“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”
- Mahatma Gandhi -
2007-05-08 11:41:58 · 36 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey that is so correct, And these teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are so much similar to the teaching s of the Holy Bible as he use to read Bible.
2007-05-08 19:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by Gracy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. That quote sounds real high-minded and sacrificial, but it also sounds a lot like serious co-dependency. No life of your own, simply living vicariously off getting involved in other people's lives.
"When a co-dependent dies, somebody else's life flashes before her eyes." - Melody Beatty
I believe you want to have your own self complete before you truly have something to give another - otherwise your "service to and love for others" is really a self-serving way to complete yourself or justify your own existence. And that is fallacious existential thinking.
2007-05-08 11:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Richard of Fort Bend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's only through the service of others and love of others that true love and comfort and happiness come back to you.
It's called Karma, and being a Gnostic Christian, I know that's a force that knows no religion.
Actually, even Jesus Christ Himself espoused Karma: "The measure you give will be the measure you get." In abundance, and that's the truth!
2007-05-08 11:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Christine S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Somewhat. This is best...
Luke 22
24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
2007-05-08 12:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by Minister Paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not one bit. Here's why:
To lose yourself in the service of others upon such advice would be definitionally contrary to finding yourself. By imitating such advice, you're actually just looking for Ghandi in yourself.
Also, everybody is biochemically different. Certainly there is only a small difference in DNA, but that difference compounded with that of those of our conditions and upbringing can lead to astronmical variations. How could one approach work the same for everybody, particularly if that approach is altruistic in design?
I don't think it can, and I certainly don't think that selfless giving is rational or healthy. To understand yourself, you have to first understand others. It's so much easier to find faults and character flaws in other people than it is to find them in yourself, when you see them in others you can see them in yourself, and this leads to growth.
2007-05-08 11:49:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Disagree. Finding yourself is quite a selfish act (think about it), wheras losing yourself in others is selfless. Possibly a balance of the two...
2007-05-08 11:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Barrucadu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Learn to put others before yourself. Go out and serve the suffering. In this way you will discover your own inner harmony." Amma
2007-05-08 18:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Amma's Child 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope,Nope,Nope,I do not agree with that statement. There was a time ,not long ago,when I would have,but, in the time I spent serving others first,I was missing that I should have been serving Jesus first. When I did that, He gently revealed me,to myself. People just can't do that. PRAISE HIM ~~~
so, I serve Him ,first,then anyone else later,as He moves me to.
2007-05-08 12:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by STORMY 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it leans too far in one direction. A balance is far better. A balance between helping others and minding ones own affairs.
2007-05-08 11:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by Desiree 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-05-08 11:46:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋