I rate sacrifice as the biggest virtue in the world. I do not think I follow any religion specifically. I just follow my instincts and feelings, but sacrifice is also written in Gita. It says that sacrifice leads a person instantaneously to peace.
There has not been a single incident where an incident of sacrifice has not moved me. Letting go of one's own interest without any selfish reason (but just out of love, possibly); this definition of a Sacrifice has touched me ever since I became conscious that feelings are a big constituent of me.
We are selfish in essence. Survival is a general instinct of any creature, if he is not bonded to anyone otherwise. Meaning to say that we are our first lovers. As we grow, our circle of love widens. There are bigger groups which we have to take care of. The story does not remain of just our selves. In order to continue being a part of the bigger circle happily, we sacrifice at times our smaller circle's (selves) desires.
Being in continuity with the bigger group, we keep our peace intact, but we had to sacrifice a selfish desire.
In the long web of life, we all constitute a big, very big group, the biggest group; a Gawd group. Everyone's desires look so meaningless when viewed in collectivity. Peace appears there by default. As if the biggest group did not have to sacrifice anything at all, as it was already at peace.
A selfless sacrifice gives me a glimpse of that biggest group! Because that person had no selfish interest in any smaller group. He was as meaningless in desires after the sacrifice as is the biggest group. Small incidents of selfless sacrifice can be seen every now and then. Brother giving his cherished phone to his younger sister, father selling away his land for education of his daughter, a boy waking up all night to attend to a friend's ill dad because the friend had night duty which he could not miss, a girl giving her everything so that her friend forgets the pain. A lot of incidents can be seen!
I often feel that some highest being shows his quietest quality through them.
There has not been a single incident where an incident of sacrifice has not moved me. Letting go of one's own interest without any selfish reason (but just out of love, possibly); this definition of a Sacrifice has touched me ever since I became conscious that feelings are a big constituent of me.
We are selfish in essence. Survival is a general instinct of any creature, if he is not bonded to anyone otherwise. Meaning to say that we are our first lovers. As we grow, our circle of love widens. There are bigger groups which we have to take care of. The story does not remain of just our selves. In order to continue being a part of the bigger circle happily, we sacrifice at times our smaller circle's (selves) desires.
Being in continuity with the bigger group, we keep our peace intact, but we had to sacrifice a selfish desire.
In the long web of life, we all constitute a big, very big group, the biggest group; a Gawd group. Everyone's desires look so meaningless when viewed in collectivity. Peace appears there by default. As if the biggest group did not have to sacrifice anything at all, as it was already at peace.
A selfless sacrifice gives me a glimpse of that biggest group! Because that person had no selfish interest in any smaller group. He was as meaningless in desires after the sacrifice as is the biggest group. Small incidents of selfless sacrifice can be seen every now and then. Brother giving his cherished phone to his younger sister, father selling away his land for education of his daughter, a boy waking up all night to attend to a friend's ill dad because the friend had night duty which he could not miss, a girl giving her everything so that her friend forgets the pain. A lot of incidents can be seen!
I often feel that some highest being shows his quietest quality through them.
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