Selflessness vs. Selfishness

A conversation about action, results, clinging, and righteousness

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As I mentioned two weeks ago, these exclusive posts are where I’m workshopping some ideas and content from what *hopefully* becomes my next book. Unedited. Clunky. Chunky.

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My son Jackson (r) with his dear buddy Caleb five years ago.

“Thus every person seeking satisfaction in the world outside - pleasure, power, profit, prestige - is really looking for God.”

—Eknath Easwaran, preface to the Bhagavad Gita

“Can you explain the difference between selfish action and selfless action?” I asked the Giver.

The Giver answered, “Selfish action involves going about your action with selfish motives. It means doing things with a fixation on the outcomes. Doing something to get validation, wealth, achievement, fulfillment and other things.”