Comparison is Pure Illusion

INTRODUCTION

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When we see others we see the best things about them and want to be like them. The very nature of the mind is to be unsatisfied, not to be happy, and not to be in the present moment. The mind can exist only in the past or future. It cannot exist in the present because you cannot have thoughts in the present moment. Ask the children to name their special features, the features they love a lot. The other extreme of comparison is we feel very proud that we are the best and start discouraging others.

Everyone is unique and special; no one is inferior to anybody in any way. Discuss the major areas where we normally compare-wealth, name and fame, power and prestige, knowledge and health.

We can group these under four major categories. Money, knowledge and beauty; which includes health and status. Comparison is pure illusion.

the negative existence of comparison and

jealousy. Borrowed desires happen very subtly

in our mind; that is why although they happen

continuously, we continue to state that we are

not bothered by others