Do We Have The Right To Harm Others?

Today, we're all immersed in the quality of selfishness, seeking to benefit ourselves with no regard for others.

We have to change from personal selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to mutual bestowal (seeking to benefit others).

Human rights, animal rights and earth rights* exist to protect us and all of Nature from the abusive and exploitative nature of the quality of selfishness. The quality of selfishness is a negative and destructive force that seek to harm us, others and all of Nature.

1. The Right To Not Be Harmed By Others:
• We (and Nature) have the right to not be harmed by other people's negative and destructive quality of selfishness, when they seek personal profit and gain at our (and Nature's) expense.
• Which is why there are many protective measures in place, to protect us (and Nature) from other people's quality of selfishness.
• The Positive Use Of Freedom of Speech/Expression:
• We use freedom of speech/expression to protect ourselves from other people's quality of selfishness, when they want to oppress us, when they don't want us to speak and/or express ourselves.
2. The Right To Harm Others?
• We don't have the right to harm others (and Nature) with our negative and destructive quality of selfishness, to seek personal profit and gain at other people's (and Nature's) expense.
• Which is why there are many protective measures in place, to protect other people (and Nature) from our own quality of selfishness.
• The Negative Use of Freedom of Speech/Expression:
• We use freedom of speech/expression to justify ourselves when we want to harm others with our quality of selfishness.
• For example, if I say, "I think you're an idiot. That's my personal opinion and I have the right to my personal opinion. It's called freedom of speech." It's called being immersed in the quality of selfishness, seeking to benefit myself with no regard for others. The quality of bestowal would say, "Is there anything I can do to benefit you?"

Putting protective rights in place helps protect us and Nature from other people's quality of selfishness, and it helps protect others and Nature from our own quality of selfishness, but it doesn't get to the root cause of the problem. It doesn't solve the problem because it doesn't address our internal quality of selfishness.

The only thing that will solve the problem is if we change our internal qualities from personal selfishness (seeking to benefit ourselves) to mutual bestowal (seeking to benefit others).

If we connect with each other in mutual bestowal, we won't have the need for rights because instead of harming others and all of Nature, we'll protect each other and all of Nature.

We'll intuitively seek to benefit others instead of ourselves. Just as there are no rights to let us breathe, because we breathe intuitively, so too there won't be any rights to protect humans, animals and all of Nature because we'll protect each other and all of Nature intuitively.

In everything we do, we should seek to benefit others instead of ourselves.
That is our only true right.

* Earth rights - The rights of the earth to not be polluted, exploited and abused.

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