Most of us decide to never walk down that road. Some of us walk so far that we lose touch with our fellow humans completely. Either way, the road has no end.
Kindness feels good because loving our fellow humans is the same as loving ourselves.
There was a time that I looked down my nose at those of us who understood God to be a petty, angry child who demands worship, bloodshed and chastity. I've since come to the conclusion that the God of Abraham is, indeed, the God in all of us. Because that capacity for darkness exists in us all - it's just that some of us have had the privilege of socializing our human brains differently.
Count your blessings if you've had the good fortune of creating a positive association with loving kindness and charity and not approval-seeking and hubris. I am so grateful for this beautiful little corner of the world I've lived. I am so grateful for the serotonin rush I get from watching people feel joy and succeed. What a terrible curse it would have been if my brain preferred the high of beating others down as that high is such a short lasting and disappointing one. The high I get from watching all you other me's succeed and win and find love and kick ass at life is so epic and long lasting and seems to have like zero withdraws.
I get that it's a symptom of my privilege that I get to think about consciousness this way. This version of me is not a starving child in a war-ravaged country who's primary concern is my next meal. But having the privilege to explore the tippy top of Maslow's Pyramid doesn't make the discoveries up here any less true.
God is you and you will see the parts of God that are the parts of you. That's where I've come to: A place where the different views of God no longer upset me. Your interoperation of reality is just as valid as mine and they need not clash.
I'm excited about the next level in this human video game thing we're playing.
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