Fyodor Dostoevsky said in The Insulted and the Damaged: "The basis of all human virtue is the deepest egoism. The more ethical a thing is, the more self-interested it is. ”
From this sentence, it can be seen that self-interest is the nature of a person.
At the beginning of human beings, their nature is good, because when they were young, they were less disturbed by the spirit and were not affected by the complex society, so they maintained their good nature.
However, as we grow older, we are more and more disturbed by the outside world, especially in some matters related to interests, we must consider our own interests, and ignore or narrow the position of others. In this way, people become more and more self-interested, and only then do they have a selfish side.
If you want to love others, you must first learn to love yourself. If a person can't even love himself, how can he have a reason and the ability to love others.
The ego is not an abstract and lonely individual, not in ourselves, but in the people and things we love. in how to deal with what we go through and the people we meet.
The ego is not about rejecting others, resisting others, but learning how to get along with others. How to deal with your relationship with others, especially when you have a conflict of interest with others, how you choose and how to act.
What constitutes self-consciousness is the environment of our time, family and intimate relationships, and the things that we are most concerned about in our existence.
We must not become pure egoists, but learn to benefit others on the basis of self-interest, realize social harmony, live in harmony with others, and grow and progress together.
Life is very flavorful