> 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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> 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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