Man, every man,is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life
Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?
First quote of my Post is by Ayn Rand (I agree to that).
Second quote is by Einstein. (I agree to that too)
No one can think of Moses Jesus or Gandhi to be as Rich as Carnegie was.
What I want to say is, selfishness is not at all related to money, and being selfish do not means being money monger.
Einstien himself was so rich of knowledge. Excellence cannot come without proper and complete devotion towards one’s own chosen motive/aim towards oneself.
At a certain level, when a Human achieves a position, where he/she gets so saturated and self-contained that no ruffle, no hurdle can hurt her. When no darkness can threaten her. When the light of self-awareness fills her with the sweet dew of morning.
Then, to enjoy the thrills of mistakes, and the effects, becomes something to be deliberately achieved.
When there remains no ground to win further, then the Princess of War, listens the flute of her innerself. Letting herself calm down, feeling the Xena, the Hera, the Juno, the Kaali, the Gargi, the Aprhodite, the Jeanne d’Arc, the Lakshmi Bai, the Ayn Rand, the Sarojini Naidu, the Gia, in herself.
She enjoys the beauty of nature, the intrinsic the extrinsic one.
Her self motivates her to laugh, to decorate. She does, for her own selfishness.
She feels so easy to care for a crying child, her own self lets her rejuvenate, his smile.
She do not sacrifice anything, when she feeds the child she loves, it becomes her self-chosen pleasure. What she expects? She expects the laughter of the child, his/her calm smile. That becomes her desired motive; she devotes herself for her chosen motive. Selfishly she becomes the mother, feeding the child, intrinsically first and extrinsically later.
The child grows, and she feels the happiness of future. Happiness is her only motive, her only moral ground. She teaches the child, the basic principles of life, she wants the child to be selfish-dependent, self-centered selfish able to regain. She teaches the child how to move, how crawl, how to walk. She teaches her child how to murmur, how to express how to talk. She do not sacrifice anything any night, she invests her effort for a better future light. Her selfishness remains perfect.
She is a rationalist! She is objectivist. She knows the morals of life, she provides.
If the child is not able if he is not the right pot, to collect the essence of Absolutes of life, she leaves him alone to fetch his truth his self.
Spoon-feeding is not the right way.
One must fight, one must struggle, and one must seek!
She is the proud Kaikkeyi, who loves the child Ram most, still treats Him hard, to be able and strong enough to fight the future battle. She knows Ram is her ASTRA to win her ego back, and defeat The Debauched Ravana! She knows if she failed to safeguard the honor of Dashrath against Ravana, then it will be only Ram who will bring it back. She knows her every child. She knows the capabilities, the pride.
She ignores the worldly comments, for the greater truth of life. That life is nothing without the ethical lines, the rationales, the sense of Dharma 1 chooses herself.
She knows she does not live for appreciations and falsehood adjustments, denigrations.
She knows she lives for the win of light; she lives for the win of right.
She becomes, Kaikeyee, she becomes Jijabai!
She gives Ram the Dhanush when he might have enjoyed dolls. She gives Talwar to Shivaji when he might have enjoyed sleeps.
She teaches them to fight and to win for the rationales, the truth the convictions.
Every selfish woman wants to be Jijabai, a Kaikeyee, every selfish woman wants a Ram a Shivaji to be her child.