{"id":56003,"date":"2024-01-15T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-enjoy-positive-self-interest-and-avoid-the-negative\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:02:51","slug":"enjoy-self-interest-and-avoid-selfishness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/enjoy-self-interest-and-avoid-selfishness\/","title":{"rendered":"ENJOY SELF-INTEREST AND AVOID SELFISHNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56003\" class=\"elementor elementor-56003 elementor-18672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4029487 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4029487\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb12952\" data-id=\"eb12952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d137ccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d137ccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! ENJOY SELF-INTEREST AND AVOID SELFISHNESS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a83f66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a83f66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3909cae\" data-id=\"3909cae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66bd0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66bd0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mujer-joven-insegura-que-toma-decision-muestra-pulgares-arriba-abajo-es-indecisa-dice-no-o-si-juzga-algo-pie-blanco-300x200.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"ENJOY SELF-INTEREST AND AVOID SELFISHNESS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mujer-joven-insegura-que-toma-decision-muestra-pulgares-arriba-abajo-es-indecisa-dice-no-o-si-juzga-algo-pie-blanco-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is useful to distinguish between healthy self-interest and harmful selfishness. With self-interest, we seek good things for ourselves, our loved ones, and the groups which we belong to (which can be seen as extensions of ourselves), but without harming anyone or taking away what they have earned honestly.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toxic selfishness, on the other hand, consists of obtaining the things we desire at the expense of others\u2014that is, by causing them suffering and harm.<\/p><p>We should not prioritize our interests, but rather our rights. When our interests do not align with our rights, it means seeking privileges by trampling on the rights of others, as was the case with the Apartheid system in South Africa. The majority of white people in that country voted for the nationalist party to secure their political and economic power at the cost of exploiting black people. This is a simple example, but abusive selfishness has been the norm rather than the exception throughout history and remains widespread around the world.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Therefore, the foundation for building a better world in which we do not trample on one another is to exercise harmless self-interest while simultaneously avoiding harmful selfishness at all costs. This applies not only to our close circle of family, friends and acquaintances, but to all sentient beings, including other ethnicities, races or species.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/raise-awareness-of-the-harm-caused-by-racism-ethnicism-nationalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Read &#8220;Reject racism, ethnicism, xenophobia and ultranationalism&#8221;<\/span> <\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reject-speciesism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Reject unscrupulous speciesism <\/span> <\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since most of us have a small corner in our brain (specifically the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) where our <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-guided-by-your-sense-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">innate sense of justice<\/a><\/span> is believed to reside\u2014developed to a greater or lesser extent (except perhaps in extreme psychopaths)\u2014you know that what I have just told you is correct.<\/p><p>Despite this, it is not easy to constructively channel that hyper-predatory and egocentric tendency we all have, as it is deeply and naturally rooted within us. It is especially complicated when accompanied by that other uniquely human trait: deception. This consists of wearing masks to appear as something we are not, presenting ourselves and others with an embellished image, as if edited with Photoshop.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/photoshop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"ENJOY SELF-INTEREST AND AVOID SELFISHNESS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>When we act with petty selfishness and hypocrisy, we benefit at the expense of harming others while simultaneously doing something (such as a classic &#8220;act of charity&#8221;) or saying something (such as a typical speech on solidarity and humanitarianism) to project an image to ourselves and others that we are, in fact, altruistic.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/small-acts-of-charity-do-not-cancel-the-harm-we-cause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REPAIR THE HARM! Small acts of charity do not cancel the harm we cause<\/a><\/span> <\/em><\/p><p>Let\u2019s not give in to this side of our nature. Although we all carry this type of <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/acknowledge-your-evil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pettiness<\/a><\/span> in our genes, let&#8217;s not be so much &#8220;ourselves&#8221; in it. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/express-yourself-if-you-wish-and-let-others-express-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let&#8217;s be true to ourselves<\/a><\/span> in everything that is harmless, and especially in our innate sense of justice, being genuine with our noble side. But let&#8217;s not be so authentic with our <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-harming-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vile<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> part. Because we can take up the chisel and, to a great extent, shape ourselves however we wish, just as Michelangelo shaped his masterpieces.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/say-no-to-toxic-sanctimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Say no to toxic sanctimony<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Let&#8217;s replace our congenital selfishness with a commitment toward happiness and rights for everyone, including all types of sentient beings. Let&#8217;s move from &#8220;Me and the others&#8221; or &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us and Them<\/a><\/span><\/span>&#8221; to &#8220;All of us,&#8221; and from &#8220;This suits me and mine, so to hell with the rest&#8221; to &#8220;Let&#8217;s be considerate of everyone.&#8221;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/us-and-the-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Be considerate<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you believe that spreading this message helps create a better world to live in, with less abuse and hardship, please share it on all your social networks and with most or all of your contacts.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you very much for doing so,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7351d60 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"7351d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3d25c6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3d25c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f214eb\" data-id=\"6f214eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae076a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae076a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against the<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> aggr<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">esso<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">r<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #ffffff;\">Read: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-decoration-line: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other articles from DO NO HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c4b573 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c4b573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>With the <b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b>, we strive to prevent any kind of suffering or harm from being caused to you, your loved ones, and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! 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