What is selfless action? A moment of reflection...

Deep

simply observing and being

Wonderful video

I really enjoyed it, thank you!

for later viewing

Thanks!

YES!!!!

Testing everybody's first drink of cold beer to see if it has been poisoned is a selfless act.

There is no selfless good deed. Today, my son and I went to a memorial service for a friend's daughter. I told my son we are not going for our benefit, but to be there for our friend, but even so it makes us feel good to help someone in need, and therefore making it a selfish act.

When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, he did so out of selfishness. He died out of love for us, but he sacrificed himself to be our savior and king.

All inventions were created out of selfishness. Alexander Gram Bell would not have invented the telephone had he been the last person on Earth...he invented the phone for recognition and praise, as well as for money.

LOL, the way my mother tests the warmth of a cup of coffee for me dad...nope, selfish.

Would inviting a nagger home for lunch be a selfless act?

No. Either way you look at it, the act itself is selfish...I'm not saying being selfish is a bad thing. It can be of course...all great things were done with selfish intentions.

Feeling good because of helping others is exactly the opposite of selfish.

What feels good out of helping another?

The thing that was helped?

The thing that is helping?

If the thing that is helping feels good, then it is not a by-product of chemical reaction but spiritual because chemicals are cause and effect and there is no physical/chemical benefit from one organism helping another for no reason.

That is not scientifically sound. Why would we be evolved to help the others we are also evolved to be better than?

One is evolution learned, one route is cosmic/spirit learned.

Worrying about yourself and staying alive is not selfish, it's simply natural.

Otherwise it would be considered selfish to not kill ourselves so people in AFrica can eat. That would be mentally retarded.



Like what? What about selflessness?

Tesla?

balance. learning to care for myself along with others, and figure out how to best do it to harm the least possible.

or just wing it.

to me, a selfless action means not caring if you get rewarded for it or not, just to do it because you know it will make another feel good, or help another.

My point is that doing good is good no matter what. Even if for selfish reasons you do good, that good deed is still good. If I donate a couch to a poor family and take a tax deduction, that's a selfish deed, yet it's still a good deed.

Selfish good deeds do not conflict with charity and kindness, just as the belief in God doesn't conflict with Science.

Tesla took great pride and pleasure trying to benefit mankind with free energy. It was his selfish desire to create AC electricity, TV and radio.

Disagree. I invented 2 patents for the betterment of my family, no need for acclaim.

Brilliant concept
The video was 16 minutes to long
It is hard to define yourself without all the tags and labels and goals and beliefs...
That doesn't leave much me...the "me" becomes invisible and undefined...
It is the result of a true religious experience or epiphany...
Immobilized by the sight , of the reality of God...
Indescribable..
:)

There is no selfless act...
That is the moral of the story..
:)

Do those accomplishments make you feel good about yourself or ashamed?

The feeling of accomplishment is no more than if I had finished washing a sinkful of dirty dishes.
I am not proud, I am disappointed that my work did not allow me to help my family.
I am not ashamed, because I was able to use my creativity to try to help my family.

Neither am I proud or ashamed of working 7 days a week to keep our heads above water.

What is selfish or selfless relative to others' perspective, may not be from another.

We can only guard against our own selfishness.

Elisha Gray invented the telephone.
Alexander Bell simply outraced him through the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Nah, If he burns himself he probably starts to whine and will get on her nerves and she will have to nurse him. So she is doing it for herself. ;-)

The narrow path in deed.

Very well said....TY!!!

Thank you brief. No one is good no not one only Jesus who all good things flow from...we get no credit. Blessings

"Can there be a cessation to conflict, when every single individual is trying to project their version of reality on to every other individual within their own vicinity or beyond?"

That statement in the Video is just priceless.

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful, and inspiring message.

It is simple for us to have what we all want - the Cosmos is actually designed in that way - however - the disharmony and feedback loops when we fixate our desires on an object - or delve into the thoughtform of "because" sends us spinning every time.

Much Much Love!

:Daikini:

Funny, because my life is nothing but one thing after another done for others and it feels like pure shit. No respect, no recognition, no thanks and none expected because that is the norm. I do it because it's the right thing to do. Maybe you're just selfish and attempting to project your own flaws makes you feel better about yourself.

Your selfishness lies in your bitterness for wanting recognition for your struggles and sacrifices. You are right to feel that way, that's what keeps you going, the knowledge that you did the right thing, satisfies the selfishness in you.

Selfless action is what that dude did in the Oregon shooting, getting shot 7 times. A clear and recent example of that principle in action.

It's not selfish to need support and validation through struggles.
Otherwise we would be alone in our own universes.