Bad mind, or severely corrosive envy, is a crippling communicable disease. Those afflicted with bad mind are obsessed with hindering the success of others, whether the success of others impedes theirs or not. Those infected with bad mind are highly infectious all the time. Social distancing and routine practices like frequent mind cleansing can help to reduce the rapid spread of bad mind germs.

Bad mind exists on a continuum. It is like stage 4 cancer. The crab-in-a-barrel mentality is stage three. Individuals resent others trying to rise above shared economic struggles. Those infected with bad mind hate the success of everyone, including those they have never met. Like the scorpion that stung the frog who reluctantly gave him a ride across the river, hatred of others’ success is in the very DNA of those who are afflicted with bad mind.

“Red-yeye” is like stage 2 cancer on the bad mind continuum. Covetousness over someone else’s material possessions fuels those who suffer from red-yeye. Malice is severe ill will that makes a person want to see another suffer or experience trouble. Malice is like stage 1 cancer.