On Serving

Just to clarify an oft observed confusion:
when Christ tells us, “the greatest of you is he
who makes himself servant to the rest;”
or when Swami Nityananda instructs, “only who can obey can command;”
or when Neem Karoli Baba tirelessly reminds us, to “love, serve, and remember;”
or when Hanuman replies in the Ramayana, “When I don’t know who I am,
I am Your servant; when I know who I am, I am You” –
the assertion here is this:
Serving makes one sovereign, never servile.
The two are often confused.