Selflessness starts as an act, becomes a habit, and with true warriors eventually ends up as a way of life. To be selfless is to place the welfare of others ahead of your own welfare to achieve a greater good. It is not done lightly or easily, and the greater good for the world around us must always supercede the greater good for one's self for an act to be truly selfless. To give something of value to another just because the person you give it to might need it more than you do may not always be a selfless act. If holding on to something of value would cause it to be used for the benefit of still more people, while the person you would relinquish it to would only use it to benefit themselves, then giving it up may also relinquish you of your responsibilities to all those others you could have helped, and would thereby not be committing a selfless act, but rather a selfish one.

Because warriors tend to think further into the future and hopefully look at the bigger picture, it is more natural for warriors to commit selfless acts, and with true warriors, those selfless acts become the driving force in their lives. The sacrifices those true warriors make and the wounds they incur through those selfless acts are what separate them from those who merely commit selfless acts at convenient times, or only when others are watching them.

So although it is the warriors' courage that causes others to admire them, it is selflessness that causes others to respect them.

very well put ! I think selfess acts are also a matter of faith .Faith in that you believe when your sacrifice is made it is made at the appropriate time so it will not effect whatever situation adversely in foresight. This is also a tremendous responsibility for a Warrior and a duty to use proper judgement. It is difficult to know if what you hold in value will be used honorably by one person to the next . Intuition and selflessness go hand in hand, and faith your intuition is correct

Beware the "ego of humility", it will cause one to justify any action with the "selfless act" explanation while all along the act is truely for the feeding of one's own ego. One of the virtues common to all chivalric codes is Honesty, this is also considered by some the hardest virtue to maintain.

I will agree that "true humility" has no ego. In spite of what lies within a person's heart or their true intentions, any one commiting themselves to an action jepordizing their safety, personal freedoms/privledges, mental stability, or material wealth for the benefit of others will most likely be remebered as "selfless". Regardless of what any virtues or opinions may judge or declare of any such action, the price was already paid by these "selfless" people and I will recognize that sacrifice - small or great.

Yes! I had my three son's at the Northside Martial Arts Center, Mr. T.J. Cooper's brother was there instructor. Since the Northside branch closed I'm ready to get my son's back into the arts. Could you give me a price for three boys, there ages are 7, 11 and 12.


Naseem Maat
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