What Is Sacrfice?

Sacrifice is something rarely seen in this day and age. You might think that people make sacrifices for their children for example or at work, but this is not the case. They are not making INNER sacrifices.
It might be of value to look at just what IS sacrifice. Sacrifice is the giving up of one thing in order to have something better. It is not a selfish thing, but a selfless thing. Selflessness is something rarely seen also. If we look at selflessness and what it is we have to look at motive. What motivates someone to act? Is it in a pure loving disinterested spirit or is it motivated by something else, like because we feel uncomfortable or we want something out of it. This is not downplaying the value of giving, if we are giving, because as the old saying goes, 'it is better to give than receive' - although just ask someone who is really in need what the value of a gift really is and they may tell you that it was life saving.
Sacrifice really is the giving up of one thing in order to attain something better. It is a Law of Life. When people understand this Law we will see a better world. Can you really do this though? In order to make this sacrifice we need to look within. Hopefully I have given you some of the tools to do this in my previous teachings. This world would not be any thing like it is today if not for the sacrifice of others. What can you give in order to make this world a better place? Unless you look within, you won't be improving it much at all, if at all. Look within that is the secret. I will explain more about sacrifice in my next article on Service. These two really do tie in together. Back to our first paragraph describing sacrifices for our children or at work in this example. When we are really sacrificing, we are sacrificing something to achieve something greater. This is the key to success. If it is not for something greater you are sacrificing your true Self and not getting something better out of it. Most sacrifices do not involve your true self and are leading you to greater Light and Love and Happiness. This is what it is all about.