07-09-2017, 08:04 PM
(02-13-2017, 11:27 AM)Aurora Borealis Wrote: So if one must love himself to love others, at what point will it not seem to be deemed selfish in loving oneself?
If one have overcome the material aspects of life and always put others before himself, will that be enough?
My other question is, if one sacrifice himself for world peace but loses his life in just praying and meditating, but not helping others physically, will that be enough also?
In learning to one love self yet retaining the mindset of service to others, one is able to understand what the self needs, in turn these are the same needs of others. In turn you learn healthier personal boundaries while being surrounded by the Law of Free Will.
Free will is adhered to whether one likes it or not.
As a result, one can serve one self upwards of selfishness and experience the result of ones karma, or one can serve others while learning to balance serving the self in such a way as to become a balanced, or one can serve others in such a way as to become a martyr.
There is not positive and negative, but rather, contraction and expansion, surely one needs to serve themselves to do daily things like laundry or brushing of the teeth, it may not serve the self or of others to have bad breath haha.
Praying and meditation can have an affect however it is hindered by the freewill of the individual you are meditating upon. As a result it needs to be complimented with physical action.
We're mind body spirits, not just minds. We experience time as the illusion that is not cyclical. Actions count since the afterlife is spent reviewing those actions in preparation for the next life.