Though I pause and say I offer this to you Mother when I eat / work – I feel sometimes it is mechanical. Or I feel though I offer (say I am doing it for Mother), I am still doing something to satisfy my ego or desire, e.g. – eating something I desire, doing a work for some outer recognition or position. I worry if under the disguise of offering to Mother I am fulfilling my own egoistic desires.
What is the true attitude to have when we offer and how can we develop that ?
In the beginning it is only natural that our action will be moved by the ego. Yet it must be offered to Her before starting, at the close and in between simply by remembering Her with aspiration and gratitude. The other step is to completely get rid of all attachment to the fruit, of wanting things to turn out this way or that way. The choice is still made by the ego and desire but the results of the action are left to the Divine Mother. Finally one will slowly that it is becoming difficult to act under the impulsion of the ego or for satisfying one’s desire. In other words, offer the action first, then the results, finally the will behind the act.
All this should be done with an aspiration towards the main goal, the growing oneness with the Divine. All other motives should fall away.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
