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?

[Niki]

No longer feeling that you are a separate individual always needing to compete with other individuals but feeling that we are all interconnected and interdependent and that we need to collaborate and cooperate because we are really part of one single organism.

[Attila]

To shift from the interest of self to the benefit of the greater good.

E.g. what I want for myself is what I want for everyone else as well.

[Etienne Fourie]

I Think is is to enjoy what we receive from the Creator but then to enjoy as a whole and to bestow back with love on the whole

[Esther]

Using your 2 ears to listen twice as much as you use your one mouth to speak.  Being open and brave enough to let down your defenses.  Being able to buck the egoistic norms of our society.  Being able to care for every person as you do your own precious child.  Being sensitive enough to feel another’s emotions in yourself.

[Helen]

Not sure, but it could be understanding more instead of seeking to be understood.

[Niklas]

I think it means somehow experiencing reality outside of oneself. Identifying with the system as a whole (The Holy Shechina) instead of identifying with one body.

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