The original sin of jealousy

Sandrine 2021-10-19 09:49:52

The Bible says that everyone is born with the seven original sins (Original Sin). The prerequisite for ascending to heaven is to cleanse the seven deadly sins through a lifetime of repentance and deeds: pride (arrogant), anger (indignation), and infidelity. (Disloyalty), greediness, laziness, rapaciousness, envy.

In Genesis, there is a record of jealousy.

4:1 One day, the man had sex with his wife Eve. Eve conceived and gave birth to Cain (which means to get), and said, Jehovah has given me a man.

4:2 And he gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Abel is a shepherd, and Cain is a farmer.

4:3 One day, Cain took the fruit of the land as an offering and offered it to the Lord.

4:4 Abel also offered the firstborn of his flock and the fat of the sheep. The Lord saw Abel and his offerings,

4:5 but Cain and his offerings were despised. Cain became very angry, and his face changed.

4:6 The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why have you changed your face?"

4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? If you do not do well, sin lies at the door. It will adore you, but you will subdue it.

4:8 Cain was talking with his brother Abel, and they were in the field. Cain got up and beat his brother Abel and killed him.

The black swan is not a fairy tale with a happy ending.

The white swan was originally a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, she was cursed and turned into a white swan, and she needed true love to lift the curse. But the beloved man is seduced by his sister Black Swan. So I had to choose to commit suicide.

The metaphor of jealousy speaks for itself. There is only one prince. You can get it, why can't I.

There is only one high-paying position, only one award-winning place, and only one first place. Only a few are favored by God. The road of contention is a single-plank bridge, do you want to squeeze it over? Show your strength.

Nina has an extraordinary talent for dancing. The position of Queen Swan is her dream. Paid hard training and sweat. But he was told that he still needs to release his emotions.

What emotion? envy.

Because of jealousy, the black swan released its charm, released its wildness, released its full potential, and released its omnipotent means. There is a strong contrast with the white swan everywhere. Look at that, I have it, but you don't. The prince is mine, not yours.

Nina is timid, cowardly, and depressed. Dressed in a plain white dress and a pale scarf, he always looked like hesitating. In her fantasy, she was dressed in black, with sharp eyes, a confident smile, and light and firm steps.

This fantasy gave her some courage, and she took the initiative to ask for the position of Queen Swan. I wonder why you never let go of emotions. Nina said, I train hard and just want to be perfect.

But since human beings have eaten the fruits of wisdom, they will never be perfect, because they are too smart and always find the existence of imperfections, so they will never be satisfied.

The perfection nina pursues is very simple, follow the rules, and pay will be rewarded, because I train harder than others, so this position is mine.

Just like her attitude towards life, she is alone, has no extra contacts, and refuses to get fat food. Focus on dancing.

This is a transcendent realm, one corner, and one's inner perfection. But Nina did not, because her attitude was not formed naturally, but a deliberate repression. She is just worried about interacting with others, afraid of contacting the outside world, and in her lonely and closed heart, she yearns for the richness of the outside world.

This gave her a sense of guilt, and she punishes herself with scratching her back and bury her desire.

But acting as a black swan requires more than just dancing, but also emotion. What is needed is a heart that has become imperfect due to jealousy. Sometimes imperfection is more impactful than perfect, and it is more worthy of artistic praise.

She took a bite of the strange tree and rejected his unspoken rules. The character of the black swan must have a hard element. Envy with too weak character will only lead to self-pity. Rather than stand up and fight. Wei Shu has discovered the potential of nina.

As a result, Nina got her dream position as she wished.

Ren Qunfang jealous. Nina was scared, she was the white swan who got the prince, always worried that the prince would be taken away by the black swan.

The perfection she pursues is also the perfection of interpersonal relationships. She avoids too much communication because complex interpersonal relationships will bring inevitable troubles. In short, I don’t commit crimes, and you don’t want to commit crimes to me either. Still the fear of interpersonal relationships.

When announcing her election, only new people laughed and old people cried, but her expression was so unnatural, she seemed to owe BETH and other unsuccessful people, as if this position was not obtained through proper means. In fact, she just didn't want to be too public and cause others to be jealous.

At this moment nina was still the cowardly little girl. She didn't know that one person can never please everyone, society and competition are often so cruel. Just like the statue she saw, an angel with a broken arm. In fact, the arms became wings. To get wings, you have to pay the price of arms.

The black swan didn't jump well, I blamed my uncle for being furious. Nina said I'm sorry, but the black swan didn't need to say I'm sorry. In the eyes of the black swan, the prince was originally mine, and there would not be any guilt in snatching it, just like fair competition in this society. What I grabbed is mine. I just want to keep the prince longer and longer, so that everyone can't take it away.

It seemed that she would never become a black swan. But Lily's appearance made her feel a crisis.

Lily is sexy, outgoing, charming and bold. It is in sharp contrast with her. The long-term inferiority complex and the fear of being replaced make Nina have more hallucinations. She became grumpy, sensitive, and suspicious.

She tried to put herself to sleep with soft music, but she became more irritable. According to the room set up by the girl, she no longer suitable for her, she threw all the teddy bears symbolizing childhood into the trash can. The world is no longer beautiful, she has transformed into an adult.

At this moment she finally began to transform to a black swan. There was a hard-hearted man who took it for granted. Stabbing to death and snatching his own role LILY is like stabbing to death that innocent, pure, idealistic, and cowardly self.

The black swan finally emerged from the cocoon. The arms turned into charming wings.

The world is no longer perfect, so what, as long as I can leave my figure, let people see my dancing, even if it is stained with dirty blood, beauty is beauty. What if I am just jealous, because I will do better than anyone else.

After the dance. The white swan fell in a pool of blood, whether it was the black swan stabbed, or it stabbed itself, no longer matters. Because it's all her own.

Baidu Zhi, there is an interesting theory. Even if you find millions of white swans, you cannot draw the conclusion that "all swans in the world are white". Because as long as a black swan is found, this theory will be overturned.

No matter how beautiful Nina is in her heart, as long as there is a small amount of jealousy, a black feather will infect her whole body.

The black swan is in our hearts, in the original sin.

Even Ha 7 is no longer pure, and the once innocent little boys have troubles of growing up. Ron was also caught in a whirlpool of jealousy. However, the friendship finally triumphed. It's a good ending.

In all kinds of classics, the description of human nature is always sharp, without unnecessary modification and cover-up. That is what I like. It allows us to better recognize ourselves, and all kinds of barriers that are born from our hearts, through it, we will get a new life.

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Black Swan quotes

  • Nina: It's about a girl who gets turned into a swan and she needs love to break the spell, but her prince falls for the wrong girl so she kills herself.

  • Nina: Beth! I'm so sorry to hear you're leaving the company.

    Beth Macintyre: What did you do to get this role? He always said you were such a frigid little girl. What did you do to change his mind? Did you suck his cock?

    Nina: Not all of us have to.

    Beth Macintyre: [chuckles] You fucking whore! You fucking little whore!