Literary works often invoke selflessness as a multifaceted ideal that encapsulates noble sacrifice, moral purity, and transcendent empathy. In many texts, this quality appears as a hallmark of characters who willingly subsume their own interests for a greater good, as when a protagonist accepts great personal risk to benefit others ([1]) or is even described as the very embodiment of selflessness ([2]). At the same time, selflessness is interwoven with moral and religious doctrines, portrayed as a central virtue that underscores teachings about love, duty, and the renunciation of ego ([3], [4]). On occasion, its usage is more nuanced—questioning whether such total abandonment of the self might verge on the loss of individual identity, thereby inviting a reflective dialogue on the interplay between personal independence and collective commitment ([5], [6]). Finally, some narratives suggest that achieving true fulfillment involves a transformative process in which the self is gradually transmuted into selflessness, elevating the human spirit ([7], [8]).