(4) Selfishness Envy may control some people because of...
(4) Selfishness Envy may control some people because of their feelings of precedence and selfishness that prompt them to precede others and enjoy exclusive standings. (5) Contempt Envy may be arisen in the inner self of a person who despises others and regards as too much the graces that God confers upon them. It happens that all the previous incentives of envy gather in the personality of an individual to change him into a volcano of oppression.
Disadvantages of Envy Exclusively, envy is the most serious moral defect that inflicts the religion and the life of the individuals that they carry. The worldly disadvantage of envy is that it roils the life and brings about care and grief. This is because the envious is disturbed when he notices graces of God shade people. Moreover, such scenes inflict him with disastrous mental and physical defects.
Envy, too, influences badly the dignity and reputation; therefore, we notice that the envious are the subject of dispraise. Besides, envy inflicts the moralities; hence, it is noticed that the envious does not refrain from trapping others by various nasty means of false accusations. The envious, also, does not spare any effort for arising seditious matters. The famous and excelling personalities are the subjects of envy, because their standings are resented by the envious.
This is the secret beyond the wrong treatment and deprivation of appreciation that most of the virtuous individuals have to suffer. It frequently happens that the envious does not hit the target; therefore, his share becomes only agony and grief, while the targeted individual wins good reputation and respect. The religious disadvantage of envy is that the envious uses all wrong and nasty means for trapping the envied so as to impute dishonor to him.
This will certainly make him encounter the wrath and punishment of God. In addition, the behaviors and feelings of the envious, such as rage and dissatisfaction with acts of God, are spiteful spunk. Treatment of Envy (1) One must avoid looking forward to gaining the graces enjoyed by those who are of higher ranks than he is, so that he will feel the divine care. Such feelings will surely alleviate the tendencies of envy.
(2) It is necessary to keep in mind the worldly and religious disadvantages of envy in addition to the various sorts of crises and misfortunes that it results.