Lately I’ve been listening to an audio book by Joseph Murphy, called The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. It’s quite fascinating – he makes some very interesting connections between the well-known healing power of the placebo, and the unplumbed depths of our subconscious minds. I’m very appreciative of my mentor, Ray Higdon, for recommending this book.

One of the things he talks about is envy, and how it holds us back from getting what we want. If we are envious of someone, it means they have something we want. If they don’t, then what are you envious of?

If we surround our thoughts of that thing (whatever it may be – a beautiful car, a beautiful home, a beautiful relationship, lots of money) with the toxic energy of envy and lack, we are decreasing our chances of getting it ourselves. Our subconscious mind doesn’t understand words, it only picks up emotion, and if the emotion around that thing is angry and sad (which envy tends to be), that’s what it will conclude, and it will actively work to give us what it thinks we want – which is avoidance of that thing, because it makes us angry and sad.

So what is the solution to this problem? Appreciation.

Think of the person who has that thing that you want, that is causing you to feel envy. It might be a house, a car, an outfit, a level of success. Now take a deep breath and wish that person EVEN MORE of that thing  – more beautiful objects, more success, more money (even if you think they already have more money than your judgy mind thinks they should have – or ESPECIALLY if you are thinking that). Wish them joy and happiness and enjoyment of that thing. Work on being sincere in these wishes, which might take some effort on your part.

Do you feel lighter now? I know I did when I first did this exercise, and I’ve been repeating it regularly. It’s definitely not a one and done.

I know this is pretty woo-woo, but I’d love to hear what you think of it. Hit the comments and let me know!