What Can Jealousy and Envy Do to the Law of Attraction?

You come home from work and see that your next door neighbor, once again, has another new vehicle. You feel envious and wish it was you. "Why does he get everything? I wish I had his luck!"

Or maybe your cousin calls to tell you she's getting married. You tell her how happy you are for her (through clenched teeth) and when you hang up the phone, you turn into the green eyed monster of jealousy. You were supposed to get married before her!

Jealousy and envy land in the same family of feelings and they both are negative emotions that will attract back to you faster than you can say, "I do!" They both possess intense emotion and the thoughts that run through someone's mind usually are repetitive. Between the intense emotion and the repetitive thoughts of jealousy or envy, you will have just moved your focus into super sonic speed and everyone around you will continue to make you jealous and envious.

So how do you change this in your life? You can change these intense negative emotions with just a few adjustments of your perception.

Let's start with envy. When you see someone obtain what you want, instead of saying how much you wish you were like that person or how much you want their life, change your perceptions and thoughts to positive, which will in turn get rid of the envy. So your neighbors have everything that you seem to want. Instead of wishing you were them, be grateful to the Universe for giving you a sign that you are next in line for the new car. This could be an indicator from the Universe shown through your own neighbor. Be happy for your neighbor. Think how great it will be when it all comes to you as well. Steer away from the envy of the neighbor and turn your attention to thanking the Universe and knowing that you will get just what you asked for as well.

So what about jealousy? Jealousy is a form of insecurity in you. When you are jealous you want what someone else has with intensity that trumps envy, and you are stating that you're mad because you deserve it more than him or her, and you have waited longer.