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Entry: Against Unselfishness Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/against_unselfishness#18413 Post contents: "The above reactions provided another test of hypocrisy: proud love to talk about other people’s flaws, the humble eagerly discuss their own. Contemporaries used their understanding of self-love to reverse the perception: the less somebody talked about his flaws, the greater a sinner he was. On the other hand, the best people seemed to be full of flaws—if you just listened to what they said. " IF this were true, Mr. Konkola, then humble people would love to discuss their own faults. Then they would derive self-satisfaction from talking about them. So talking about their faults would be a form of self-love. You cannot eradicate the basic desire for personal happiness. If happiness comes through patience, meek- -ness, mildness, etc., then enlightened people will know that these bring happiness, which they should desire for themselves. To be profoundly and really indifferent to one's own fate is not to be Christian but to be a Buddhist nihilist. Sent at: 2008 11 22