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Where Does Self-Love Stop and Narcissism Take Over?

AllbuddhaBoundAllbuddhaBound Veteran
edited May 2010 in Buddhism Basics
Buddhism teaches compassion as a means to self acceptance. Does a narcissist have too much compassion for ones self?

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  • DropDrop
    edited May 2010
    The distinction between the selfish and the selfless, is made by the degree of consideration for others that goes into their intentions.

    A wise and very strategically self-concerned person is selfless.

    The foolish self-concerned person is selfish.
  • TransmetaphysicalTransmetaphysical Veteran
    edited May 2010
    No self is true self. True self is the whole of existence. If you love everything, thats not narcissism.

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  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Narcissism harms the self and others. So it is not really love. It is an example of distorted thinking. To be examined.
  • aMattaMatt Veteran
    edited May 2010
    Narcissism isn't always selfish, its just a strong self-centric desire. The main roots in unhealthy narcissism have been observed to be the inability to process shame correctly, which causes a lack of positive self image, distorted thinking and whatnot. A Narcissist is in constant need of 'self-image food'. Basically a hungry ghost.

    If you actually have compassion for yourself, its not isolating... because true compassion seems to require a resonance with nature, which cannot be self serving. You serve yourself as part of nature, not as something above it.

    With warmth,

    Matt
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