Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the Kings' horses and all the Kings' men
could not put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
I wonder why Humpty fell off the wall. Did he just fall or did someone or something so jealous of him that he was pushed. In that light, I have done some research on jealousy. It is defined as an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something that the person values, such as a relationship, or love.
Jealousy is a familiar experience in human relationships. It has been observed in infants five months old and older.
Jealousy is an emotion whose effects "frequently get out of control". People do not express jealousy through a single emotion or a single behavior. They instead express jealousy through diverse emotions and behaviors.
The experience of jealousy involves:
Fear of loss
Suspicion or anger about betrayal
Low self esteem and sadness over loss
Uncertainty and loneliness
Fear of losing an important person to another
Distrust
Jealousy in children and teenagers has been observed more often in those with low self esteem and can evoke aggressive reactions.
That is exactly how my heart feels these days, broken into zillions of little pieces Some damage can be corrected but there is some that cannot! Is jealousy behind my heartache? I will probably never know. I confess to being totally unable to grasp the concept of jealousy.
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I wonder. There is a strange belief in ancient Egypt related to this. Perhaps more subtle than its literal translation implies. Many Egyptian gods took a half-human, half-animal form. It was said they guarded the threshold into human incarnation. They prevented animal souls from entering the human realm because of the chaos this would cause, living through their most basic reactions. And the impact on society, during the many incarnations it would take them to evolve. The violence, suffering and cruelty it would unleash while they learned to be truly human.
The limbic, emotional systems of our brains are older, more primitive than the more recently developed prefrontal cortex with its dual faculties of reason and compassion. Few of us have adapted to this new capability and are able to act more often than we react. To be at cause, rather than effect. Perhaps we do it sometimes, and try to be more aware. To wake up. But I think this is similar to alot of infants who sleep most of the time, and can only handle limited bouts of wakefulness, while they are developing. We are there as a species.
Jealousy, I believe, is when there is pain without an understanding of its true source, a blaming of the trigger, and a fear to acknowledge our own weaknesses. We're all in a race to adapt more intellgiently to our situations and either raise ourselves above our knee-jerk reactions, or become extinct. This stunted (or stage in) development plays out both locally and globally. Hopefully there is a solution to it yet that has eluded the king's horses and the king's men. Maybe humpty-dumpty can put himself together in something other than what he was before, using the pieces in new ways to grow.
Jealousy often backfires in a bad way to. The other person can wind up thinking if I'm already doing the time, might as well go ahead and do the crime.
That is one of those words that use to puzzle me, our God said He is a jealous God, and we are to be like Him but Jealousy is forbidden.
The puzzle ended when I realized that the translators were maybe not picking the best word to translate the Greek to current English and the forbidden Jealousy was not so much an insecurity it was more an "aggravated envy". Not happy for good things to happen to a person feeling that it would be better if the blessed person were cursed and I could get their claims in life.
Interesting post, never thought about why old Humpty fell off the wall..lol.
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