patriotism; was just thinking that what kind of emotion is that? loving your country so much that you can kill anyone for it. yeah surely it IS an extreme side of it... but suppose if it is an indian soldier... a (so called) enemy... u wont take it wrong. you will be proud of it. selfish! is not it?? very selfish! fighting for a piece of land... in the name of love... i am not saying that patriots a fake but they truly are in this much love with their country. This made me to ponder upon that what the true love is? selfish? or selfless? firstly what is self? to me self is your happiness... whatever makes u happy or may be pleased... is your self! not to mean it in a saintly manner but generally... i guess its the happiness that belongs to a common man like u and me. To make it easy to understand i will like to give an example here, like when u love someone "truly" (to say) u get hurt when he gets hurt... you are happy when he is happy blah blah. my dear if u think this is selflessness then to me you are wrong!! because at the end its you whom u care about! YOU get hurt when he is hurt that is why you care for his happiness and not for him. this is the reality! do you care for anyone else getting hurt in this world apart from your loved ones?? be truthful to yourself... and u will find answer saying NO. even a mother's love for her child is selfish... i guess its purest form of love we can see on this planet earth. she can do anything for her child... to save him.. ANYTHING! aulad-fitna. so love in this world is a selfish emotion! the more 'true' it is, the more selfish it becomes.
As far as i can think its "selfless type"... can only be the LOVE of ALLAH... which HE does to HIS creature. otherwise human is a selfish creature. jab wo Allah se mohabbat karta ha to wo b janat panay ki chah me.
