Yeah, sounds like a lot of philoshophical concepts are getting tangled together here, I guess thats fine, finding ones path can be confusing.
Remember the little white dot in the black side an viceversa in the yin yang? Duality is fun if undertood as such, looking for what is right and what is wrong creates more of both.
Still might be something worth pondering depending on where you are at in your own path.
The tricky thing here is that we are talking concepts, so service to others and service to self can easily be seen as the same and opposites at the same time.
Those paths will feel very different if pursued though, the paradox being that the positive one is actually the path of balance or union.
When you find something see its opposite, its not so much about being a good person, but about being who you trully are.
That actually might requite a bit of faith in that who you actaully are is not wrong.
And, in a more grounded way, yes, IMO besides harming others, everything else is probably fine, though I would also emphasize the importance of growth, which is indeed a sacrifice.
Service to others will come naturally as you dissolve the seeming separation from others, focusing on the self from time to time is necessary, making sure that the foundation that supports you is strong enough.
Once you have enough love withing, it will naturally flow outwards.
Remember the little white dot in the black side an viceversa in the yin yang? Duality is fun if undertood as such, looking for what is right and what is wrong creates more of both.
Still might be something worth pondering depending on where you are at in your own path.
The tricky thing here is that we are talking concepts, so service to others and service to self can easily be seen as the same and opposites at the same time.
Those paths will feel very different if pursued though, the paradox being that the positive one is actually the path of balance or union.
When you find something see its opposite, its not so much about being a good person, but about being who you trully are.
That actually might requite a bit of faith in that who you actaully are is not wrong.
And, in a more grounded way, yes, IMO besides harming others, everything else is probably fine, though I would also emphasize the importance of growth, which is indeed a sacrifice.
Service to others will come naturally as you dissolve the seeming separation from others, focusing on the self from time to time is necessary, making sure that the foundation that supports you is strong enough.
Once you have enough love withing, it will naturally flow outwards.