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On one foot, the idea is that a person must sensitize him/herself to that which is outside themselves. We need to leave room for the needs of others in our worldview, if we do not do this we won't leave room for God or even our real needs. The entire Torah is about subduing our ego and going against the natural inclination of all animals (humans included) by ...

R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi says in Chapter 32 of Tanya (colloquially called the "Lev" of Tanya - the heart of Tanya) that one can have true love of a fellow Jew only if he views his soul primary and his body secondary (since our souls have one root, so there is no cause for division, machlokes, etc.) Therefore, The Alter Rebbe’s answer follows from his ...

Part of the answer: I will paraphrase a dvar Torah that seems to best address the discussion. I will first point out that this is in sharp contrast -though, seemingly subtle to the following that is derived from Hillel's statement: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" The problem with that is that what I enjoy is not what you would enjoy ...