envy
Even when there is no disparity, envy exists on the
basis of perceived disparities.
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How much ever fairly we are treated, there is still
room for perfectly valid reasons to envy the other person. Envy can lead to
hate. This leads to violence and destruction. It’s as simple as that.
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If so much envy exists in a fair and equal scenario,
how much more envy will be existing in this vast and varied world with people of
different age, sex, society, culture, race, nation, financial background,
personal histories, jobs, interests, desires, thoughts, feelings, sorrows,
needs, inclinations, education, local communities, religions, beliefs, … etc.
There will be a million and more reasons for envy.
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Sometimes the envy is justified. Often it is. Building
upon it into hatred and consequent destruction is what happens on a global,
national, state, society or family scenario.
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Between individuals, small reasons for envy destroy the
peace between them. You just have to be better looking or better fed or better
clothed or better in any manner to evoke envy in the other person. All this
happens often without your knowledge and when you sense the hatred building
towards you, you have the feeling that something evil has been lurking in your
friend’s mind. Something that even he may not be aware of. And he already has
built up an arsenal of verbal hints and jabs ready to hurl at you. He even has a
plan of action according to which he is sure to hit you, one way or the other:
physically or psychologically.
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The crude thing about envy is that it doesn’t end till
the other person’s quality or possession that caused you to envy him/her is
completely destroyed.
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Envy destroys good, the destroyer thinking of nothing
but the satiation of his envy. Even then, the envy doesn’t end, for as we have
seen in the beginning, there is no dearth of reasons to envy anyone. You can
envy anyone. From there, you can hate him. And from there, you can destroy him.
Verbal jabs, undue criticism, spreading of false rumors and lies, persistent
nagging, being a spoilsport and so on are the methods most commonly resorted to
by most of us to destroy the person we envy. There is a lot of damage done,
often irreversible because it is psychological and affects relationships.
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Envy begins in the mind, but it was a feeling of
worthlessness caused by a lack of resources that put it there. A lack of there
not being enough for every human being born into this world is finally
responsible for the massive power of envy continuing to rule our lives. Lack of
resources (money) for every human being born will cause more envy and hence more
wars, less peace, not just in the bedroom, but also in the battlefield. As a
start, we can begin by preventing the birth of children into poverty. Let humans
not be born into a lack of resources for their needs and survival. Let there be
fewer reasons for envy. Life should be only as much as can be sustained. Laws
preventing unsustainable life is the only hope of humanity. Preventing the birth
of children into poverty will result in a far-reaching sweep-out of all evils
affecting mankind and the removal of major obstacles in the path of his
progress.
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