The cause of all fear is self-grasping ignorance, and all the delusions, such as selfishness, attachment and anger, arise from that ignorance, as well as all the unskillful actions motivated by those delusions. --From Tharpa.com
Thus, the antidotes to the delusions of selfishness, attachment and anger are
selflessness, detachment and unconditional love.
Selflessness is best achieved by helping people without expecting reward, to give of ourselves without thought of being a giver.
Detachment is known as letting go, i.e. to not hold onto something as though it were near and dear to you, even when this turns out to be your own life.
Yet to throw away your life needlessly is not detachment, but foolhardiness.
With a healthy sense of detachment, one learns to balance self-preservation with self sacrifice.
Unconditional love is also known as compassion, the kind of love which makes no exceptions, such that one may love another, regardless of whether s/he is friend or enemy.
It may be that selflessness, detachment and unconditional love are the greatest tools a person may develop to remove all delusions, and even ignorance itself.
And no one is excluded from developing their skills in use of these tools.
Yet, only the good of us continue to use them to benefit us all.
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