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Vanity

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"When we confront the snake of vanity and jealousy within, we realize it is not a physical entity but an imagined knot of belief, dissolving only through inner understanding and gentle witnessing."

Don’t hurt your body; look calmly inside and you’ll see the scary snake is just a thought, and it fades.
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"Vanity is the ego's desperate attempt to escape the truth of impermanence, but in its grasp, we only cultivate deeper fears of falling and failing. Embrace insecurity, and the need for vanity fades, leaving us free from the fear of heights we never needed to climb."

Trying to look important to feel safe makes you more scared of losing it; accept that things change, and both the showing off and the fear calm down.
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