Your friends betray you, not your enemies.

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The lioness is evaluating your loyalty. Are your actions consistent with your promises? Maybe there's an inconsistency there that she didn't notice at first. She studies you and your surroundings for something that doesn't quite add up. Even the best spy will eventually do something that is inconsistent. Today, as I often do, I recommended to friends to always operate as if spies are within their ranks. That advice is given from experience and not lightly. By operating as if there are spies, you protect yourself and your goals.

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Inconsistencies

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Inconsistencies should never be ignored. If someone does something counter to who they have led you to believe they are, you had better pay attention, friend. Your life may depend upon it. I have made an art out of seeing inconsistencies in others. In life I have learned, the hard way, that no one can hide their true intentions forever. If you watch closely, you will see them slip up. Hopefully, it is before they have done you, your loved ones, or your ultimate goals in life great harm.

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In the book "The Like Switch" by Jack Schafer, he explains how the FBI uses familiarity and regular contact to trick people into believing an agent is their friend.

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A person who makes a point of always being in your life isn't automatically your friend. People with motivations opposite of yours may be very familiar to you. You may see them every day at the gym, at work, or some other location. They may even be your spouse or girl friend. Are they there to befriend you for some other purpose than furthering the same goals? Do their actions betray their promises to you?

This is why a person's consistency in seeking the same goals as me is so important. Are they part of the pack, or are they an imposter? Do they seek to strengthen our voluntarily agreed upon goals in life, or are they here to secretly sabotage them? These questions are very important for regular people. They are even more important for those who seek leadership positions or who have those positions hoisted upon them by others.

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Familiarity does not equal friendship. Friendship is shared goals. Shared goals are the same no matter how much stress a person is under or how long you have known them.

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Beware of the person who cracks under stress or leaves subtle hints of different goals. My goal is liberty, individual liberty to be more precise, and those around me know it. I have been consistent. My online accounts are not hidden, and I use my real name on purpose to not hide regardless of the price to be paid or the ridicule received. Liberty is worth any price in my opinion. I will continue to seek and further it regardless of the cost. If your goal is the same as mine, we are already friends.

We may not agree on all things either. Our methods may be different. You may dislike me for some particular weakness or habit. None of those things matter as long as our primary goals in life, what we will die to further or defend, are the same. Those things cannot be faked either. Our actions will reveal to everyone what we really believe. Are you a friend or an enemy? If you are an enemy, you will betray yourself as long as I am watching carefully.

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Friendship

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What exactly does it mean? To me it means shared primary goals. They are goals you will stand and give your life to further. You will sacrifice yourself and everything you love to achieve them. I cannot fake them. My actions will make them very clear. Do you share them with me or not? If you are part of my pack, I will fight and die defending you and yours. Betray me though, and you're dead to me. If you are deceiving me, you will eventually reveal yourself too.

Watch for inconsistencies. Do not ignore them.