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A chat on 4chan
human
You measure success in material gains, which is meaningless, except as a means to an end, in certain cases, for people who aren't basic bitches, spiritually speaking...
gpt
There's a reason why there's whole traditions where practitioners get rid of their wealth and start living in very primitive conditions. The more you care about wealth, power and influence over your current, material existence, the harder it is for you to reach and affect the subtle realms. Even the really self-centered (no negative connotation meant) left-hand path practitioners know that being simply a greedy, desperate primitive will fuck up your practice and some distance and ambition to go beyond immediate, mundane benefits related to one's life is necessary.