A Prisoner Can't Free Himself

Just as a prisoner can't free himself from prison, we can't free ourselves from the quality of selfishness. We need help - blows, the influence of our social environment and prayer.

Our internal qualities have to change from selfishness to bestowal and we have to seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.

So what will it take to bring us out of selfishness? Three things - blows, the influence of our social environment and prayer:

1. Blows soften our stubborn selfishness and they humble us. Blows leave us open to new options that we may not have otherwise considered.
2. Our social environment has a big influence on us. If our social environment is selfish, it influences us to be selfish. So if we change our social environment and create an altruistic one, it will influence us to be altruistic.
3. Prayer: If we cry out to The One True God, The Infinite God, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and ask Him to change our internal qualities from selfishness to bestowal, He will hear our cry and help us.

We need something else to bring us out of selfishness because we can't bring ourselves out of selfishness. We need blows, the influence of our social environment and prayer.

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