Narcissism
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The self-absorbed, arrogant
Angst your existence; block today’s sun; darken tomorrow’s light.
Kidnapped your shine by theirs devoured; littheirbright.
Extinguished; doomed to theirs, relinquished–your dream(s).
Regardless of its social value. Productive before theirs came.
Since selfish means you only them serve. Your freedoms’ lost their godlike gain.
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“But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves”. 2 Tim. 3:1, 2.
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“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time”. 1 Pe. 5:6.
In Greek mythology Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Leiriope. As the myth goes, he was of surpassing beauty. When he saw his own reflection in a spring he fell in love with himself. He was incapable of loving others, and was so enthralled with himself that he didn’t even rouse himself to eat. He pined away and died. Today orthodox psychoanalysis uses the term Narcissism to mean an intense degree of self-love, so much so that the patient is indifferent to other persons—unless he can cause them to notice and admire him.
Repeatedly, today’s MEism has been called the new- or neo-Narcissism. Nathan Fain, in a magazine article entitled “The Age of Narcissus: Here’s Looking at Me, Kid!” called the trend “an inundation, verily, of national narcissism the likes of which we’ve never seen before.” He called it “the last American growth industry: the retreat into one’s own body,” and added:
“It is the last—and perhaps ultimate—frontier. And despite fundamentalist campaigns to monger guilt, inspire fear, and generally keep the lid on, the American art of self-love has entered its high classical period.”
“Me First”—Today’s Idolatry
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101979282?q=narcissism&p=par
ITH & SB 