Definition of "selfness" []

• The quality or state of being self-centered; selfishness. (noun)
• Individuality; selfhood. (noun)

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• "Understand that to put yourself first, what I refer to as selfness, is the ultimate act of service."
• "That just might give you some insight into where your selfness vs. selflessness balance sits."
• "As man learns to ask himself and doubt about the physical reality of his existence in metaphysical inversion or perversion, inversion of being to becoming one unique whole of selfness - as if man is born to be in perpetual quest of knowing himself vis-à-vis others around him."