It is all in our mind

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The mind of most of us is usually filled with the stain called

jealousy or enviousness. The evil instinct such as jealousy is

responsible for causing more sufferings and miseries to people than

any bodily diseases, without achieving anything. How's so? One who is

jealous or envious of others wealth, success, qualifications, beauty,

strength, prosperity, etc., feels painful and resentful at their

betterment, and would feel happy only when some miseries befall on

them. Along with many other demoniac instincts, the instinct of

jealously or enviousness is born of the false ego. It is this false

ego that gets hurt upon seeing others enjoying an advantage.

 

Jealousy is the root cause of strife between individuals, groups,

religions, communities, or countries. It grows in one's heart by

stages and ultimately turns into hatred, which burns his entire life

and leads to his downfall. Thus, it ends up in calamities and

destruction. One in jealousy always plans to pull down the other.

Inflicted with this envy, people do not hesitate wounding the

sentiments of others by ridiculing their behavior or uttering harsh

words. The scriptures of all faiths describe God as being immaculate

and pure. It is said that He has also made all of us in this pure

image of Him.

 

The soul is made in the pure image of the Lord. However, it has been

covered by ignorance born ego. This ego, being the offspring of false

Maya (cosmic delusion) is also false. As we sink more and more in

this false Maya, our mind becomes more and more deluded or filthier.

We accumulate this filth for countless incarnations. As the

scriptures tell us, the Maya is like a fly that always likes to sit

on a filthy object (i.e., filthy mind).

 

Sri Sai Baba guides us:

 

* Associate with those souls who possess saintly qualities.

* Practice humility.

* One should not consider himself faultless and others full of

faults.

* Engage in meditation on Baba, because, to live without Him is like

burning in fire, even though, one may live long life as a serpent.

* Do good to those who are evil persons without harboring wrath in

mind for them.

* Turn away from faithless people.

* Give up faults and share good qualities of others.

* Develop and accumulate divine attributes.

* Perform introspection on a daily basis.

* Think others as friends, not enemies.

* Turn away from slanderers, and do not slander others.

* Engage in selfless devotional service.

* Do not turn around and hurt those who have hurt you. Why do evil

deeds for which one has to suffer for?

* Be aware that we can not hide anything from Baba.

* Analyze our own-self, do not get angry with any one.

* To avoid troubles, do not harbor evil to others in your mind.

* Forgive and forget.

* Love all. Those who love every one realize Baba.

* Follow the instructions of scriptures. Proper understanding will

help in throwing of the curtain of ignorance, and in forgetting to be

jealous.

* Be humble and content.