Nothing to Envy

Recognize the abundance of life itself, and petty jealousies—even those you may not be aware of—will begin to melt away.

By Sally Kempton

Forget about the person you envy. Forget about what she has that you wish were yours. Look instead at the energy the feeling is made of, and you'll notice that nothing in the feeling has any real solidity. It's always shifting, cloudlike, in the greater field of energy that is you. Perhaps, at that moment, you might open to the insight that the energy forming and dissolving within your mind and heart is not really separate from the energy around you. Perhaps at that moment, you might realize that the person you envy is not really someone separate from you: that you lack nothing, because you are, at your deepest core, part of a vast field of energy that contains, potentially, everything you could ever want or need.

Sally Kempton, also known as Durgananda, is an author, a meditation teacher, and the founder of the Dharana Institute. For more information, visit www.sallykempton.com.

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