Yuliya KuzinaSo people should be selfish because nothing matters and they can't change much anyway?
Yuliya Kuzinaand what about the detachment from the reality?
Michael BelovedIn the long term scrubbing the teeth does not matter but still we should do it on a daily basis, because that convention makes sense, common sense. Ultimately the actions to rid the mouth of undesirable odors and bacteria will fail but still we should do our best to eliminate as much of it as we can. We should reduce selfishness to a minimum until we get sufficient insight to understand and implement the fact that beneficial selfishness means that we act magnanimously because of universal relationship to everyone else, even to persons using lower life forms. Rudimentary selfishness is the problem because it sees for the short term only and does not take into consideration Jesus’s advice which is that we should do unto others as we would prefer they regard us. If one has to be selfish, then it should be for the long haul so that desirable returns manifest as the future. That means that we act in the interest of others now so that in the future we will get desirable returns. That may b
Michael BelovedNature is running its action/reaction system which no man, yogi or God will permanently alter. We do create reverses every now again. We heard of miracles done by yogis and gods (God). But these have not changed the essential nature of Nature.
The environment is preset and our puny arrogance will only make a tiny dent, if even that, in the system of chaos. And yet, we should make the effort to upgrade, to perfect, as much as we can but being realistic to know that Nature will see the end of this in its own way. And doing so with a good attitude, without feeling a loss, playing the game and losing in the end without resentment or feeling of frustration.
Michael BelovedDetachment from Reality???? Are you kidding? It should be detachment from our mistaken concepts about reality. It is on us to make our insight be valid in terms of reality.
Yuliya Kuzina So people should be selfish because nothing matters and they can't change much anyway?
Yuliya Kuzina and what about the detachment from the reality?
Michael Beloved In the long term scrubbing the teeth does not matter but still we should do it on a daily basis, because that convention makes sense, common sense. Ultimately the actions to rid the mouth of undesirable odors and bacteria will fail but still we should do our best to eliminate as much of it as we can.
We should reduce selfishness to a minimum until we get sufficient insight to understand and implement the fact that beneficial selfishness means that we act magnanimously because of universal relationship to everyone else, even to persons using lower life forms.
Rudimentary selfishness is the problem because it sees for the short term only and does not take into consideration Jesus’s advice which is that we should do unto others as we would prefer they regard us. If one has to be selfish, then it should be for the long haul so that desirable returns manifest as the future. That means that we act in the interest of others now so that in the future we will get desirable returns. That may b
Michael Beloved That may be regarded as postive selfishness.
Michael Beloved Nature is running its action/reaction system which no man, yogi or God will permanently alter. We do create reverses every now again. We heard of miracles done by yogis and gods (God). But these have not changed the essential nature of Nature.
The environment is preset and our puny arrogance will only make a tiny dent, if even that, in the system of chaos. And yet, we should make the effort to upgrade, to perfect, as much as we can but being realistic to know that Nature will see the end of this in its own way. And doing so with a good attitude, without feeling a loss, playing the game and losing in the end without resentment or feeling of frustration.
Michael Beloved Detachment from Reality????
Are you kidding?
It should be detachment from our mistaken concepts about reality. It is on us to make our insight be valid in terms of reality.