The reason to be selfless is not as much as the outcome of it. Selflessness can help one in many ways. A few of which I would like to jot down today.
Our perception of everything is based on the ego of each one of us. By this ego I mean the ego of i. This i is formed by the result of our entire past which is very vast indeed. In most cases it puts a blanket over the real Self of man and makes the intellect think that this body is the i.
For most of us the very moment we do something we think of what we will gain in return of that particular work. This is caused by the ignorance created by our ego. This is the base of all our miseries and of course all our happiness as well.
The importance of becoming selfless is that we slowly tend not to identify ourselves with this ego and body which in turn reduces our miseries, fears and so on. We must remember that the very Source of thought which makes us selfish is also the Source which makes us selfless. But by being selfless we will understand the real Self which is beyond this wave of selfishness and selflessness.
The essence of selflessness always comes from the One beyond this realm of cause and effect. It is the One which is Omnipresent guiding us in everything. In fact It is everything. We must see It in everything and everywhere to get out of our miseries. Om Shanti..