08-09-2015, 01:52 AM
One thing that I think is important to keep in mind -possibly since this is a distortion I'm prone to myself- is that there's no requirement or expectation that service-to-others be large scale in nature. From my understanding of the materials, Wanderers (which I assume make up a large portion of the readership here) are providing service to others just by EXISTING and helping polarize\catalyze the energies around them in a positive manner. Any additional services they find would be icing on the cake, so to speak.
If someone finds themselves in the position of making a TV show or something, that's all well and good, but it's not necessary. Furthermore, the larger the attempt to do service, the more power/energy that requires. In turn, that high level of power means a greater risk of negative karmic effects/attachments or simply of having their plans go awry. The more power that's being wielded, the more chance of that power backfiring.
Philosophically speaking, it's probably better to think small, and look for local services one can perform, rather than directly aspiring to some form of greatness. There have been Great People who successfully used great power to positive ends, but by and large they usually "fall into" such roles rather than directly seeking greatness. Ie, Gandhi was just a lawyer who happened to get slowly drawn into the Civil Rights movement over a matter of years. But if he had never been more than an honest barrister, he presumably still would have lived a life full of service-to-others.
Basically, if one seeks to do service for others, look locally. Think small. It's the small things that so often snowball into bigger things.
If someone finds themselves in the position of making a TV show or something, that's all well and good, but it's not necessary. Furthermore, the larger the attempt to do service, the more power/energy that requires. In turn, that high level of power means a greater risk of negative karmic effects/attachments or simply of having their plans go awry. The more power that's being wielded, the more chance of that power backfiring.
Philosophically speaking, it's probably better to think small, and look for local services one can perform, rather than directly aspiring to some form of greatness. There have been Great People who successfully used great power to positive ends, but by and large they usually "fall into" such roles rather than directly seeking greatness. Ie, Gandhi was just a lawyer who happened to get slowly drawn into the Civil Rights movement over a matter of years. But if he had never been more than an honest barrister, he presumably still would have lived a life full of service-to-others.
Basically, if one seeks to do service for others, look locally. Think small. It's the small things that so often snowball into bigger things.
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