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I'll say this - a life lived in service to other people feels more worthwhile to me. Perhaps one of the services is being honest, even brusque at points. Just n
by ArkyBeagle 10y ago
I'll say this - a life lived in service to other people feels more worthwhile to me. Perhaps one of the services is being honest, even brusque at points. Just not very often.
Actually solving problems for other people is mostly about framing the question underlying the problem. If they're not interested, then you're done with that problem.
"Service to other people" is not some grand/altruistic thing; it's simply a prioritization mechanism that helps remove some of your ego from the process.
Service does not mean being servile.
- kross 10y agoI would pose that "service to others" if reflected upon, is exactly ego. You can feel good being of service to others, and you can feel diminished by not being of service to others. When you lose the good feeling, you want to do more, to reobtain that good feeling. "I am one who strives to live in service to others" (I am parahrasing) but if this is true, it is more clearly ego a.k.a. identification with form.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoWhile I can see your point, this isn't about either egoism nor egotism. It's more of a heuristic to ... create utility and a way to stay engaged. I'm not 100% sure I can read ego as "identification with form". That's a bit Zen for me.