Love
yourself first and then love your neighbor like
yourself, is the "Love Yourself First theory".
It
is the
world's most fundamental and basic fact. Everybody loves
themselves and loves themselves the most. But only few
admit it. If everybody had the courage and sense to
humbly admit it, the world on its own would have been a
differently better place.
I
believe that if Jesus Christ had himself written
the Bible, he perhaps would have categorically stated,
"Love thyself first and then love thy neighbor
like thyself." But unfortunately, the Bible
being written from hearsay, by people claiming to
be followers, with no surety of guidance from the
Holy Spirit, and the Bible being a compilation of
whatever books and letters that were available at
that point of time, cannot be taken as the last
word on Christ, but only as an indication of the
essence of his teaching.
The
Bible was used by most western nations, to belittle the
people and philosophies of most other nations and was
used as a title aid to conquer the rest of the
unsuspecting world. How could a wrong interpretation of
Jesus Christ's fundamental teaching have anyway
conquered the souls?
Unfortunately, not just the Holy Bible, the Holy Koran
and the Holy Gita have also fallen into the hands of
unscrupulous elements as a tool for the attainment of
their goals. How these people interpret the sentences of
the holy books with emphasis on various punctuations,
creating crusaders, jihadis and karsevaks, for the sake
of power and profits is clearly depicted in the song
"The Trap"
We
often have a feeling that happiness is achieved at the
end of a strenuous effort or suffering. This has been
because right from ancient times there has always been a
perverted tendency to compare most things to sexuality.
Happiness is not a climax. It is a continuous feeling
and a state of the mind. Most philosophies and religious
streams project sacrifice and penance as the central
theme and that is why we have very few great people like
Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Theresa. But when projected on
the "Love Yourself First Theory" and when given the
freedom to admit that simple truth of self love, loving
one another becomes as easy as loving oneself and every
man would be a great man.
Loving
yourself only is different from loving yourself first.
Not
loving yourself and then trying to love your neighbor
like you don't love yourself is the root cause of all
evil.