FROM PUTTAPARTHI...SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT - 28: GREEN WITH ENVY!!!

SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT – 28

GREEN WITH ENVY!!!

Dear Sir,

 

Good morning.

Can the feeling of envy or jealousy ever vanish? As long as the human race is in existence, do you feel it would be possible to avoid this? Obviously one should possess a high degree of maturity or a philosophical outlook towards life which could probably negate or do away with such feelings. But this is one nature that has been prevalent in all our Puranas, folklores and mythology which has been the cause of and resulted in so much misery.

 

More than the people who harbor such feelings, it is the victims who are the targets of such envy who are normally worst affected, is it not?

 

How can spirituality help both the 'tormentor' and the 'tormented' as it were?

Regards

JAWAHAR.N.R

There was once a millionaire who was bothered by two aches, one in his stomach and the other in his head! He was diagnosed and treated.

He was examined and treated by a galaxy of medical experts. He consumed heavy loads of drugs, and underwent centuries of injections. But the aches persisted with greater vigor than ever before!

At last, a monk arrived at the scene & witnessed his agony. He spoke very kindly to him, and pronounced the fault to be in his eyes!!! "Set your eyes correct and the head on top and the stomach below would both behave very sweetly! To improve the eye, concentrate on only one color. Concentrate on green. Do not let your eyes fall on red or yellow, or any other color", he advised the rich man.

The rich man got together a group of painters and purchased barrels of green color and directed that every object on which his eye was likely to fall be painted thick green. The millionaire's malady resulted in a rich harvest for paint craftsmen!!!

When the monk came back to him after about 10 days, the craftsmen ran toward him with a bucket of green paint for he wore a red gown! They started throwing the green paint on the monk's dress! He wondered why, and got the answer from the painters that their master dare not cast his eye on any color other than green as per strict instructions!!!

The holy man got shocked & then reprimanded the rich man and said that he had wasted lakhs of rupees as a result of his monumental stupidity.

"If only you had purchased a pair of green spectacles, worth perhaps Rs300/- , you could have saved these walls and trees and pots and pans, and chairs and sofas and also a pretty large share of your fortune! You cannot paint the world green. All you have to do first is to change the lens that covers your eyes!!!" the monk said.

The holy man continued, "Transform yourself first to get rid of all your aches & only after that can you even attempt to transform the World!"

PS: This story is our response to your question. It's never, "WHO'S RIGHT & WHO'S WRONG". It's always, "WHAT'S RIGHT & WHAT'S WRONG"! That's the PARADIGM SHIFT we need to bring in our thinking. First we need to change our lens! Consequently when we know that envy, jealousy, anger, desire, lust, outburst etc…sap our energy & are detrimental to our spiritual progress or otherwise, we should take conscious steps to throw them out of our system. They're like that unwanted guest & have to be kept away. (Read SQ – 3: THE GUEST!)

We don't have to take refuge in the Puranas or mythology & take consolation by saying that even some of the great saints also succumbed to them! They're mentioned in these epics only for the human beings to realize the danger in harboring these 'Vasanas'.

As far as the 'tormented' is concerned, you would get your answer from SQ –19. (THE IMMUNITY) We need to build that wall, that armor around us in the form of 'good thoughts, words & deeds'. There is no other choice!!! When we realize that God Himself is residing within us, how can anything affect us at all?

We need to remember that, "NOONE CAN MAKE US UNHAPPY WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION! NOONE CAN MAKE US DISAPPOINTED WITHOUT OUR CONSENT! NOONE CAN MAKE US ANGRY WITHOUR OUR WILL! IT IS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ALL THE TIME!!!

Both MAHAVIRA & BUDDHA said, "FIRST SEEK REFUGE WITHIN YOU."

Another reader's response…

Sir,
 
I really enjoy reading SQ...Thanks a lot. I wish more and more people read and understand.
Regards
Kamalakar Pandit

SAIRAM

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(Extracted, compiled & edited from RADIO SAI JOURNALS)

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