> austerity is a near enemy to contentment. austerity sees the world as a place of privation and suffering, contentment sees it as a place of bounty e.g. the "minimalism" cult
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here's on example. I use a concept like the "near enemy" idea from buddhism because it's a tool that finds "things that are similar but actually opposites" i then pump it into gpt-3 w/ my proprietary cat-themed prompt: https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1390158303171207171 …pic.twitter.com/EO2UIEPHIr
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> fear is a near enemy to wisdom. fear is an avoidance of the present moment in favor of anxiety about the future, wisdom sees impermanence and understands reality. e.g. the "buy gold!" doomers
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> being right is a near enemy to virtue. virtue is an understanding of truth, being right is one version of truth as a means of winning arguments. e.g. the "i need to be right" as a way of proving virtue
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> lust is a near enemy to love. love seeks the best for another, lust just wants what feels good for me. > faith is a near enemy to wisdom. wisdom has the courage to question, faith is just blind belief
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> knowledge is a near enemy to understanding. understanding is why there are so many answers, knowledge is what we have memorized from books
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> attachment is a near enemy to compassion. compassion is the desire for another to be free, attachment only cares for itself e.g. cults generate attachment more than compassion bc of the need for constant membership posturing
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> detachment is a near enemy to equanimity. equanimity does not take things personally, detachment does not care about anything variation on the equanimity/indifference quadrant but i like the phrasing
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> clarity is a near enemy of truth. truth is how you are before you say anything, clarity needs to be expressed e.g. the tao that can be told is not the eternal tao etc...
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> comfort is a near enemy to equanimity. equanimity means accepting things as they are, which does not include being comfortable with it another equanimity variation. teases out the difference between comfort and acceptance.
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> happiness is a near enemy to equanimity. happiness is what we get when things go well, equanimity isn't really bothered by any of this. equanimity isn't some shortcut to happiness
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> self esteem is a near enemy to confidence. self esteem raises awareness of your weaknesses, confidence focuses on strengths
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> faith is a near enemy to trust. faith is belief without evidence, trust is confidence in what you’ve seen with your own eyes
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> self control is a near enemy to self mastery. self mastery requires mastering your body and mind, self control just prevents you from doing what you want to do. e.g. the incel who believes that "i was nice even though i wanted to be means" is a virtue
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> making progress on the path toward enlightenment is a near enemy to enlightenment itself. enlightenment means that "I" am no longer in control of my actions, I am only doing what I need to do by default very gateless gate pathless path
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> security is a near enemy to freedom. freedom means you can let go, security means you cannot e.g. money is security but not freedom
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> desire is a near enemy to intention. intention is the ability to know where you want to go, desire is what you think you need in order to get there intention is a goal u set yourself. desire is often memetic
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> concentration is a near enemy to meditation. meditation is why we are here, concentration is just not getting distracted
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this could go on forever, these only used my original prompt with multiple reruns but i can recombine and mix the original prompt w/ these new ones to generate infinite more variety
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