tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069473.post7875525205525365648..comments2023-11-03T05:25:26.381-04:00Comments on Water Dissolves Water: CharityShokaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648991160664931861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069473.post-8188527740989503062015-08-26T13:20:51.034-04:002015-08-26T13:20:51.034-04:00I have spent a good amount of time looking at this...I have spent a good amount of time looking at this myself. I wanted to make sure my motivation was 100% altruistic. I started to find myself doing less acts of kindness and giving, because I wasn't sure my motivation was completely pure. I have an OCD tendency towards black and white thinking. I finally committed to this strategy - If I ever feel like doing some act of kindness or generosity, I just do it. The world definitely needs more kindness and compassion. Where my focus is now, is to see where my clinging or aversion comes in, and through my zen practice I work on "opening the hand of thought" and transform my selfishness into giving. As long as we are trapped in this prisons of flesh and bone, I think there will almost always be a small degree of feeling satisfied with doing good works. It is when I get attached to that feeling, or identify the feeling as being "me" that the suffering increases.Jeff Albrizzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153193192012002816noreply@blogger.com