Even in a selfish act, there is a sense of care and protection to oneself. It is very evident. Is selfishness always a bad thing? Sometimes, we could look closely and examine what is underneath. So, the basic care and self-preserving is there... does that imply care and love are born inherently in humans? It is just that we need to learn how to extend this inherent care and love to others. Or we need to learn a better skill to express this. A selfish act seems like a very ruidmentary expression of love and care. It is not very satisfying. It is same with learning to play piano. If you only dwell on playing Fur Eles, it is not very satisfying. The key is to train the skill and express it in a better/finer/more satisfying way.
* All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. * Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, idolator, worshipper of fire, come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of despair. o Variant: Come, come again, whoever you are, come! Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come! Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred times, Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are. * Do not grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. * Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still. * Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. * Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon h
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