Today, we're all immersed in selfishness, seeking to benefit ourselves with no regard for others. Our ego is focused on appearances, so we draw attention to our outsides - we spend a lot of time creating fancy exteriors - clothes, shoes, make up, cars, houses, family, friends, vacations etc.
We don't think about our insides, we focus only on our outsides. We want others to see us in a certain way, so our behaviour is focused on creating this outside.
Imagine two kitchens:
1. One looks clean, but when you open the drawers, they're messy and disorganized.
2. The other looks messy, but when you open the drawers, they're neat and organized.
Also, imagine two cars:
1. One has a shiny new body, but it's driven by a low quality engine.
2. The other has a rusty old body, but it's driven by a high quality engine.
There's the outside and then there's the inside.
Today, we focus on our outsides because we can't see each other's insides. But God looks at our insides, in fact the spiritual realm IS our insides.
Since we're returning to God, soon we'll start looking at our insides too. Then our behaviour will change because our insides will become our priority.
Our internal qualities are going to change from selfishness to bestowal and we're going to seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.
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