Swami, how to eradicate jealousy?

[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]

Swami replied:- Jealousy is always based on ego. If ego is crossed, as indicated by the crossing of ‘I’ in a cross, jealousy has no basis and cannot rise at all. Ego can be crossed by total surrender to God. In the process of total surrender, there are two steps:-

i) In the preliminary step, you think that success in a work belongs to God and failure in a work belongs to yourself.

ii) In this advanced stage, you think that the total work done by you is done by God only. In this stage, both success and failure belong to God only. Both happiness (success) and misery (failure) are equally enjoyed by God as per the concept of Yoga in His entertainment. In such a case, you are neither bothered about the success nor bothered about the failure in the work. In this advanced stage, ego is completely eradicated so that jealousy cannot arise due to the absence of its basis. However, the basic-ego (identity of self) shall not be destroyed, in which case you will be unable to do any work. The basic-ego is essential like the normal body temperature. If the basic-ego is destroyed, self-confidence gets damaged. If the basic-ego grows, it ends in pride leading to self-destruction.

Everywhere in spiritual journey, the consciousness helps the soul by speaking the truth. In fact, God speaks through the consciousness. Such divine mechanism inherently exists with every soul to help the life journey in both Pravrutti and Nivrutti (Satāṃ hi sandeha padeṣu vastuṣu, pramāṇa mantaḥkaraṇa pravṛttayaḥ).