Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide

While I do accept and respect the freedom of this, Forcefully Evicted Monk's faith in "Altruistic" morality based on peace, love, and giving ones self for those that have been wrongly persecuted, or beaten down, much as all his fellow Monk's have been. I Objectively know its a morality of evil forced upon 99.31% of US citizens it is preached to by psuedo Socialist Liberals as well as the .69% that recieve all the benefits of Altruism. Yet that same Altruistic government that have not acted upon any Scientific Fact let alone explore the virtues of any Philosophy in nearly 100 years. That same govt gives favors to those who gain 300% of the benefits from Altruistisms evil morality, with little regard for abhorrent affect it has had and continues to have on all humanity, and the devastaion to this Precious Jewel of Earth. Of the many contradictions of an evil morality such as Altruism the worst is that the working class needs to be Altruistic for less pay, longer hours, sacrifice their, humanity, personal Happiness, Fewer Benefits, and and all while achieving higher production, to benefit a tiny .69% of the entire population of the US while the majorities Altruistism will gain them a punishing 300% less then those who spout how great Altruism is. When viewed from afar the Liberal Welfare State seems almost humanitarian until you dig deeper to find Stateism perpetuated by Fascists that preach one morality, while they enjoy an entirely different morality. I am as Objectively Happy as a "FREE" man is able to achieve in this idiocracy of contradictions. I have even scraped out some amount of wealth, I do practice Altruism as this Monk believes, I do helpful deeds only for my own selfish happiness, but it means nothing when I consider that I, as one Objectivist, can do little to change this empire of evil Altruistic morality alone. The Altruistic Morality will be a means to an end for many many humans, as it has in the past, I just cannot understand for the life of me why anyone would choose to exist in this Altruististic Labotomy? I would have countless to help if more free humans could find their own Selfish Happiness. The Fore Fathers of a once Democratic and free Market Economy made up and of Objectively Free Men Penned the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—

I read this and the Preamble as well as the original Constitution nearly every day, for no other reason then my own Happiness. I bud you all Peace Love and Happiness may you find all 3.

gotta love this guy

Love and Kindness :)

if you view the world as nice it will lead you to unbelievable new places. smile and feel laughter inside. just try some

what they did with Muslims in Burma is altruism? Preachers need to preach peach where ever they are what ever they are.

those who display altruistic behavior lower their fitness for others.

Kin selection is when natural selection favors this self sacrificing behavior.

stand up comedy?

from the comment section it seems people misunderstand altruism. yes, it depends on the selfish pleasure individuals feel, but that is quite separate from calculated machiavellian intentions. helping someone because your brain is motivated to do it (for the sake of the act alone), i.e. it "feels good", is different from doing something as a means to reach some other goal (e.g. deliberately helping someone to use their generosity for your own goals later on)
in short: altruism involves individual pleasure, it doesn't involve an agenda.

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The Spirit of Giving tranforms the world for the better. May Light shine where darkness once was. May every hungry stomach be filled with food. Love is Healing. Love is Life.

This man is a kook.

Gracias!

Such a sweet presense, mind, and spirit!! He manges to portray very complex issues in a simple and inspiring way. Hopefully soon we would not say the banality of goodness, but rather the banality of violence, hatred, opression, and selfishness. May altruism steadily make its way into our everyday lives!!

The government depends on people to pay taxes to survive, Businesses depends on employees/customers to survive... I think we all depend on each other, always someway or another to survive...

altruism is the evolutionary concept that it's not strength or intelligence but the ability to adapt. Adaptation calls for cooperation

There are many religious con artists out there.  This isn't one of them, but your opinion is your own.  If you don't get the message at the present moment, maybe you'll understand at some other point.  Good luck.

If you really wish other people to be happy then give them the right to live for their own interests and stop this altruistic bull. Some ways look good but their end is death and destruction.

It's interesting when your starting point is philosophical naturalism how it can effect your thinking. Altruism has nothing to do with evolution and in fact evolution has a much darker side in reality survival of the fittest and natural selection. Hitler put this in place in wwii as eugenics and the consequences were disastrous. I think Matthieu is blinded by the truth the truth of the gospel and the one true God and history of this world. He touches on positive sides of what Christians call prevenient grace, but he is blind to the reality of this sinful world. There is no hope outside of Christ Matthieu. Sure you can live your life in an altruistic manner but your view falls short of answering the larger scale questions. Why am I here? Where am I going? Is there a god? And if so what happens to me after life on earth. The bible gives adequate response to these questions and makes no apology for its presuppositions.

interesting perspective, certainly left me a lot to think about

If anyone thinks that altruism is moral, I would recommend reading The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand.