Selflessness!! What's that?

Usually I write when I have gathered enough questions in my mind and I just want to release all of them. It is funny that when I pour my heart out, I somehow start with a quest to find answers to all these questions. And usually I come up with a solution as well.

But

This time it's different.

This time I just have my question ready. I am in the process of looking for an answer because what I see is not what I think and what I think is not what the world wants to see.

Sometimes, you get stuck in front of a wall. You know that there is a door out there but it camouflages in such a brilliant manner that you just keep finding the way out. Because of this interesting "human nature", you keep struggling.

You find     You search     You run     You knock     You cry     You give up!!!

And if you don't want to give up, you have a heavy price to pay for that. I don't know why, but I am ready to pay that price because I believe that that price would lead me somewhere.

And what the hell.

Let's go and see that what is ahead. Sometimes it's terrifying while at times it is exciting. At times your heart beat is just inaudible and at times your heart is beating out load.

                                                       ???                  ???                      ???

What is this word

"Selfish"

And what does it actually mean?

Oh!!

Don't get surprised. Just answer my question dear friend.

Ok

Now what is

"Selfless" 

I know what are you thinking.

"Are you kidding me bro"

Have some patience.

I hope you are ready with both the answers.

???                  ???                      ???

I noticed this a few days back that "being selfless" is just a word. It is of no use and a selfless person can only exist in imaginary world, if at all it exists.

It is just a word to satisfy and calm down your soul that you are good as you think of others. Hence, SELFLESS!!

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

But if we think practically, is there anything like "selfless"?

In this competitive world, people just think about themselves- their happiness, their life, their near and dear ones, their sorrows etc. No one has any time to think about others. And don't just get me started on the working of NGOs. Everyone is after paper money or plastic money (least preferred as tax department is always active for their selfish interests). So, everyone is running after something for themselves only.

But I was told that there are such individuals who think about others as well. There are such people who care for others rather than their own happiness. I thought that even I was one of them. I had this mirage image in front of me that there are such people who think about others.

But a stimulus broke this mirage and I started thinking about the concept of selflessness.

I realized that when you do something good for others, something that virtually is unrelated to your wellbeing, it never is. Even if you do work in an NGO for good of others, what you get is self-peace and self-satisfaction.

These words have a prefix "SELF" which is enough of evidence to prove that to which degree it is a selfless act. Then people say that it is at least better than those who use others for some work.

But is it??

Because your so-called-selfless act is providing you inner peace while your so-called-selfish act just helps to get your benefit out of others. As mature being we all know that what provides long term benefits.

So,

HELPING OTHERS OR USING OTHERS???????

Mind-Think Some More