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Selfishness and Materialism
Heavenly City - Excerpt from Chapter 5
65 "Selfishness" is wishing well only to ourselves, and not to anyone else except for our own benefit. When we are selfish, we do not love our religion, our country, any human community, or our fellow citizens. We do good things for them only to increase our own reputation, status, and fame. If we do not see any advantage to ourselves in something we might do for other people, we say in our hearts, "What's the difference? Why should I do it? What's in it for me?" So we do not bother. You can see that when we are selfish, we do not love religion, our country, our community, our fellow citizens, or anything good. We love only ourselves.
... 78 In short, selfishness and materialism are completely opposed to loving the Lord and loving other people. This means selfishness and materialism are hellish loves. They prevail in hell, and they also make hell in us. But loving the Lord and loving other people are heavenly loves. They prevail in heaven, and they also make heaven in us.
Chapter 5 at: The Heavenly City - A Spiritual Guidebook
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