Disinterested - how is it? We use this word so often in our vocabulary, but many do not even know the definition behind this simple and familiar term for all of us.
Definition
First, consider the word "selflessness" as a term. This is the ability to bring benefit and good to other people, while not expecting gratitude from them. Acting disinterestedly is noble, although such behavior is not always justified. People endowed with such moral qualities are very kind and open. Kant argued that to act disinterestedly means not to do something, expecting to receive a reward in return, but to do good just like that. Many scientists have, in fact, been studying this behavior. However, in general, they came to a common conclusion: the lack of disinterestedness in moral relations between people turns them into purely utilitarian and mercantile.
Is love evil?
Love is different. It can be consumer, proprietary, mutual. But there is also selfless love. It is the purest andreal feeling. A person who loves selflessly, being close to the object of his adoration, experiences happiness and joy. And he doesn't need anything else. Selfless love can also be christened as "feeling in the name of the beloved." This is something amazing. No selfishness, pride, the main thing is that the beloved is happy, the main thing is that the beloved is well. He worries about his beloved, he is always ready to help, protect, support. He is worried about everything connected with him. And even if not everything in their relationship goes smoothly, a disinterested person endures. Because she loves.
Unselfishness has many different definitions. It makes no sense to list all of them, since the whole essence is reduced in one phrase. Selflessness is the greatest virtue of our time. Not everyone is able to serve other people without demanding anything in return. These are truly loving people. Only they can show their soul without hypocrisy, without the slightest bit of hypocrisy. Few people need only to hear the voice of a loved one, to see him for happiness.
Synonymous with "self-denial"
A selfless person is a person who does not expect reciprocity. These people know that they will not receive anything in return, but they still continue to do good, help, support, love, they have a pure and sincere soul. There are few of these left today. And this can be safely called self-denial. Fewer and fewer pure-hearted people remain - most of them show their personal "ego". The selfless do not have their own and their own, there is no “I” insome manifestations. Their actions can hardly be called good, because their actions are something sublime, something that is difficult for everyone to achieve. One cannot but agree - few people can renounce their own well-being, forget about personal feelings and simply exist in the name of someone. But to live disinterestedly - this is what we are talking about now.
Finding freedom
What was said above may seem unusual to the average person. Most people will have a strong feeling that living the way the selfless live is a real hell. However, in reality, they are free people. They are not weighed down by the burden of insignificant selfish aspirations. A person who does not need anything for himself is really free. Selfless people live here and now, they enjoy every moment and just live in a way that is good for others. A paradox, but in this way it becomes good for them too. After all, as they say, to each his own. And their joy lies in someone else's happiness.
I would like to say that few people become a disinterested person intentionally. It's impossible. Why? Everything is very simple. Because disinterestedly means sincerely. And being real is a gift.
