Posted Sunday, June 26, 2022
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Aquarius
Hardwired for survival
The moment you realize that literally every action taken in life is self-serving. At this point it's necessary to get real and be radically honest about the true nature of our motivation to take action. The best we can do is hold the intention that whatever we do towards ourselves is also somehow of benefit to others. What say you?
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So the issue with the thought that every action you take being about self-survival is that there are traits and actions that are taken that deliberately cause detrement to ones survival. Charity, self-sacrifice, and teaching are all examples of actions that do not serve ones personal interests and in fact can cause ones life to end abruptly. Giving a man down on his luck some food has no way of benefitting you but people still do it to a point that others exploit the kindness of strangers A teacher shielding a student from a shooter does not serve and benefit the teacher as the teacher is dead. There can not be any benefits to your survival after you die. A man teaching basic math has no way of benefitting himself from doing this but we still have people who teach math. When survival is called into question over the actions and behavior of people evidence suggests that it isn't just self-serving but, if you have evidence of every action people take being self serving I would love to listen to it.
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"Whatever we do towards ourselves is also somehow the benefit of others..." No, if you're knowingly hurting people for your own benefit, you're still hurting people. Saying essentially "If it's good for me it must somehow be good for all" is just a lie to make people feel better about not contributing anything positive to society. (edited)
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