MahajyothiOvercoming Envy and Jealousy
If you had been contented with whatever you had in the first place, you would have never landed yourself in this mire
You owned a cycle and were happy with riding it to office. The day you see your neighbour riding a motorbike, your mind revolts. You nurture a desire to buy something better. What caused this desire? Envy!
Your cycle was performing well. In fact, when you become a rich person and fall prey to diabetes, your doctor will advise you to pedal every day. You might as well have stuck to your original life-style. You would not have fallen sick then.
Jealousy leads to desire. If your desire is not fulfilled, anger ensues. This irritation causes you to spout filthy words. If you had been contented with whatever you had in the first place, you would have never landed yourself in this mire.
This is the pitiable state of society. It hankers for one thing or the other and finds itself in a quagmire.
The first step in spirituality is letting go of your desires. Desires find no room in a mind that reverberates always with the Lord’s name