is unnecessary because any fruit in this world is not eternal and there is alternative way of self-effort to achieve the fruit here. Moreover, when you ask God for the fruit, it is accounted and paid according to the standards and extent of your service. But if you do not aspire for the fruit, God will use His grace to save you in the upper world where there is no alternative. Moreover, in such case, there is no account and the grace of God becomes infinite to be used for any requirement to any extent. Hence, the devotee who serves the Lord without aspiring anything in return is very fortunate.

 

Jesus tells that a person purchased a land by selling all his property and he found lot of treasure in the land while cultivating it. He is the devotee who sacrificed his entire worldly work and wealth for God. A person who refused to purchase the land beyond certain rate lost the treasure because he mistook the human incarnation as an ordinary human being. A blind beggar recognized Jesus as God whereas the priests who are not blind could not recognize Jesus. Jesus tells that blind see and those who are not blind are not seeing. Jesus compares the fortunate devotees who recognize Him to the seeds thrown in the field because such seeds (devotees) are covered by soil (God) and are protected. The seeds, which have fallen outside the field, are eaten away by the crows. This means that the people, who did not recognize the Lord and went away, are punished by the messengers of the hell.