Step 12… Service
Blessings, Dear Friends,
Welcome to Step 12… Service
As we come to the end of this journey with Christ, or perhaps the beginning of a new one, we recognise that the entire path has been an act of selfless service to Him. It has been the living expression of our commitment to our Christ Consciousness, walking His ways, transcending the ego, inviting His healing into every part of our lives, and moving with reverence through the mysteries of the chakras, Patanjali’s Eightfold Path, Psalm 23, and the many sacred teachings from the great teachers who have shaped our steps.
In seeing this, we recognise that the journey itself has been devotionial, a quiet, continual offering of love and surrender to the deepest truth within us.
Every step we have taken has formed part of this sacred offering, the moments of insight, the times of inner struggle, the seasons of challenges, the softening of the heart, and the willingness to be transformed. The service we offer as a form of devotion is not merely an external act we perform, it is the inner posture that has allowed Christ and the Divine to work through us. It is the gentle and simple “yes” we offer to God again and again, even when the path is uncertain.
As we look back on this journey, we begin to understand that the teachings were never separate from our lives. Each practice, each creative expression, reflection, each opening of the heart has been shaping us from within. We have been learning to walk in Christ’s ways, to transcend the ego, to invite His healing presence in every wounded place, and to recognise the sacredness woven into even the simplest of experiences. This is the essence of Christ Consciousness, not an idea, but a lived reality that gradually awakens as we surrender more deeply to the truth of who we are.
I will spend time digesting what has flowed, allowing these teachings to settle deeply within. This journey has moved through us in ways both seen and unseen, and I honour the grace that has carried each step.
I pray this journey has blessed you as deeply as it has blessed me. What has been revealed here is sacred, and I will take time to sit with it, to listen closely, and to let it continue its quiet work within the heart.
Next year, we will begin the Divine Will Healing Journey Through the Spine again.
Thank you for walking the sacred steps of this path with me.
Blessings & Love
Prashanti
-
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
-
O Bestower of unceasing bliss! I will seek to make others truly happy, in gratitude for the divine joy Thou hast given me. Through my spiritual happiness I will serve all. Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me. I will be a fisher of souls. I will catch the ignorance of others in a net of my wisdom and offer it for transmutation to the God of all gods. I will radiate love and goodwill to others, that I may open a channel for God’s love to come to all. I know I am one with the light of Thy goodness. May I be a lighthouse for those who are tossed on the sea of sorrow. I am the servant ready to serve all needy minds with my simple advice, with my gifts of healing truth, and with my humble wisdom gathered in the shrine of silence. My highest ambition is to establish a temple of soul silence in every person I meet.
-
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
-
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
-
Affirmation: The gift of service flow through me, flow through me.
-
After spending some time in reading, reflection and journaling … Refer to the Visualisation & meditation and when you have finished, if you feel too… You can offer your gratitude and devotion to Jesus Christ by drawing art or writing poetry or finding your own meaningful hearts way.
AA Step 12
Step 12 Service
-
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others
-
It is more pleasing to God if you work consciously for Him, rather than for yourself. If one works in the world, and cares only for self and family, it is much more difficult to expand beyond the confines of ego-consciousness. Wise is he who views all humanity as his own greater family.
-
19 Service
Service is ennobling. It is a way of offering our human littleness into the great Reality that is God. Service should not be given with the thought that one is serving people, merely. It should be given with an inward consciousness to the Lord Who resides in all creatures. When we serve others in this spirit, we find our own spirits becoming freed from egotism. Peace then fills us, in the realization that there isn’t anyone with whom we need compete. What joy, to think that we belong to God!
Affirmation
I will serve God through others, and by my service to Him release the hold the ego has on me. I am free in God! In God, I am free!
Prayer
All that I do, Lord, I do for love of Thee. Accept the flowers of my service to Thee as I place them on Thy altar of Omnipresence.
-
Service helps us to practice selflessly by assisting others, dedicating our time and energy to go beyond ego or personal gain, and committing our actions to serve God and the Divine as we strive to serve others and ourselves. When we give without seeking recognition or reward, we release attachment to the self, the ego, and open ourselves to the deeper consciousness of the soul.
Visualisation ( Step 12… Service ) by Prashanti
Sacred Music & Mantras
Book References
Ghandhi, M. (N.D) The Eleven Vows of Mahatma Gandhi-Their Observances and Relevance
https://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/educational-resources/the-eleven-vows-of-gandhiji.html
Kretzmann, Mary. (2013) Divine Will Healing: From the Original Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda". Crystal Clarity Publishers.
New International Version. (2025). BibleGateway.com. https://www.biblegateway.com/
Yogananda, P. (1952). Metaphysical Meditations. 1952 Edition. Crystal Clarity Publishers.
Yogananda, P. (2007). How to Love and Be Loved: Wisdom of Yogananda. Crystal Clarity Publishers.
Yogananda, P. (2021). God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita. Ebook Edition. International Publications Council of Self-Relization Fellowship.
Yogananda, P. (2021). Scientific Healing Affirmations: Theory and Practice of Concentration. Ebook Edition. International Publications Council of Self-Relization Fellowship.
Yogananda, P. (N.D) Whispers From Eternity. https://www.ananda.org/free-inspiration/books/whispers-from-eternity/
Yogananda, P. (2021).The Divine Romance: Collected Talks & Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life, Volume II. Ebook Edition. International Publications Council of Self-Relization Fellowship.
