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To make the world
a progressively safer, better and a more
beautiful place for all to live in. In the short
run, we shall try to curb crime and violence by
balancing selfishness and conflict with
cooperation between people, facilitating
prosperity for all. Kindness will be our
magic wand !
WHAT KINDNESS MEANS
Kindness means doing something
good for someone else without any expectation.
OUR BELIEFS
- Caring for oneself, or self-interest, is
built into our genes and is necessary for
our individual survival.
- Human beings also show a tendency to give
“tit for tat”, i.e. a strong
reciprocity.
- If we become proactive, and perform small
acts of kindness when there is an
opportunity, we are likely to
receive the kindness of others more
frequently.
- Cooperation and caring for the common
interests of society and our environment
benefits us in many ways and gives us our
dominant position on the earth.
- Caring for others comes naturally to us
and kindness is built into the human
gene. (There are good scientific grounds
for this belief.)
- Our behaviour in any situation depends on
whether self-interest or common interest
dominates at that time. Most of us are
sometimes considerate and kind , and
sometimes uncaring, unfair or even cruel.
- The person who has formed the habit of
balancing self-interest with common
interest will be the kindest. Such
balance, in all situations, comes out of
the habit of always understanding our
true needs in self-interest and in common
interest, and this comes easily through
habit.
- The habit of balancing can be formed by
consciously and deliberately doing random
acts of kindness as often as possible, so
that we experience the joy and
satisfaction this brings to the giver and
the receiver of the kindness. Random Acts
of Kindness are small or large,
spontaneous or planned, and always done
without specially selecting the receiver.
- Kindness is a healthy habit that benefits
the individual as well as the entire
society. It promotes individual success
and happiness without detracting from the
community or national interests.
ABOUT OUR NETWORK
Kindness Unlimited is not a
formal organization, it is only a network of
individuals who wish to spread kindness as an
antidote to the increasing predominance of
selfishness in the world. At present the network
is limited to those who have Internet access so
that intercommunication is instant and very
cheap. In view of this, no membership dues are
levied. One can join the network FREE just by
filling the INFORMATION FORM.
Kindness Unlimited
provides online resources for all good people who
wish to spread kindness and the habit of
balancing self-interest with common interest
among their own circle of friends, colleagues,
and acquaintances.
We also have useful
resources which can form part of value education
in schools at all levels, teachers and
educationists are therefore specially welcome to
join the network if they have access to the
Internet at home or in their institutions.
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