Selfishness
Selfishness is really a multi-faceted defect, and so this
blog post is only going to concentrate on one of its facets, and this facet centres
around one observation and this observation is that selfishness tends to increase
when some hardship with other people is experienced.
Why?
This is quite easy to answer because selfishness is a
mechanism of self-protection. It knows that being alone we are safe and no one
can hurt us. Being with others we know that the danger is there, that we could
get hurt once again while being in the presence of others, so naturally and
logically we seek isolation.
Selfishness then is a mechanism of compensation, it promises
pleasure, projecting ideas of us being alone doing something that we can only
really do alone and of course we are there enjoying it immensely. We project
ideas of going for a long walk along the beach, reading as much as we like,
meditating somewhere peaceful, watching movies, etc. etc.
Animal in Nature
Well true many animals exhibit this kind of behaviour when
they are hurt they isolate themselves until they are better, they do it as a
means of self-protection.
Pleasure
The pleasure aspect of selfishness is the big part. If there
were no selfishness involved then there would be no selfish behaviour. The main
reason why we obey the ideas and projections of selfishness is because it
promises us immense pleasure and enjoyment.
Conclusion
We may revel in the pleasure of selfishness but from
experience that pleasure soon turns bitter because it may not be something we
deserve and we end up hurting others or neglecting that which should not be
neglected. We usually go out of balance when we dive into the pleasure of
selfishness and being out of balance of brings pain in the moments when we have
to regain our balance. Think about it and try it out for yourself, see if it is
true in your experience.
End.
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