The Epicure believes you must keep life
up and open to assure a good life. Consequently, Epicures are
optimistic, upbeat, possibility- and pleasure-seeking, and
adventurous, but also can be pain-avoidant, uncommitted, and
self-serving.
Abbreviated Version of the
Basic Proposition
:
The original state of
focused concentration called Holy Work or Constancy, with an ability
to travel the spectrum of life fully and freely goes into the
background in a world that you perceive frustrates you, limits you,
and causes you pain. Consequently, you come to believe that you can
escape frustration and pain and assure a good life by going into
options, opportunities and adventures [the Fixation or Chief Feature
of Planning]. Concurrently, you develop gluttony [the Passion] of
the mind for positive possibilities and pleasures. Attention
naturally goes to options and keeping life up.
Descriptions of the Key
Characteristics
:
World causes pain and
frustration (which can be escaped).
Essence qualities of
constancy and focused concentration go into background.
Assures life by keeping
life up and avoiding pain.
Develops gluttony for
ideas and experiences.
Attention goes to
multiple positive future options/plans.
Avoids limits and
suffering that seem endless.
Reframes "negatives"
into "positives"—rationalizes.
Inter-connects and
inter-relates ideas—"monkey mind."
Feels entitled
(narcissism)—equalizes authority.
Values possibilities,
optimism, adventure of life.
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