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Self centered human

ashcrimson · 2010-03-23T14:57:49-01:00

"Everything we do, consciously or not, is always for our own benefit or to preserve a condition that is favorable to us" Even at times when it 'seems' we are merely doing it for the benefit of another, in our minds - we have arrived at the decision because it satisfies a need or prevents trouble or hassle for us. Charity for example, what benefit would you get out of throwing money away - there can be a lot, personal pride and gratification, believing the religious idea that charity helps you earn a place in heaven, its not about the beggar its... you. It may even be just about tax deductions Even at times when we are doing the seemingly opposite, like getting drunk or drugged up, why do we? maybe at the time the need for the feeling it brings is more important to us (much more) than the others, like dealing with grief or youre stressed out and you need to relax big time. Im not saying that we 'always' lead to the right conclusions that they really do benefit us, what im saying is our heads thought they were and so we did/will do them - relative to the person performing the action. Humans, have complicated and multiple needs with varying degrees of importance from person to person, and I guess thats what makes it hard to see this. I actually am against this idea, but I am still yet to find a way of proving it wrong and so I ask

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Fenex

14 years ago

no your not wrong in asking this, in fact there is no definitive line here. The examples you have given are a great example of things that are wrong with this world. Because you cant tell... and if you speak up, you become the bad guy.. and if you dont even though you know your right. It eats at you, you loose either way.

But those who actualy do things such as donate to charity end up getting either harassed for life or taken advantage of... my sister a few years back donated some money to the international wolf center.. since then every 2-3 weeks she gets a letter in the mail asking for more money.

The fact stands those who do nice things either do them for the wrong reason or get taken advantage of sadly

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