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how selflessness actually works (in my opinion)

Although these facts may already be known to you, I will be documenting them here with the last bits of strength left in my eyelids.

Earlier this day, I was sitting on a couple of hollow blocks with a classmate, who doesn't usually get anything abundant (specifically in regards to material things). She had a couple of chocolates in her bag, and when I asked her to give me one, she handed one of the small bars to me without hesitation, and she began to tell me that it was nothing to her because she didn't buy them, anyways.

What I'm about to say might only be half-related to the little tale, but here it is.

People who don't usually get much are always very generous when they have something more than they usually do, because they feel as if that temporary abundance makes them "rich" in regards to whatever the item or emotion had been. For example, she shared her food with me without hesitation or second thoughts, because she doesn't usually bring a whole lot of chocolate bars with her to a regular school day. She felt as if she had more to offer both to herself and to anyone else, so she handed it to me with satisfaction.

Now this may give you the idea that people really are innately kind, or nice, for that matter. But I see nothing of the sort, other than selfishness.

You see, those who are slightly luckier do not have the initiative to actually share their money with those who are currently in need, because they've held an even larger amount, and their brains automatically register to their systems that they need not to give anyone else any of their stuff, because if they do, they will have even less of the little things they have at the moment. But if rich people have received some great amount of money from their parents for their birthday celebration, they will be happy to treat their friends (maybe even the whole class, at that) because they didn't lose anything, as the money came from their parents and not from their own pockets.

Well, sure, their allowance comes from their parents as well, but I mean it different. They didn't choose to spend the daily money they are allotted, and so, it can be considered as their savings. Has that cleared it up?

Thus, generosity comes from the feeling of abundance, not from the "innate kindness of a human being". The act of sharing is triggered by the satisfaction of a human's selfish side, and so, it can never be called good in any way or another. There are a few exceptional cases, wherein people give despite having nothing. I simply believe that those are the people who have mastered the art of acting selfless, as they believe in the cycle of energy that goes around.

In other words, they appear "selfless", but it really is just them being selfish. If you do unto others what you want them to do to you (as quoted from the Golden Rule), then you are activating the chances of getting good karma. They are simply making an investment, as they believe that greater things will come their way if they do this and that. They are risk-takers, and are selfish, business-minded people. For those who take suicide routines because of their belief on one Divine Being and his Kingdom, they are also doing the same thing. Investment. Who wouldn't be willing to lose their homes if they would end up in "paradise" afterwards? Easy as that.

Do you not agree with me?