To give your mind, heart, and soul to God in total, forever, is dedication. By unreserved surrender to God, real dedication comes. Dedication is an act of pure devotion. Dedication expects nothing in return. When you want to die for a cause because you love it, that is dedication. The highest achievements of world prophets are due to their dedication. " Come what may, I stand very strong for my ideal. I shall do all that is in my power and strength for the realization of my ideal. Whether I am successful or not, I shall not change my ideal. God, make me a worthy instrument to spread Thy peace; use me as Thy instrument; I shall cling to Thy lotus feet with all my love; I am Thy bond slave; I am Thine." This is the prayer of dedication. Life is precious. Let it not be wasted in idle things. Dedicate this life for God's love.
By giving alone you receive. By emptying you are filled. By losing thyself in God, you will find yourself in Him. After all, life is given by God. What right do you have over it? It is given as a gift. By offering it to His service, you become a worthy son of God. Dedicate your life for His cause. Have no second thoughts. Billions of people throw away their lives in momentary pleasures. Be thou an example unto them through thy dedication. This certainly needs great Himalayan courage and patience. God shall give thee all these no sooner than you decide to dedicate. Dedicate.
Christ dedicated his life to realize God's love. Gandhi dedicated his life to realize God as Truth. Sages and saints brought the blessings of God to humanity through their unflinching devotion and dedication. Unless the candle burns, it cannot give light. Unless the sandalwood is rubbed, it cannot share its perfume. Unless the gold is put into the fire, it cannot give up its impurity. Unless the river flows into the ocean, it cannot remain pure. Life should flow towards the eternal life. This flow into the Divine is the purpose of all evolution and existence. Dedication is it devotion in action. Dedication is the door to perfection. Dedicate.
By holding we lose the charm of life. By hoarding we miss the joy of wealth. By attachment we lose the enjoyment of freedom. By giving we are given. By offering we make our life full. In expecting a gain, we suffer a pain. When we do our duty for duty's sake, then we perform yoga. This brings balance of mind, serenity, and peace. Meditate on God and dedicate your whole life for this love.
Look at the creation of God! It is a free gift to you. Realize now how much God loves you. The sun and the moon give you life supporting light. Air sustains your life. Food nourishes your body. Water quenches your thirst. The earth is holding you. The whole creation is spread before you as a gift of God. The gifts of consciousness, of love, of memory, of life, of soul, of compassion--all these and more are given to thee by our munificent God. Even as a river finds its fulfillment by offering itself through continuously flowing into the ocean, similarly let your thoughts, words and deeds flow into God to find thy fulfillment. Dedication is the continuous flow of yourself in God. Dedicate.
Oh brother, God has given you certain talent. These are given to express yourself better and evolve yourself to higher destinies. By not using them or misusing them selfishly, God will withdraw them from you or will not give again that which you wasted. So, express your talents in bringing out the highest in you and dedicate them to God. That which you offer to God shall return to you in abundance. Develop this feeling of offering, and dedicate yourself for God's love.
Make the whole life a flower, and offer it to God. Plow the heart with discrimination; remove the weeds of lust and anger. Sow the seeds of meditation and devotion. Water them with constant practice of self discipline. When the flowers of virtue and the fruit of wisdom come, offer them all unto God. You shall find your salvation through dedication to God. Dedicate.
Make the whole life a song of dedication and sing it in His presence. Let the body be the musical instrument; let the nerves the the strings; realize that when ego plucks the strings, there will be discordant notes. When God plucks them, there will be concord. So, offer your body, mind and ego in the hands of God, the master musician. Now let your soul sing when its song of dedication; God shall accompany you; you shall realize the beautiful. Dedicate.
Without dedication, realization of Truth is impossible. Without dedication, there will be no success in any endeavor. Strong willpower and formidable faith are required for a decision to dedicate. The greatest goal in life is God or Truth. The whole world is benefited when Truth is realized even by one man in the world. He becomes a source of inspiration to the rest of the world. Dedication demands total sacrifice. By giving ourselves totally, we receive in abundance. Dedicate to realize it God's love.
The world is in need of men of dedication. In every field there is a dearth of such men and women. People find strength in souls of dedication. A dedicated man naturally becomes a leader of men in that field for which he has dedicated his life. The ideal that is shown by such people is followed by the generality of humanity. A few dedicated men have built the great world religions and movements. It is their gigantic willpower and selfless sacrifice that was the strength behind those movements. For its inspiration the world really needs such dedicated men. Be thou dedicated to the cause of God's dharma.
Life in short. Life is precious. Life is meant for God-realization. When we die all we carry with us is our karma, good or bad. This karma brings us back to the round of rebirth. So, a wise man transcends both good and bad through meditation wearing and dedicates his whole life for selfless service to God and man. To obtain the wisdom of God and to share this with humanity should be the aim. Such a yogi helps humanity by inspiring them in their evolution. Be thou a dedicated yogi.
Unity of humanity is possible through unity of world religions. The essence of all religions is love. First realize this love. Dedication follows love. Now dedicate your whole life for the noble cause of spreading this love through the teachings of world masters, prophets and saints. Bring an understanding among people of different religions that their essence is the same. This is the most efficacious way to contribute towards world peace. Unity of world religions is Cosmic Religion. This brings cosmic peace.
Dedicate your life for this great cause!
(Essence of Bhagavad Gita and Bible, p. 149.)