There once was a man who was placed in a prison so that the prison warden could watch him. He so desired to see him but being a warden of a prison, could not indulge in the sight of him without placing him there.
As the man ate food, the warden became envious, desiring to eat what he ate. As he slept on a simple pillow, the warden envied him and desired to sleep on that pillow too. As he sat calmly with peace on breaks, the warden again envied him and desired to have peace outside too.
Finally, the time of the man’s false sentence was over. Excited, elated at the freedom that awaited him, the warden again envied him and wanted that freedom too, that experience of elation.
In the lust of envy, the warden sought to possess the man still more, barricading his stay and creating an excuse to keep the man.
Now, every time the man ate, slept, sat in peace, and enjoyed experiences of hope, the warden to prevent himself from excessive envy, performed these acts himself as well.
Upon finding out what lust of envy this warden experienced, the man convulsed, repulsed in how creepy and lustful the envy of the warden became.
It was only at the death of the warden that the man began to see the purpose of his life once more. The thought of his buried body gave such ecstatic joy to the man, such relief, such freedom, that he would with outstretched arms leap with joy!