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Vol. 6, The Alchemy of Happiness
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Vol. 6, The Alchemy of Happiness
The Four Kinds of Interest
Interest can be described as of four kinds.
1. Interest in the Self
The first is interest in the self. Even if a person is not interested in anybody or anything he is certainly interested in himself. No person is loveless; when a person boasts that he loves no one then one can be sure that he loves himself. Love must be used somewhere; it can very well be used for oneself.
2. Interest in Another
Then there is interest in another. It has a different character because it is chiefly based upon sacrifice.
3. Interest in Gaining
The third interest is in science or art, or in the attaining of a material object, wealth or power or possessions. This interest has nothing to do with a special person; it is for something which is to be gained, and this needs sacrifice also.
4. Interest in Spiritual Things
And the fourth interest is interest in spiritual things. That brings one again to interest in oneself, but whereas the one interest is lower selfishness, the other is higher selfishness.
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