When you watch a drama, there are bad characters that put the main character in danger. At the beginning, the wicked man has a motive in his own way. But the more he continues, the more his purpose is just to destroy the protagonist.
When the wicked man loses his rationality, he no longer acts as just himself; instead, he becomes his actions, which swallows up his soul. He becomes a slave of envy, inferiority, hatred, revenge, and destruction. Then he is no longer a human being but a monster/evil.
Obese people overeat because they can’t control their appetite and rebuke themselves for it. People who overthink are drawn to those continuous thoughts and suffer from headaches and insomnia. Those who are overwhelmed with hatred curse others and pray for them to flounder with misfortune. Whether it’s love, success, or riches, those obsessed with desire will lie, act falsely, or even commit murder to get it.
Can you see your original soul getting ruined and rotting like that? When consumed with emotions, the soul loses its light and becomes gray. Its life’s energy goes out like a candle with little wick left.
Humans are not evil, but they ARE when manipulated by emotions.
Through meditation, I was able to see that my soul was dying. I observed that the perpetrator was me, not someone else. 🧘🏻♀️
When I clashed with someone over my disagreement, I could see how ruthlessly I hurt them with my thorn-like words and look. How much time I wasted being unhappy while piling up a sense of inferiority and spent it being regretful instead of productive. When I was in a possessive mood, I could see how hideous my face was.
I reflected on myself and found there’s a monster. 😈 Now it figures why I wasn’t happy, I didn’t have energy, why I felt like I was always living a frustrating life without clear answers.
When I watch a drama, I know that the villain is out of his mind and running around crazy. Of course, it is the villain himself, not the opponent, who will be destroyed this way. However, when it comes to my story, I get blindsided by emotions and can’t read the situation of what’s going on. Only my feelings seem to be right and no one can stop me. My insight is just the size of my small-minded body, as I couldn’t see anything else than that. That’s when I turn into the villain who ruins my soul. 😭
To avoid getting swamped by your irresistible emotions, you need to be constantly awake. You should be able to separate from yourself and see objectively like watching a drama. Otherwise, at some point, your soul will be engulfed and dominated by emotions unbeknownst to you.
The enemy is not a million people out there or the world which don’t fit your liking, but the millions of emotions within me. We are all somewhat victims of worry, anger, depression, inferiority, hatred, revenge, hostility, greed, and whatnot. Therefore, we should know how to overpower and master these emotions to save one’s dying soul.
It is a blessing among blessings that I found the right discipline through proper meditation. How can I not share this with y’all?! 🌈🌈
