‘I am the doer’ is the idea that keeps you busy and preoccupied. You are always doing things, thinking ‘I am doing this,’ or thinking about what you are going to do next. You might think that you are helping others with all your various activities, but so long as you indulge in this persistent idea of doership, you are not helping yourself or anyone else.
If you want freedom, you will need to devote a small portion of your time and your attention to your own Self, and to do that properly, you will have to give up this ‘I am the doer’ idea. You work for others, you keep others in your heart, you think about others, you live you life through relationships with other people.
Why not instead devote just a little of your time and attention to your own Self? In a whole lifespan no one spends five minutes with full, undistracted attention on that Self. Spend just five minutes on your own Self, with no other thoughts trespassing on you attention
Papaji ~ from The Fire of Freedom Vol.1 Satsang wth Papaji