It Seems Counterintuitive

It seems counterintuitive to assert that egoists are selfless (By minding their own business, they free up all others to live complete lives--the only lives that will really make them happy; in the meantime, that the egoists are busy running their own lives well, makes it so society does not have to support them or clean up after their mistakes.)

It seems counterintuitive to assert that altruists are selfish, but they are. By living mediocre, underdeveloped lives of conformity in group centers, they are indulging themselves, while holding down their neighbors. None are getting anywhere, and all are endangering their immortal souls by refusing to obey God's command that they separate from the group. get going, amount to something, contribute back to the cause of goodness and should running part of God's kingdom.

Once the individual breaks from her pack and is underway to achieving her dream, it seems intuitive to her that her individualism is selfless, and it feels right to her, to characterize her non-performing neighbors as selfish. Her group-living neighbors should be labeled selfish for doing very little, and not even trying to improve their lot.

Our fantasies and life of lies can interfere with our sense of what seems intuitive or counterintuitive. Once a person lives an authentic life, and loves truth, then what seems intuitive to him is trustworthy to use as a basis for choice-making and action.