TRUE SELFLESSNESS

Selflessness is being preached by many and yet a few only are actually truly practising it. However there are again many who are believing and calling themselves selfless, whereas they are in fact self-denying- which is another matter altogether. True selflessness is only possible once you have attained a personal state of enlightened existence in which you are no longer living out your Ego's idea of reality but are in the awareness of the principle of love underlying all aspects life. The Ego only knows self-denial or self-gratification, even though it might call either of them selflessness to itself and the world. True selflessness arises from the recognition and understanding of the Greater Picture and inter-connectedness of all life, whereas the latter is caused by the Ego's belief in separation. The conscious self-recognition which includes the awareness of your Ego, allows you to rise above it and to act selflessly from this higher perspective. While being still caught up in the belief that you are what your Ego is telling you all acts of so-called selflessness invariably bring repercussions of regret or accusation either directed at yourself/life/others in their wake.