How to replace envious thoughts with loving thoughts?

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how to replace envious thoughts with loving thoughts actually there are there is a fundamental understanding in bhakti which if we can imbibe we can substantially counter any that is that whatever that other person possesses which we are attracted that thing is not that person’s property that is actually a manifestation of Krishna’s greatness Krishna says in 10.14 in the Bhagavad Gita that whatever is attractive in this world it manifests the spark of my splendor this means when somebody is more good looking than me somebody is wealthier than me somebody is cleverer than me somebody speaks better than me somebody sings better than me in all these situations I may feel envious of that person again when I am feeling envious of that person what is happening I only see me and that person this person has this better me or sometimes the envy becomes all the more what happens is that person doesn’t have a quality but still that person is respected why are you getting this respect I can do this better than you so now what happens in this situation if we are just seeing at the horizontal level I am like this why is this person like this why is this person having this quality or why is this person getting this respect then it is very difficult to believe that but if we see that actually above both of them is Krishna and Krishna it is Krishna there is one spark of Krishna’s quality that is manifesting in this person and this person is getting some praise some fame whatever it is because of that quality so if this little thing can attract so many people Krishna is the whole how much more attractive Krishna if I become attracted to that Krishna how much more joy I can get so we can see others qualities which cause envy within us as pointers to Krishna so if we have this connectedness ok that will help us to decrease envy but most importantly we understand the principle that what determines our happiness is not what we have what determines our happiness is what we do with what we have so somebody may have more intelligence than me somebody may have better looks than me somebody may have greater wealth than me but whatever they have that alone is not going to make them happy if they are seeing its effects on Krishna oh I look so good oh I am so wealthy I am so clever their eyes centred then they will not be happy because they will always be looking how many people are crazy how many people are appreciating so its like sometimes you know we buy a new dress and then we come and nobody notices the new dress so what happened so actually when we are extremely centred if we are not Krishna centred no matter how much we have we will not be satisfied so I may have something less than what others have but if I am using what I have in Krishna service in doing constructive activity then that will give me happiness I may have lesser wealth than someone else but if I am using that wealth properly actually that will bring me satisfaction and that way if we see the Krishna connection firstly of that particular quality with Krishna and we see that actually whatever quality I have the materialistic notion is that whatever thing I have I have to get it more in order to become happy but the spiritual understanding is whatever I have I have to use it better to become happy and if I use it better Krishna by his mercy he may give us more wealth but we focus on using what we have then we can become happy and all of us if we look within we do have enough to be happy it’s only when we look without and compare what I have with what others have that is what makes us unhappy I conclude with this point that suppose there is a special kind of feast what is the speciality of the feast that everybody is going to get different items so now I have got a delicious piece of very wonderful items but instead of eating my feast I am looking oh what has he got what has she got what has he got what has she got well enjoy your feast so all of us have been given gifts by God but instead of relishing our gifts sometimes we may have to discover our gifts also but we can’t discover and relish our gifts instead of doing that what we do is oh what he has what she has what they have and then we become envious but if we focus on understanding what we have and using what we have we will find that what we have is enough to become happy in life thank you very much yes once again welcome