The Curses of Envy

The fifth and last curse that is the portion of the envier is treachery. This is one of the grossest acts that man can perpetrate; the seemingly trivial wrongs of discontentment and covetousness can lead one to this. It should be mentioned here that every envier doesn’t necessarily get to this stage; indeed some may not exceed the second or third level of the aforementioned vices; it’s just that as one ascends up these levels of vileness, it becomes increasingly difficult to get rid of the disease. This level of vice can be only attained if the envier is an intimate acquaintance of the envied one. After contending with internal turbulence; distorting his/her senses with his/her acts; knowing the knavish consolations and joys derived through defamation of the one his/her warped reason has identified as the cause of his/her misfortunes; giving up his covetousness and giving himself up wholly to hating the innocent envied one, the envier becomes accustomed to the base thrills he gets from causing the envied one pain. Sustained indulgence in this evil, like all other evils steeps the envier turned hater in vileness. Consequently, the envier schemes meaner modes of either just working his now inordinate hate or to acquire that which he covets — if the envier hasn’t given up on it. This can spawn the envier to commit dastardly acts such as framing the envied one to get him/her imprisoned, or even murder. Truly it’s not unknown in most parts of the globe for people to suffer these nefarious crimes at the hands of friends or even relatives, simply because of the disease of envy.

It’s a truly egregious crime to condemn an innocent person to any of the last three acts of extreme injustice. Even indulgence in the first two should be strongly chastised and contemned as it’s an opening to the grosser vices. If you, dear reader, experience envy creeping into your heart, or you’re already tangled therein, endeavour to find the resolve to check your wrongs, as it can only lead to your ruin. On the other hand, if you’re a victim of envy, and you’ve observed this, you should take a stringent approach to it, be they acquaintances or non-acquaintances; friends or relatives, for envy often grows with tolerance as was stated in the third paragraph. If concern and forbearance is to be shown (especially in the case of friends and relatives), it must be accompanied with a firm stand. Always endeavour to repress unholy temptations, eschew vices and disseminate good. Perchance some people out there may admire you and try to emulate you.