This same attitude, this bhavana, should enter into all our daily actions. In this very village of mine, my Naraayana, my Lord, plays about in the form of my neighbour. Therefore, I shall keep this village clean and tidy. The Gita wishes to give us this attitude. Its great desire is to make all our actions into worship of the Lord. To a king of Scriptures like the Gita, a half-hour puja yields no satisfaction. Its keen desire is that the whole of life should be filled with the Lord and be a form a worship.

14. The Gita teaches the purushottam - yoga and brings to perfection the life of karma. He is Purushottam, the Lord, receiving service. I am His servant, and all this creation the instrument for His service. If once we realize this relationship, what more do we need? Tukaram says, 

"Once the vision is attained, I shall serve. I shall ask for nothing more, my Lord." 

Then continuous service will proceed. Then there is no such thing as "I". "I" and "mine" are swept away, and then whatever remains is for the sake of the Lord. Life is lived entirely for the good of others. There is nothing else. This is what the Gita teaches again and again; I shall remove from myself all sense of "I" and surrender my life to the Lord and fill it with bhakti. The Lord to serve, I the servant, and creation, the means. Where is the talk of possession now? Life has no care any more.

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