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Originally Posted by paragon
Thank you very much for your kind response. I like this idea and have considered it a number of times. It's just difficult to totally devote myself to others when I'm in pain-minimisation mode most of the time. It makes me very self absorbed. But I think this is a potential way forward, especially since trying to help myself doesn't work. Thank you
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Might want to give this a read. It's not about totally devoting yourself to others but totally devoting yourself to God through every action, and that includes not only action towards others but action for yourself and even your thoughts. Since the purpose of everything you do and think is a devotion to God it can't be for selfish reasons as it's all in the service of God.
That's not to say it's easy, but what spiritual path is?
The Path of Work – Karma Yoga
https://vedanta.org/yoga-spiritual-p...rk-karma-yoga/