2 misconceptions

[Circlewerk]

Originally Posted by Rareheart

as far as "service to self" and "service to others"...the line gets a lot fuzzy there...because while in service to others...one also serves himself.
Maybe someone else can help me out here?

All Love.

"Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism.
There are two types of selfishness. The first type is when 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. It is hidden, very hidden, and for that reason more dangerous, because we get to feel that we're really great.

A good is never so good as when you have no awareness that you're doing good.
The great Sufi would say, " A saint is one until he or she knows it."

Taken from the book, Awareness, by Anthony De Mello.