Despite a great multiplicity, there is no true alienation due to the ubiquitous operation of objective laws, which operate inside of us and connect us to the universe. There is no part which escapes the government of these laws, and therefore no avoidance of the inevitable. We are part of this great multiplicity, and we can come to understand it from a human vantage point.
The inevitable disillusionment with this idea during childhood results in an overcompensatory attempt to rediscover and understand the nature of these laws, resulting in a postponing of action until they are discovered and a corresponding inhibited nature characterized by avarice. Avarice views what is current possession as scarce, and thus is made manifest through a “grasping onto”, a certain retentiveness. Fives alienate themselves until they feel they have come to understand these elusive laws, the multiplicity of the situation.
The affective components of avarice include, but are not limited to: scarcity, emptiness, dryness, fear of intrusion, shyness. Avarice’s volition suggests pulling away and holding onto the few resources the self has left.
The fixation becomes, then, on what the self currently has, and not losing it. In other words, a stingy reservation. The trap leading to this fixation is observing, spectating instead of actively participating. Their attention turns to discovering the laws which would allow them to grasp the unpredictable multiplicity of situations.