Real sacrifice is renouncing the ego. Once the ego is surrendered then there are no selfish motives at all or separation from God. We will become a fountain of love and compassion.
Children, in a way sacrifice is taking place each and every moment of our daily life. Nature itself is always teaching us sacrifice. The trees and the plants give us fruit, shade, and flowers. The plants sacrifice their lives for the animals and the animals for the human beings. The human beings sacrifice their lives for each other, the husband for the wife, the wife for the husband, and the parents for the children. But the Great Souls sacrifice their lives for the entire creation. In short real sacrifice is expansiveness of mind, that is becoming completely selfless. Thus each one of us, knowingly or unknowingly, is sacrificing our lives in one way or another. But all of us are limited to our own little world. Without sacrifice, there is no world. Sacrificing everything for the good of the world is the greatest sacrifice. This little world of ours should evolve until it becomes the whole universe. As it grows, we can see our problems also dissolving slowly.
~Amma~
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