The Power of Love III - Is God an Egoist?

...God is love...
ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 4:8

You never actually love others...You only love what you think about others...
a buddhism philosophy...

It's kinda true though...value is in the eye of the beholder. Two different persons perceive one same thing differently. Someone could be lovable in the eyes of one while at the same time being irritating in the eyes of another.

Consequently, there is no such thing as "being selfless"...because whatever we do...we do it for ourselves, we only do it for the love of doing it, we take pleasure in doing things for others, we do it because we want to do it, we do it because of...us. The object of the action is ourselves...not the other party...

Let me ask you men...Why do you want women?
Let me ask you women...Why do you want men?
Let me ask you people...Why do you do charitable acts?
Let me ask you soldiers...Why do you lay down your life in war?

Are you sure that you are focusing on others...not on your own desires?

What about hermits? Those who claim that the path to purification and happiness is through isolation and freedom from desires...are they not doing it out of their desire to be free from desires?

Shall I take it further?...What about the supposedly Most Perfect Being in the Universe?...What about God?

This is...

The Being Who stated that He is the jealous One...
The Being Who wanted everything humans are and have...
The Being Who commanded worship towards Him alone...
The Being Who designed everything to culminate in His existence...

Is this Being...an Egoist?...And oh by the way...this is the same Being Who defined Himself as...love...

But...is it fair to say that God is an Egoist?

Look what I've got from dictionary.com

e¡¤go¡¤ist
1. a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
2. an arrogantly conceited person; egotist.
3. an adherent of the metaphysical principle of the ego, or self; solipsist.

Conceited...arrogant...selfish...self-centered...are these really the characteristics of God?

Sigh...

Maybe....

Maybe He's conceited...Who insists that no one else could do what He can...
Maybe He's arrogant...Who thinks that He alone is worthy of worship...
Maybe He's selfish...Who wants everything that humans are and have...
Maybe He's self-centered...Who designs everything to culminate in His existence...

But something else in me cries out...

What if indeed no one else could do what He can?
What if indeed no one else is worthy of worship except Him alone?
What if indeed nothing on earth that does not belong to Him?
What if...what if....what if indeed everything that He has created...found fulfillment in Him that could never be found elsewhere?

Therefore even if we call Him an Egoist...is this a blasphemy? Or is this a realization that every faithful must have in order to know Him?

Another question...

By defining Himself as love...does this also mean He never actually love...other than Himself?

Ah...

Maybe we are all designed in this way...

We are all self-lovers...and there is nothing wrong with it...

For the best thing a person could do to love himself is by loving others...for self-love finds its highest fulfillment through loving others...

And thus the virtuous cycle goes on...

Feeding itself...Ever growing...

Attaining perfection...

In Him alone...

...God so loved the world...that He gave...His only Son...