Buddhism versus selfishness
Why selfishness contradicts enlightenment:
Imagine the mood of a pet dog which has something in its mouth: it is stiff and concentrated to the thing in its mouth and into keeping it in its mouth, so that it is quite stubborn and uncooperative by its attitude, being shortsighted compared to the usual and it is also strongly taking sides, its attention is narrow, being centered around keeping the thing in its mouth. This mood is similar to the mood of a selfish person who has thought something to be beneficial to oneself and then aims at that goal. The wide awareness and a mood born from the wide all-encompassing awareness that are prequisites for the enlightenment are lacking from the selfish state of mind. Compare the mood of an unselfish person to the mood of the pet dog after someone has taken away the thing in its mouth and the dog has adabted to the situation by shaking its coat and assuming a relaxed alert friendly attitude toward all. That is a good starting point for the Buddhist.
Why the ones who do not care about other cannot be enlightened:
The attitude of not caring is like an intellectual judgement of the others not having any or much worth to oneself, so it is connected to not paying proper emotional attention to them, to their emotions and wishes. So it makes one lose awareness of the social life, of its positive natural emotional beauty and enjoyment.
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