Thought train for malice

Malice for another person.
A thought of ill will for another.

This thought assumes the reality of the other person as an independent entity.
Once the reality of another independent entity is assumed, one assumes that pleasure for the other entity implies pain for me.

Let us follow the following thought train.

1. Self ignorance
2. Independent existence of a 'me'
3. Independent existence of an 'other'
4. Identification with the 'me'
5. Dis-identification with the 'other'
6. The 'other' is unknown
7. The other is a 'threat'
8. The other's happiness is a 'threat'
9. The other is 'not self'.
10. Self alone is dear
11. Hence the 'other' is not dear
12. All that is 'not self' deserves misery.
13. 'The other' deserves misery
14. 'Happiness for the other' is not tolerated
15. The 'not self' should be destroyed
16. 'The other' should be destroyed.

'The other' exists as an independent entity only in your perception. There is nowhere else where it could exist independently. By consistently believing in the independent existence of 'the other' this belief has strengthened enormously and has solidified into an appearance which looks real and ominous. However, it is just a powerful delusion, not an actual fact.

What appears as the external world is not different from the thought in your own mind.

But,
1. 'The other' is an illusion
2. Hence it cannot be destroyed (being non-existent)
3. Perception of an 'external world' is an illusion.
4. There is none but the self.
5. Hence malice is based on delusion
6. Self ignorance is the root of all misery