Selfless service (Nishkama Seva) will ennoble man and raise his stature. It endows man with the intelligence and the skills required to refine human nature. Doing one’s duty diligently is not enough. Men have to cultivate other qualities like love, sympathy, fairness, compassion, and forgiveness. Without these qualities, man will not be able to perform Nishkama Karma (selfless actions). The joys and sorrows, likes and dislikes experienced by man, and the impressions related to sensual objects that get accumulated are all a result of mental disturbances. And it is the sense of dualism of “mine” and “thine” that is the cause for these disturbances. This dualism is rooted in selfishness, which makes one think that as long as he is all right, it does not matter what happens to the world. Such a self-centred person, who regards his body, his wealth, and his family as all that matters to him, looks upon truth as untruth and the false as true. To get rid of this deep-seated malaise, men have to engage themselves in service. They have to realise that the body has been given not to serve one’s own interests but to serve others. – Divine Discourse, Nov 21, 1988