Could jealousy become envy?
Jealousy/Envy is another problem I have. Don’t worry, I haven’t let it get to a point where I hope the person is harmed or destroyed because I won’t let it and because I’m not stupid. I deal with my jealousy with comparing myself to others and feeling sorry for myself because of what somebody has that I wish I had.
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Perhaps, all is from lust. We want to possess everything, and we feel bad when other people can get more than us physically, intellectually and spiritually. It is a bit better when we want to gain in peace. But, learning to detach will be much better. We need something as means of existence to realize our destiny before God, like other people for their own destinies. Jealousy, envy, usury…only strengthen our attachment to physical means which condemn us to perish in dirt. The true destiny of a rational being is detachment from the creation in order to return purely to the Creator.
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It seems that we all are born with love of gold and fun! We make the greatest effort to obtain gold, and we are ready to pay big amount for fun. Today, America is still an attractively glittering symbol of gold and fun. All other desires are weaker than these. Does detachment means that we should extinguish these desires? Ridiculous! Without gold and fun how can we live, how can the world exist and progress?
It is moral and dignified to work hard for gold. It is good to laugh and to share laughters among people of all races. Then, how do we solve the problem of poverty and suffering? This is a big headache for all philosophers, thinkers, educators.
Usually, we disappointedly rely on confusing human minds, instead of seeking the valuable lessons from the the wisest Educator. Yes, Buddha, Christ, Baha’u’llah… teach great lessons for self detachment, but we never spend time to directly seek for Their divine guidance.
For example, here are some among thousands of counsels from Baha’u’llah:
13. O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting.
(Baha’u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)
56. O SON OF MAN! Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom from it. Thou thinkest thyself rich in its possession, and I recognize thy wealth in thy sanctity therefrom. By My life! This is My knowledge, and that is thy fancy; how can My way accord with thine?
(Baha’u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)
35. O SON OF MAN! Sorrow not save that thou art far from Us. Rejoice not save that thou art drawing near and returning unto Us.
(Baha’u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)
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