Envy
Do you suffer from envy?
Isn't it horrible?
It is like a cancer that just spreads all over you and makes you feel
glum and moody and lonely and bitter and ... ooh!!!
A horrible emotion.
We learn from the scriptures that it is due to envy of Krsna that we
find ourselves in this miserable world and that we find ourselves just
chewing the chewed life after life due to our stubborn pride of not
being able to latch onto Krsna and His loving service.
I have heard from senior devotees that if we praise and glorify the
person we envy this serves to mitigate our horrid cancerous feelings
towards them.
I tried this several years ago and even though it was the most painful
thing I have had to do it did actually work !
Spiritual life is such a challenge as it shakes our very core of who we
are and makes us unearth so many unpleasant attributes in our hearts
which we would much rather remain hidden from others and from us.
Krsna Consciousness in this respect soon separates the men from the mice
(so to speak !) .
It is tough but also the rewards are sweeter.
Chanting Hare Krsna attentively roots out this evil trait - envy -
unlike any other method.
Better to root it out rather then feeding off it.
Oohh !!!
