Selfishness « Avatar Meher Baba Hyderabad Center

The spiritual change of heart

Questioner: How is selfishness caused, and why?

Baba: At the root of all is selfishness, self-interest, want, desire. If two dogs see a bone, […]

Suffering should be for something worthwhile

A finely dressed man came to see Baba and prayed to him for guidance on the path. Baba asked him, “For what do you […]

Selfishness [9] – Transformation of selfishness into selflessness

Selfishness must be transmuted into selflessness before the domain of duality is completely transcended. Persistent and continuous performance of good deeds wears out selfishness. […]

Selfishness [8] – Arising of selfishness

The desires that enter into the constitution of the personal ego are either good or bad. Bad desires are ordinarily referred to as forms […]

Selfishness [7] – Love and service

The dawn of love facilitates the death of selfishness. Being is dying by loving.

If you cannot love one […]

Selfishness [6] – Renunciation of wants

Wants should be carefully distinguished from needs. Pride and anger,greed and lust, are all different from needs. You might think, “I need all that […]

Selfishness [5] – Road to Happiness

Selfishness inevitably leads to dissatisfaction and disappointment because desires are endless. The problem of happiness is therefore the problem of dropping one’s […]

Selfishness [2] – Wanting ends in dissatisfaction

The range of selfishness is equal to the range of desires. Owing to the hindrance of multifarious desires, it becomes impossible for the soul to find […]

Selfishness [1]- Analysis

Selfishness comes into existence owing to the tendency of desires to find fulfillment in action and experience. It is born of fundamental ignorance about […]

Why misery perpetually exists on earth

Ivy Duce was sitting beside Baba and they photographed her asking him, “Why should misery perpetually exist […]