Is Selflessness Good, And Does Religion Breed Selfishness? - Page 2

Snoopy · 03-31-2007, 03:28 PM

A six year old boy was asked to donate blood to help his sister who had contracted a life-threatening blood disease. He asked for a few days to consider his decision, at the end of which he consented to the request. After the doctor had taken his blood, the boy asked, “When will I start to die?”

-taken from The Experience of Meditation - ed. by Jonathan Shear.

InLove · 03-31-2007, 03:37 PM

Wow. A six-year-old. No wonder I learn so much from kids. I wonder what he said when he found out he didn't have to die then....maybe he did a cartwheel? I wonder if he cried...

Profound.

InPeace,
InLove

03-31-2007, 03:28 PM	#16 (permalink)
Snoopy here and now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,778	Re: Is Selflessness Good, And Does Religion Breed Selfishness? A six year old boy was asked to donate blood to help his sister who had contracted a life-threatening blood disease. He asked for a few days to consider his decision, at the end of which he consented to the request. After the doctor had taken his blood, the boy asked, “When will I start to die?” -taken from The Experience of Meditation - ed. by Jonathan Shear.

03-31-2007, 03:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
InLove at peace Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,267	Re: Is Selflessness Good, And Does Religion Breed Selfishness? Wow. A six-year-old. No wonder I learn so much from kids. I wonder what he said when he found out he didn't have to die then....maybe he did a cartwheel? I wonder if he cried... Profound. InPeace, InLove

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