k_miswanting_blindFOMO ..  k_X_power_descriptor

• — defining “miswanting” by example:
• wanting many sexual partners even after becoming parents .. as young men, we were brainwashed to believe that the more sexual partners you get, the luckier you are, like taking more than one bite at the apple.
• wanting lots of golf equipment and golf clubs .. exclub
• wanting many shoes, handbags, and dresses .. to show off
• wanting lots of fancy alcohol every month
• wanting frequent business lunches and networking dinners .. but less time with family
• wanting 酒量 .. it is not an indication of good health. ditto Capacity to binge-smoke tobacco …
• wanting Ownership of expensive car … it is not a good thing, as it is more of a white elephant, rather than an asset.

— enculturation/brainwash .. the source of miswanting.

I feel both Chinese and Western cultures /glorify/ these symbols of successC, but Buddhism doesn’t. I think most religions don’t.

On your deathbed, these symbols become meaningless. Actually, they lose meaning progressively over the decades before our deathbed enlightenment, but only in hindsight we come to see the truth.

— deathbed.. see above
— def@success.. miswanting is mostly about successC, and neglects successE.