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Duty is very good, but unless we know what our duty is, how can we do it? Now, here is a microphone, over there is a tape recorder, and this is the wire connecting the two. As we speak into the mike, it receives the sound of our voice, and that sound is recorded onto tape. Our heart is the microphone. Our words, thoughts, intentions, prayers, faith—all the things that go on in this heart—are the vibrations that come out and must be recorded onto God. In order for this to happen, a connection must be made between our heart and God. Every prayer, every thought, every word, and every breath must be recorded onto God. If what we say in our heart is recorded onto God, and if we put up the aerial of wisdom, when we're finished speaking, we should be able to hear His reply, "I have received your message. I have accepted your prayer." Once we receive the sound and vibration from there, we know that our prayer has been accepted. If a reply doesn't come, it means that our words weren't recorded. God must hear our words, and we must hear His answer and record it on our hearts. That's how a connection is made between our hearts and God. That's how we find out what duty we should be doing. The right answer to our prayer must come to us from there and give us the meanings we seek. If we don't ask what's right for us to do, we may run into a bit of trouble. And when trouble comes, we just get tired or discouraged and give up. Whenever we set out to fulfill our responsibility toward our religion, our race, or to anyone, we quit half-way. Even when we are doing what we want—selfish things, or things done out of our attachment to them—as soon as some difficulty arises, we just give up. But if we ask within what our duty is, and selflessly follow through on God's answer, without any attachment, without any selfishness, and without playing favorites, that will be fulfilling God's call to duty. Such service offers no gain for oneself or for one's religion or family. It's the kind of duty that arises from truth. That is God's duty. We do it without expecting any reward or any praise or even any blame. We expect nothing in return. That is true duty. We accept God's duty as our own and do it. It's by doing this kind of duty that a man becomes a good man. If he's holding any intentions of his own or hoping to get something back from the service he's doing, then he'll trip, and when he trips, he'll fall. Think about it. What is duty? What is service? What is wisdom? What is prayer? If you can understand what these are, and act upon them, it will be good. October 14, 1981
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