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Envy

The meaning of the word envy for Keppe is different from the meaning commonly given to this term. Envy, as its Latin origin indicates (invidere), means "not to see." Thus, by basing the true meaning of the word on its etymological origin, we conclude that an envious person is one who is unseeing, who does not want to see. What is it he is not willing to see? That which is good, beautiful and genuine — those things that are self-existent — since everything that exists in and of itself is good. Indeed, reality was originally all good, beautiful and true before the human being began to spoil it out of envy. The goodness of another person, the goodness that is outside ourself, automatically makes us conscious of our evils by comparison. Our wish is to destroy this consciousness, just as an ugly person may wish to destroy the mirror that reflects his repulsiveness. The human being harbours a desire to be the only light in the universe, and this attitude leads him to destroy not only the beauty around him but his own beauty as well.


In Trilogy, we consider envy to be the basis of all psychological problems; that is, we believe that all psychopathic attitudes stem initially from envy and are directly linked to it. These destructive attitudes are: theomania, (the wish to be godlike); megalomania (having grandiose ideas), a component of theomania; narcissism (adoration of one's self, one's body, one's personality); arrogance (self-righteousness, a know-it-all attitude); alienation (lack of awareness of reality); and an inversion of values, the most serious of all.


Thus, the envious person is the person who opposes, who says "no" to what deep inside he appreciates the most: everything that is beautiful, all that is true. However, the individual denies what is good without clearly realizing it. He may, in fact, steer his entire life in the direction of unhappiness, guided by this unperceived (inconscientized) pathological attitude.


No one is entirely devoid of envy. However, one person may be more conscious of his envy than another and thus be able to discern to some degree the reasons behind his unhappy choices in life. The person is then better able to control his behaviour and preserve his happiness.


This whole concept also applies, of course, to those powerful individuals who, out of hidden envy, prevent both the people and themselves from being happy.

Indeed, they spoil their own lives, not only the lives of those they exploit.


We were given an abundance of everything we need to live a richly fulfilling life: happiness, health, contentment, joy, pleasure and realization; in short, the Creator has given us the best of everything. And yet we have allowed a small group of mentally ill people, who hold all of the power in their hands, to take from usethat which is ours by right.


These are the people who have created a sick envious society characterized by wars, hunger, poverty, disease, destruction, and chaos and yet still complain about life, all with our connivance.


We believe that happiness is what we most desire in life. Yet what we most desire is precisely what we reject the most! For example, people believe they will be happy if they change their life, or travel, or move to another country, or change their job, their situation, their boyfriend or girlfriend. But this desire for change stems from envy and ingratitude, for if a person is not presently grateful and happy with the good things he has in his life, he will neither feel good or happy in the places he intends to go, nor will he enjoy the company of the people he intends to be with.


From: PACHECO, Cláudia Bernhardt de Souza. The ABC of Analytical Trilogy – Integral Psychoanalysis. São Paulo: Proton Publishing House, 1988.



Reflection:

Do you realize that envy is basically the rejection of your inner wealth?

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Luiz Anderson Takeshita
Luiz Anderson Takeshita
29. Juli 2022

We all have envy, it can be a degree more or less, then it will depend on the behavior of the Being, the acceptance of conscience, the attitudes of deprivation of good (evil), that is, denying what is good, beautiful and true that It is inside the Human Being.


For example: When a colleague at work or school sabotages, destroys the work of another colleague this is envy. But if we become aware of this pathology, we can control and perceive the error and not repeat them.

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