1-416-561-5780Can you identify situations in which you perform altruistically, truly helping others and doing real good, but at the same time you have more mundane motivations to perform as you do, like seeking admiration and praise from others?
How do you cope with these conflicting motivations? Do you accept the imperfection and admit to yourself that perfection is still far away, but that should not restrict your good deeds? Or do you tend to rationalize and explain the existence of the negative components of your motivation by seeking self-justification in the shortcomings of others?
Could it be that you make yourself unaware of the existence of lesser motivations because you think that otherwise you would have to be like those hypocrites whom you do not admire for their attitude?
Was it difficult for you to identify and acknowledge conflicting motivations behind your seemingly pure altruistic actions?
Did you feel any resistance to accept that your pure and altruistic reasons for giving and serving might also be tainted by selfish and protective reasons?
As you strove to find possible negative motivations tainting the positive ones, in connection with your willingness to give and serve, do you feel that some feelings and beliefs may have been brought across your inner wall? (i.e., the wall that separates your conscious thoughts and feelings from the unconscious ones).