10-21-2012, 05:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2012, 05:05 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(10-21-2012, 04:25 PM)Cyan Wrote: go do something nice with the time you have, preferably with people you like, and stuff that you like to do.
Is that not service?
See that's what I'm getting at. Is this really "selfish"? Is it depolarizing? I don't think that is necessarily so.
The question is, when doing "something nice with the time you have, preferably with people you like, and stuff that you like to do" is one seeking to serve a progressively more authentic version of the self? Or is one serving a false identity? Is one being loving and wise? Or is one being spiteful and clever?
Similarly, when out and about "feeding the starving kids in Africa" is one serving up authenticity? Or are they serving up a false image of themselves? Are they pretending to be more compassionate than they really are, in a vain effort to make up for their lack of spiritual development?
Does "doing nice things for people" earn us "polarization points"? I don't think it works like that at all.