Human-beings have a gift for finding faults in others. Although, it may be more of a disease than a gift. There are even those who find fault in God, like the men who found fault in Jesus when he walked the earth. He warned us about the dangers of this disease:
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. Matthew 6:23
I may not know if you have ‘evil eyes’ towards me. Yet, your evil eyes won’t make a difference in my life. They will affect you. How is that so?
When we have evil eyes towards someone, we start to look for their flaws. The command we send to our brain is: “This person is bad. I’m going to find evidence to prove this.” Then we start to see everything in a distorted way:
- The person arrived late? How lazy. The person is early? They’re just showing off for the boss.
- She’s pretty? She’s so full of herself. She’s ugly? She deserves it.
- He has money? What a thief. He’s broke? What a loser.
- She works hard? What a brownnoser. She’s a bad employee? How selfish.
- He stands out amongst the rest? What a show off. He makes no difference? What a waste of space.
The search for flaws is endless. You become a bitter, hateful, spiteful person, whose tongue drips venom. If you have evil eyes towards someone, there’s no way that person can please you. But the problem is with you, not the person.
Your condition is so serious that the victims of your evil eyes don’t even need to punish or criticize you; they don’t even need to defend themselves. You already punish yourself: the darkness that’s there inside of you does that. Carrying anger that never ends, you’re a bitter person that only attracts friends like you – those who hate the same people. You somehow live off the feeling that you’re the only “perfect” person, even though you know such a thing doesn’t exist.
How can you not see this?
Sorry for asking, I forgot. You’re in darkness.
Bishop Renato Cardoso
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