Anyone else into Hinduism?

I'm not all that much into it but I ran into a key concept in Hinduism called Puruṣārtha which apparently translates to, "the four aims of life" or "object of human pursuit".

Anyway, I couldn't help but notice the parallels between the four aims of life and the four energetics.

The four puruṣārthas are:

• Dharma (righteousness, moral values, individual conduct)
• Artha (prosperity, economic values, goal)
• Kama (pleasure, love, psychological values, desire)
• Moksha (liberation, spiritual values, enlightenment).

Couldn't help myself but do this:

Ji = Dharma
Je = Artha
Pe = Kama
Pi = Moksha

Further, Indian scholars have brought attention to a tension between the four goals of life. Which seems to be a parallel between the agendas of the four energetics:

Indian scholars recognized and have debated the inherent tension between renunciation and Moksha on one hand, and the active pursuit of Kama and Artha on the other. This has led to the concepts of Pravrtti (प्रवृत्ति, Pravritti) and Nivrtti (निवृत्ति, Nivritti), with the former meaning "giving or devoting one's self to" external action [think Pe and Je], while the latter means "withdrawing and restraining one's self from" external action [think Pi and Ji] in order to focus on one's own liberation. Artha and Kama are Pravrtti, while Moksha is Nivrtti. Both are considered important in Hinduism.

This tension between reminds of the tension between the agendas of the four energetics or at least the tension between the primary oscillation whether it's Pe/Pi or Je/Ji.

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