Posted by Declan on April 28, 2007, at 18:45:00
In reply to Re: Oscar Wilde said... » Racer, posted by Phillipa on April 28, 2007, at 16:25:56
Hello everyone
I wondered because you hear people talking about (say) social phobia in which envy is surely a result, if not a cause.
The correct line on envy (such as I recall it at this time of the morning) is that it is a feeling, which empties out and turns the envied person bad.
Once envy comes in alienation is close behind.
And then some see the sense of seperation as the standout symptom of depression.Apart from mindfulness, I'm not sure what you do.
Maybe the emptying out quality of envy is a little similar to the process of engulfment?What does Iago mean anyway when he says 'I am not what I am'?
Does he just mean 'I am not what I seem', or does he mean something more creepy?Oscar Wilde also said that
'wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others',
which doesn't seem to be of much use these days, but
'It is only the gods who taste of death. Apollo has passed away, buy Hyacinth, whom men say he slew, lives on. Nero and Narcissus are always with us'
seems right.
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