Enlightened Self-Interest

Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism. There are three types of selfishness. The first type is the one where I give myself the pleasure of pleasing myself. That’s what we generally call self-centeredness. The second is when I give myself the pleasure of pleasing others. That would be a more refined kind of selfishness. The third is I give something, I get something. That’s beautiful. That’s true. That’s real. That isn’t charity, that’s enlightened self-interest.

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What people ordinarily call charity is self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism.

I give something,

I get something.

That isn't charity.

That's beautiful.

That's true.

That's real.

That's enlightened self-interest.

A good is never so good as when you have no awareness that you're doing good.

You are never so good as when you have no consciousness that you're good.

Or as the great Sufis would say,

A saint is one until he or she knows it.

Unselfconscious.

Unselfconscious.

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“A saint is only a saint until he or she knows they are one.” Whoa, wow. Thank you.

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Deep truth in less than a minute!

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So true. A very wise man.

Concise message.
“A saint is one until he or she knows it.”