The selfish-self may cause a thoughtless admiration of oneself, tempting
the ego into doing or urging others to do just anything, in so far as it
promotes one’s own happiness, or singling out others just for the heck of it,
and consequently making consideration a notion to be desired but unattainable.
Alternatively, the selfless-self is the self that is willing to get out
of one’s selfish-self. It is the sharing and caring self - the self that does
what is morally expected and not what it wants others to see or conceive. It is
the self that demonstrates genuine concern for not only what is pleasing, but
for the welfare of others in the pursuit of what's desirable.
It is the only self that can stop you from pushing others into deep
shit, because it will force you to ask yourself: ‘what if he wanted me to do
what I am asking him to do - will I do it if I were in his shoes - will the
consequences of what I am asking him to do be more productive than destructive
to him - what if I relieve him and be selfless enough to do it myself?’
If your selfless-self is too little, you may not love for your brother
what you love for yourself, or even do as to others what you want to yourself.
So you see, that’s double breach right there - violation of a saying from the
Hadith and the Golden Rule. It doesn’t take an expert in the field of ethics to
know that
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