Such a devotee is like a water pipe(hose) that is used to water plants. An unused pipe becomes dirty from the inside because of dust, but when the divine waters of selflessness, love, compassion, and caring for others, flow through this pipe, it not only waters the plants, but it also cleanses the pipe from the inside. The plant that may be getting the benefit, may just see the pipe and give credit or discredit to the pipe, but it is the divine waters of God’s love, healing, and wisdom, that do the real magic. It is the divine hand holding the pipe, and the tap of divinity which is the only source of divine waters in the pipe, that decides which plant needs to be watered & nurtured and to what degree. That probably depends on the plant’s readiness for the Divine. The pipe is just a channel through w…