Suddenly furious

Nobody foregoes the opportunity to provide unsolicited advice. The habit has become a universal law which everyone seems to abide by, even if they dislike it when used against their own selves! It is equally true of 'comparison' as well and is truly unwarranted.

Sometimes people give advice by comparasion and other times, it becomes the cause of it. The practice of giving advice professionally is of course a highly paying job and requires considerable life experience. It's one of those few things which only get better with age. Wine being the most popular example. Being selfish is a very naturally occurring phenomena arising out of struggle. Selfishness is not always considered to be a vice in the modern society and is often considered to be a necessity in order to persevere life.

As the need to communicate socially increases, conversations frequently lead to a necessity of finding common grounds. Randomly commenting on issues may lead to differences in opinion which are deemed to be anti-social in nature. It also brings out one's true opinion which has the risk of derailing a prospective beneficial relationship. Understanding an independently formed opinion was(& still is) considered to be a taboo as it was deemed to question an established power base causing unrest.

A comparative study of historic facts and religious beliefs shows the rise and fall of empire's simply because of selfish desires to stay in power. In a way - why should it be wrong? It's similar to thinking one should not do anything which gives you pleasure.

Some how, history brought about this philosophy that it is only through pain and sacrifice can one attain God. Apparently, act's which give pleasure and happiness are evil. Why? As long as one's actions do not purposefully hurt or harm other beings, doing something to make oneself happy should be of no consequence to anyone else! Isn't it being jealous and evil to hinder other's from fulfilling their desires? It's infuriating to think that satisfaction can lead to accumulation of bad karma.