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- According to Brené Brown, emotions and traits have “near enemies”—states that feel similar but come from a different place. For example, the near enemy of hope is blind optimism, and the near enemy of self-sufficiency is hyper-independence.
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Jun 11, 2022 · What are “near enemies”? What are some examples of emotional near enemies? According to Brené Brown, emotions and traits have “near enemies”—states that feel similar but come from a different place. For example, the near enemy of hope is blind optimism, and the near enemy of self-sufficiency is hyper-independence.
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May 18, 2020 · Each of the four immeasurables has a “near enemy” and a “far enemy,” the former being an affliction that is similar in some way to the unafflicted immeasurable, and the latter being an affliction that is the opposite of that immeasurable.
The Near and Far Enemies of Sympathetic Joy. The Four Immeasurables, also called the Four Boundless Qualities, and the Four Brahmaviharas are the Buddhist virtues of Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy. Each virtue is accompanied by a practice. Together, they help us cultivate and feel connection.
The Near Enemy of Empathetic Joy is Joy tinged with insincerity or personal identification; forms of joy that are excessive; hedonism. The Far Enemy is Envy, jealousy, aversion. Equanimity: Seeing equality in beings, balanced, non-reactive, non-partial awareness; quieting of resentment.
Nov 23, 2021 · “Near enemies” are similar to misapprehensions; when a response to a situation looks like the appropriate one but actually makes that situation worse. Pity is the near enemy of compassion,...
The idea of the “near-enemy” is that for every beneficial habit or more enlightened quality that we might develop in our mind, there is a devious, and highly intelligent version of...
Nov 30, 2022 · So emotional reactivity, so the far enemy of fierce compassion, so emotional reactivity versus mindfulness. And what is the near enemy of mindfulness? CG: That’s also an interesting one. A near enemy is complacency. Complacency. So, mindfulness means a bunch of things. In the West, people often think about mindfulness as present moment awareness.
