Preparation Prompt: What does transitioning from a self-centered perception of reality to one grounded in altruism entail?

[Julian Edwards- KabU Instructor]

Preparation Prompt: What does transitioning from a self-centered perception of reality to one grounded in altruism entail?

[Olivia Maldonado]

I think it means that we must reflect on how we can provide for others before looking after our desires to receive for the self alone.

[Cristina]

bestow

[Łukasz]

I want to find out. I’m assuming that our shared understanding of altruism is merely an analogy and a low-level representation.

[Michael]

To feel the desire of my friend, as if it were my own desire, and work to fulfil that desire for the sake or benefit of my friend.

[Ann Stephens]

I don’t know, but I intend to find out. It seems to me that I must first come to feel what bestowal really means. In this world, it is difficult to perceive the creator as the good that does good, which is what bestowal is all about. Perhaps my first shift in perception is to see that the things that have happened and are currently happening, especially those I label as “bad” are actually a necessary part of correction. This all helps me to see how NOT like the creator I really am. My reactions to people and events around me are wholly egoistic, as hard as this may be to admit. I don’t have any idea what bestowal really is, but I know what it isn’t.

[Andreanne]

it means to think of the happiness of others; to be focused on others. To consider consequences of words and actions and on how others feel.

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