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Originally Posted by joyfulgrowth  That's one of the reasons I am still a bit doubtful about this whole polarization thing. It seems to invite people to either totally focus on selfishness or selflessness |
I think it's more like "indulgence" and "driven altruism".
If you want to forget that we're living in a house that's falling down, then you can indulge yourself and live for self-centred pleasures. In achieving these pleasures, you will need to forget the mandates of your own heart as well, and cover up your deeper suffering. Seeing as the world wants you to wake up and see that now's not the time to do this, it'll bring you resistance, and in the insensitivity necessary for fighting that resistance, you will cause hurt.
If you both remember and care that you're in a house that's falling down, you don't see the point in self-centred pleasures. You're intensely driven to help because this is what the situation on earth is calling for.