Marilyn Monroe said: “Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.” What is Creator’s perspective?

You are hearing in this quote a living breathing testimonial from someone who was often the subject of envy and felt its consequences in quite a variety of ways. This was not just knowing that someone might be jealous and envious of her fame or beauty, and thus held dislike in feeling inferior, but many times learning about attempts to sabotage her career by jealous rivals who went out of their way to gossip and cast aspersions on her character, reliability, and judgment. Such episodes are extremely hurtful and disappointing because they will immediately cause a rift, a separation, a gulf between the parties and, even if only sensed intuitively, will likely be categorized accurately as someone who is more an opponent than a friend. And this will always create a feeling of discomfort and lead to mistrust, that will become increasingly destructive over time through causing stressful feelings, unhappiness, and a kind of loneliness that is especially vicious. When someone envied is wronged in this way, they not only become isolated but will feel under a kind of attack, so they are not only alone but endangered in some way that is ill-defined but quite real. The consequences of envy are many and, because it is a common pitfall, there are many who have lived and carried that burden from encounters with many others and were judged in some way that was quite unfair. Often the object of envy is something the person was born with or developed into as a product of their upbringing and is an achievement, and thus earned, or at least not deserving blame for having something greater than others enjoy. So to be envious, as a kind of judgment, is wholly inappropriate and unwarranted because the person is not endowed to flaunt or harm others, assuming they are not taking advantage of their attributes to cause deliberate harm in outshining those around them to serve their own ego and need for status. Being perceived by others as having an unfair advantage may teach a young person to shy away from personal encounters and become quite anxious and doubt their ability to be fully accepted and liked. This can be quite destructive, and while it might not be a conscious motivation for those who envy them, the damage their attitude might do is a major karmic misstep that will cause harm to the perpetrator of the envy. The take-home message here is that even the rich and famous have feelings and will be hurt by envy and all of the dark things it can bring about.