A Big Life

If the devil and God (Buddha) exist simultaneously in the hearts of people, I wondered what the devil and God (Buddha) are, and I think they are "selfishness" and "altruism."


Everyone has selfishness, right?


And at the same time, everyone has altruism. (It seems that altruism is unpopular these days because of the supremacy of money.)


By the way, if humans only behave selfishly, they will take other people's things for their own benefit (theft and robbery), deceive others (fraud), and attack and try to eliminate anything that gets in the way of their benefit (violence, murder, war), and everyone except themselves will become enemies, and the world will become a hellish place with constant conflict.


In other words, even if you gain benefits in the short term, if the whole society is in chaos, you will eventually be unable to protect your own interests and lose your own interests.


So what if a human behaved altruistically? At first, it would seem like a loss for the individual, but the other person would be happy. They would feel good. And they would feel kind. And then they would try to behave altruistically. And then that other person would be happy. They would feel good. And they would feel kind. And then they might think, maybe it's okay to behave altruistically themselves. It would be great if the circle of happiness continued to spread in this way.


By the way, the first person who behaved altruistically may seem to have lost out, but that's not the case. It's true that it's a temporary loss. But, if the circle of altruism spreads throughout the world, the world will be full of allies. It will be a peaceful world without theft, fraud, violence, or war. Then, when you need help, everyone will help you. And that time will come. People will inevitably grow old. Our bodies and minds will deteriorate, and eventually the day will come when we can no longer live without the help of others. At that time, if we are surrounded by kind-hearted people, we will be happy.


Selfishness leads to hell


Altruism leads to heaven


This is not about a place separate from the present world, but this world itself can become either hell or heaven.


So where does this plague god's selfishness come from?


I think it comes from thinking of one's own life and the lives of others as completely different things.


It comes from thinking of oneself and others as opposing and different things.


I'm not saying that you and I are exactly the same. Your life and my life are different. It certainly seems that way, but is that really so?


On the surface, each of us lives a different life, and each life seems to belong only to each individual, but at the root we are all connected. We depend on each other. Our lives themselves are connected.


In other words, we are all living a "big life"


For example, like a cherry tree


When the cherry tree comes in the spring, it blooms with many, many flowers. Each of those flowers is the life of each individual. But the lives of the flowers are all connected to the tree. And together we live a big life as a big cherry tree.


The flowers don't live alone.


And even if the flowers fall, even if they fall quickly, in a short time, the tree is still alive.


The big life is still alive.


Moreover, from the fallen flowers, fruits and seeds grow, and from those seeds, new trees are born.


Even a new big life may be born from a small life that has fallen.


That is what altruism is. Small lives are all connected to a big life, so it means to live in a way that benefits that big life.


If a big life is lost, each small life cannot live.


So, in reality, it may not be altruism, but rather it should be called benefit-all, in the sense of benefiting the whole. And since the self is included in the whole, altruism is not ultimately contradictory to self-interest. On the contrary, true self-interest is altruism.


When religions preach love and compassion, they are also preaching altruism.


It's because God , or Buddha, wants us to be truly happy.


He is teaching us that we are all living one big life together.


And the big life is God, or Buddha, isn't it?


Guided by love and compassion,

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