Selfishness / Selflessness

Tonight at Atma Josh and I were discussing the idea of "selfish" and "selfless".

Selfish means a mentality of exploitation. Selfishness arises from a misconception of the self - not the self, but selfish - "kind of" the self.

Selflessness, on the other hand, means a mentality of renunciation. It can be favorable when your idea of the "self" is misguided. In that case it means not actually "selflessness" but "selfishlessness"

Otherwise Krishna consciousness means self-realization - not selfish, not selfless, but being yourself.

Don't be selfish, be yourself.