book on life (5)

Chapter 5 : 

DARK JUNGLE OF LIFE

Life is like a dark jungle and here are the enemies of a man that he is
going to meet in his journey which he must conquer on his own.

• Greed
• Anger
• Lust
• Egotism
• Falsehood
• Deception
• Lying
• Stealing
• Dishonesty
• Cheating
• Cruelty
• Killing
• Pride
• Arrogance
• Conceit
• Vanity
• Jealousy
• Envy
• Sloth
• Impatience
• Indecision
• Selfishness
• Revenge
• Hate
• Wrath
• Gluttony
• Idleness
• Attachment
There are more, its not possible to list all of them here, but I have
listed the major ones, the first three being the biggest enemies of all.

Where even one of the above enemy is present, others are bound to be
found. There are extremely difficult to locate and remove since they are
hidden within the man himself. They are like termites that eat up a man
from inside. It takes a man away from his true duties and leads him to a
false materialistic life which
always ends up in disaster.
A mind filled with such impurities is always agitated.
Every man must cross this dark jungle of life on his own. No one can help
him in this process.
A man must take a through note of himself at end of every month to see
which one of these enemies is still present.
Below is a rough description of each one of them to assist him in this
process.
Greed
• Greed is the selfish desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, power,
food, or other possessions, especially when this denies the same
goods to others.
• An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs
or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.
• A selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than
is needed.
Anger
• Anger is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to
intense rage.
Lust
• Lust is any intense desire or craving for gratification and
excitement.
• Intense or unrestrained sexual craving.
• To have an intense or obsessive desire, especially one that is
sexual.
Egotism
• The tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively and
boastfully.
• An inflated or exaggerated sense of one's own importance.
• The practice of thought, speech, and conduct expressing high selfregard
or selfexaltation,
usually without skepticism or humility.
• The practice of talking about oneself too much.
• Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of
self. Egotism means placing oneself at the center of one's world
with no direct concern for others.



Falsehood
• An untrue statement; a lie.
• The practice of lying.
• Absence of truth or accuracy.
Deception
• Deception is the act of convincing another to believe information
that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of
halftruths.
• Deception involves concepts like propaganda, distraction and/or
concealment.
• Tricking others for own personal gain.
Lying
• To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
• To convey a false image or impression.
Stealing or Theft
• Theft is the illegal taking of another person's property without
that person's freelygiven
consent.
Dishonesty
• Lack of honesty or integrity.
• As the act or to act without honesty; a lack of probity, to cheat,
lying or being deliberately deceptive; lacking in integrity; to be
knavish, perfidious, corrupt or treacherous; charlatanism or
quackery.
Cheating
• To deceive by trickery; swindle.
• To deprive by trickery; defraud.
• To mislead; fool.
• To act dishonestly; practice fraud.
• To violate rules deliberately.
• Cheating is an act of lying, deception, fraud, trickery, imposture,
or imposition. Cheating characteristically is employed to create an
unfair advantage, usually in one's own interest, and often at the
expense of others. Cheating implies the breaking of rules.
Cruelty
• Something, such as a cruel act or remark, that causes pain or
suffering.
• Cruelty can be described as indifference to suffering, and even
positive pleasure in inflicting it.
Killing
• To kill, killing or to have killed means to cause the death of a
living organis
• To deprive one of life.
Pride
• Pride is a lofty view of one's self or one's own.
• Inordinate selfesteem.
• Delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or
relationship.
Arrogance
• An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in
presumptuous claims or assumptions.
• Excessive pride.
Conceit
• A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one's own
abilities or worth.
Arrogance
• An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in
presumptuous claims or assumptions.
• Excessive pride.
Vanity
• Excessive or inflated pride in one's appearance or accomplishments.
• Excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others.
• Seeking admiration for ones looks or achievements
Jealousy
• Jealousy typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being
threatened by a rival. This rival may or may not know that he or she
is perceived as a threat.
• Intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness.
• Disposed to suspect rivalry or unfaithfulness.
• Hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage.
Envy
• A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction
with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
• Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another
joined with a desire to possess the same advantage.
• Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks
another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either
desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."
Sloth
• Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence.
• Disinclination to action or labor.
Impatience
• Restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or
opposition.
• Eagerly desirous.

Selfishness
• Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.
• Seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or wellbeing
without regard for others.
• Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the
self, i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the act of placing
one's own needs or desires above the needs or desires of others.
• Arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in
disregard of others.
Revenge
• The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation.
• To inflict punishment in return for injury or insult.
• Revenge (also vengeance, retribution, or vendetta amongst others)
consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in
response to a real or perceived wrongdoing.
Hate
• Hatred or hate is a word that describes intense feelings of dislike.
It can be used in a wide variety of contexts, from hatred of
inanimate objects to hatred of other people.
Wrath
• Described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and
anger.
Gluttony
• Overindulgence
and overconsumption
of food, drink, or intoxicants
to the point of waste.
• Excess in eating or drinking.
• Greedy or excessive indulgence.
Idleness
• Idleness means the act of doing nothing or no work.
• A person who spends his days doing nothing of relative importance.
Attachment
• Exaggerated not wanting to be separated from someone or something.
• Attachment to people, places, things, wealth, status, etc.
“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your
destiny, consume you it will..." Yoda
(Star Wars)
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