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My "true morals" are unselfish acts. Anything you do to help others and especially if you have to sacrifice something to do so.
Its true many religions call this moral, but to me this is pure moral action.
Regardless of the consequences of your action, so long as you believe you are doing it to help others and so if it costs you something, then we cannot call you evil.
"Not everyone believes in his teachings or his messianic qualities."
I don't believe in him either, but regardless, his life is exemplary of a moral one.
" So serving yourself is inherantly immoral and doing something outside yourself is inherantly moral?"
That's not what I said I defined morality : helping another at your own cost is moral.
If you want immorality : helping yourself at the cost of others is immoral.
" If I kill someone as a service to someone else (unselfishly), did I just commit a moral act?"
Most likely not, it mostly depends on whether or not you consider the person you killed a human being or not. If so, then you are not only helping others, you are hurting one, and therefore is not moral.
"Furthermore, if by serving myself first I can actually enhance my ability to help others, am I truly being immoral in helping myself."
I never said helping oneself was immoral, only when it was at the cost of others. In this case, the long term goal is more important then short term goals, you are moral, as you intend to help more people by this action.
"For instance, by working for a charity, I could benefit myself because I would be satisfied with the knowledge I helped someone while possibly recieving compensation."
It is a good action if the satisfaction is a byproduct of helping people. It is a neutral action if helping people is only a means to aquire satisfaction.
"Durch Nacht und Blut das Licht"
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