The second reading from the Letter of Saint James starts with a bang: \u201cWhere jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice”.<\/p>\n
I just read up on the psychological factors, causes and consequences of jealousy and selfish ambition and, I do have to say, that a psychiatrist couldn\u2019t say it better than how it is stated in the letter of James. To tell you the truth, I\u2019ve seen it myself. As a matter of fact, I\u2019ve been a victim of someone\u2019s jealousy, and it was very unpleasant. It had nothing to do with anything relational or romantic. The person was just jealous of my success as a teacher. And, what makes it a bit comical is that I was just doing my job, and I happened to be good at it. It had nothing to do with impressing anyone. That jealous person did indeed bring disorder to a peaceful situation with foul practices that cause much worry and heartache. At the core of the person\u2019s behavior was selfish ambition. It turned this person into a monster who would greet me every morning with a joyful \u201cGood Morning!\u201d while trying to pour rat poison into my coffee (I\u2019m exaggerating here).<\/p>\n
Being on the receiving end of an uncontrolled jealous person\u2019s behavior is truly an awful experience. And when you throw in a good amount of selfish ambition, you feel like a powerful tornado wants to suck you in. But you have to resist it. You have to keep yourself out of the tornado that the person has created. You have to stay above the disorder for your own peace of mind and tranquility of soul. If you allow yourself to get sucked into the disorder, you will become
\ndisordered and part of the insanity!<\/p>\n
Many jealous people have brought much suffering to others. Especially when the jealous person is extremely possessive of a situation or another person. If the person believes that he or she has a claim of ownership of a person or situation, then the person can start exhibiting pathological, morbid and toxic behavior.
\nI think that the rest of the reading from the Letter of James offers us much food for thought and takes us to the realization that we need wisdom to live a good and productive life. So, let us be very careful with the turmoil that jealousy and selfishness create and with the insecurities that can cause jealousy and selfish ambition.<\/p>\n
You are in my prayers and in my heart.
\nPeace and good. Friar Julio<\/p>\n
La segunda lectura de la Carta de Santiago comienza con un estallido: “Donde hay celos y ambiciones ego\u00edstas, all\u00ed hay desorden y toda clase de pr\u00e1cticas indebidas”.<\/p>\n
Acabo de leer sobre los factores psicol\u00f3gicos, las causas y las consecuencias de los celos y la ambici\u00f3n ego\u00edsta y tengo que decir que ning\u00fan psiquiatra podr\u00eda decirlo mejor que como lo dice la carta de Santiago. Para decir la verdad, lo he visto yo mismo. De hecho, he sido v\u00edctima de los celos de alguien, y fue muy desagradable. No ten\u00eda nada que ver con nada relacional o rom\u00e1ntico. La persona simplemente estaba celosa de mi \u00e9xito como profesor. Y lo que lo hace un poco c\u00f3mico es que yo solo estaba haciendo mi trabajo y resulta que era bueno en eso. No ten\u00eda nada que ver con impresionar a nadie. Esa persona celosa efectivamente trajo desorden a una situaci\u00f3n pac\u00edfica con pr\u00e1cticas indebidas que causa mucha preocupaci\u00f3n y dolor. En el centro de la conducta de la persona estaba la ambici\u00f3n ego\u00edsta. Convirti\u00f3 a esta persona en un monstruo que me saludaba todas las ma\u00f1anas con un alegre \u201c\u201c\u00a1Buenos d\u00edas!\u201d mientras intentaba echar veneno para ratas en mi caf\u00e9 (estoy exagerando).<\/p>\n
Estar en el lado receptor del comportamiento de una persona celosa descontrolada es realmente una experiencia horrible. Y cuando a eso le sumas una buena dosis de ambici\u00f3n ego\u00edsta, sientes como si un poderoso tornado quisiera absorberte. Pero tienes que resistirlo. Tienes que mantenerte fuera del tornado que la persona ha creado. Tienes que permanecer por encima del trastorno para tu propia paz mental y tranquilidad del alma. Si te permites ser absorbido por el trastorno, \u00a1te volver\u00e1s desordenado y parte de la locura!<\/p>\n
Muchas personas celosas han tra\u00eddo mucho sufrimiento a otras. Especialmente cuando la persona celosa es extremadamente posesiva de una situaci\u00f3n u otra persona. Si la persona cree que tiene derecho a la propiedad de una persona o situaci\u00f3n, entonces la persona puede comenzar a exhibir un comportamiento patol\u00f3gico, m\u00f3rbido y t\u00f3xico.
\nCreo que el resto de la lectura de la Carta de Santiago nos ofrece mucho material para la reflexi\u00f3n y nos lleva a la conclusi\u00f3n de que necesitamos sabidur\u00eda para vivir una vida buena y productiva. Por eso, tengamos mucho cuidado con la confusi\u00f3n que crean los celos y el ego\u00edsmo y con las inseguridades que pueden causar los celos y la ambici\u00f3n ego\u00edsta.<\/p>\n
Est\u00e1n en mis oraciones y en mi coraz\u00f3n.
\nPaz y bien. Fray Julio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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