In Buddhism, the four brahmaviharas are the states or abodes of the mind that are considered the most sublime and can be actively cultivated through focused attention and intention. One of the brahmaviharas is mudita, true joy. Mudita has the far enemy of envy or jealousy. Mudita also has the near enemy of exuberance or exhilaration. A near enemy is a state of mind that masquerades as the true state. What is translated as exuberance is not true joy because it is a grasping, possessive joy that is busy worrying about joy and not fully experiencing it. Exuberance too may reasonably describe an opposite of compersion. Describe a time when you felt something like exuberance in a romantic relationship dynamic.
[image description: Two hearts face each other. The heart on the left has almost a maniacal or crazed smile and exclaims, "I want today to last forever!!!" The heart on the right has a more pacific smile and says, "I am enjoying today right now." Text at bottom reads: "compersion" and above that, "The opposite of exuberance."]
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