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by Roy Posner and MSS

Behavior of Certain Type of Jealous Person
One type of people are those who constantly compare themselves with everyone. To them, everyone in the world is a rival. There are people who are consumed with a passion of jealousy.

Such people, if they are weak, are constantly irritated, develop ulcer and earn the name "cross-grained". If they are strong, they SHOUT, giving out their excess energy in a passionate jealous cry. What provokes them is the success of others. It may be a brother who wins a medal or a daughter who is universally charming. Any popular colleague is their enemy. They fly into a rage. If they are working in an organisation, they will claim ownership to anything and everything. They are shameless wretches. They are not ashamed of their own behaviour. (MSS)

Examples of Jealousy
-The jealousy of Danglars, Caderousse and Fernand in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'
-Salieri's jealousy of Mozart's skill in the film 'Amadeus'
-The jealousy of Duryodhana in the 'Mahabharata'
-The jealousy of Rhett to Scarlett's infatuation with Ashley in 'Gone with the Wind'
-Caroline Bingley's jealousy of Eliza in 'Pride and Prejudice'

Jealousy in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'
-Danglars, Caderousse and Fernand are overtly and explicitly jealous of Dantes and resentful of his happiness and prosperity.

-Caderousse 's Jealousy -- Although Caderousse tries to dissuade Danglars and Fernand from their plot against Dantes, in fact he is the one who brings them together and feels an intense jealousy because Dantes is rising in life. His inner feeling is as evil as theirs, though his outer action is apparently positive. Caderousse loses his first wife and he ends up marrying a devil as Villefort does.

-Dangler's 's Jealousy -- Danglars was smarting under the wound of having been overlooked. Dantes was not aware of it nor was it possible for him to conceive that someone could be jealous of him.

-With his wealth and power Dantes [The Count] not only brings down the jealous few men who falsely accused him, but connects them to an entire level of corrupt officials in French society, whom he unmasks before the nation. (MSS)

Jealousy in Pride and Prejudice

-Caroline of Eliza

-Kitty of Lydia

Negative Culture for Spiritual Aspirants
Coming to the psychological field, the work is far more difficult and self-mastery cannot be fully achieved without progress in consciousness. But a certain minimum culture is expected from all who come to the Divine Mother. The worst of these are -- anger towards the Divine, jealousy of others, lying, conscious wish (not expressed in action) to stop or destroy work, intentional provocation of trouble, refusal to cooperate. (MSS)

Lying and Jealousy
Lying out of jealousy or spite.

Scarlett in 'Gone with the Wind' was Jealous of Her Child
Rhett made money in the blockade. He was not received anywhere. After the child was born, he won them all over so that his child would not be ostracized. That money will not give this child a glorious life. He was a strong man in the extreme. His money was made out of courageous risk. Had he been not so strong, having shifted to the other side he would have lost his money. The weakest link in his chain of life was the child, as her mother never wanted her, and she was jealous of the child. Atlanta switched over to him for the sake of the child but regretted it. Life did not give the sanction to that child.

The Negative Nature of the Social Consciousness
The social consciousness is by nature jealous, spiteful and vengeful. It normally exerts itself only to find fault with others. It is resentful of anyone who is too far above its own rank and out of reach and of anyone who succeeds in rising too fast or too high.

Caroline Bingley in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Caroline is an attractive, unmarried woman with a very handsome 20,000 inheritance from her father. Being both very conscious and anxious to forget that their money was earned in trade, she aspires to the higher levels of aristocracy through marriage to Darcy and looks down upon those still associated with business! Her behavior, as well as that of her married sister Louisa, is arrogant, offensive, mean, jealous, cunning and false. She has money and position but no formed character.

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Handling Jealousy of Another's Success

Q: How can I stop being jealous of another's achievements at the moment it arises?

A: While it may be important to stop jealousy as soon as it presents itself, it may be more important to contemplate over time why you tend to feel that way. Think deeply about its source; know your own limitation that is at its root; and then in a quiet moment offer it to the Divine. Also commit inside to not allowing this feeling in future; and further still commit to overcoming evaluating your own self -- including your limits and lack of successes -- that cause you to feels jealous of others' achievements. That Intention and Her Power will overcome it over time, and draw positive conditions into your life as well.

Jealousy is a kind of emotional pain. Pain is only exacerbated when you give it more attention. Casting it aside in the moment it arises is a practical short-term solution. If you can offer it to the spiritual Force at that moment, it will have the greatest effect.

Which approach is best depends on your temperament, and the form of the jealousy. (2009-2011 Q1)

Cause of, Solution to Jealousy

The one source of jealousy one can never escape are the limits of one's own achievements. However, we can change that. To the degree we analyze, come to understand, and commit to one's own further corresponding development, instead of jealously being absorbed in others, it will disappear. Through that process, equality of being takes root in our emotions relative to others, which can further evolve into magnanimity and goodwill. (2009-2011 Q1)

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