Envy & Jealousy

“Envy exists because someone seems to have or you assume that they have something more than you, and you feel less than them. Envy can exist only if there is someone else better than you. If you are here by yourself, envy cannot happen.”

—Sadhguru

Envy and compassion are not connected in any way. If you are looking at compassion as sympathy or pity, then they are in some way connected, but compassion and envy–no.

Envy is when someone has something that you would like to have or something more than what you have. The fundamental nature of jealousy or envy is that you feel inadequate. If you are very blissful, you would not be envious of anyone. Envy exists because someone seems to have or you assume that they have something more than you, and you feel less than them. Envy can exist only if there is someone else better than you. If you are here by yourself, envy cannot happen.

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