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Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
Ask and It Is Given, by Esther and Jerry Hicks, which presents the teachings of the nonphysical entity Abraham, will help you learn how to manifest your desires so that you're living the joyous and fulfilling life you deserve. As you read, you'll come to understand how your relationships, health issues, finances, career concerns, and more are influenced by the Universal laws that govern your time/space reality-and you'll discover powerful processes that will help you go with the positive flow of life. It's your birthright to live a life filled with everything that is good-and this book will show you how to make it so in every way!
355 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2004
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Esther Hicks
227books1,383followersEsther Hicks is an American inspirational speaker and best-selling author. She has co-authored nine books with her husband Jerry Hicks, presents workshops on the Law of Attraction and appeared in the first release of the film The Secret. The Hickses' books, including the best-selling series The Law of Attraction, are � according to Esther Hicks � Channelled from a group of non-physical entities called Abraham (Hicks describes what she is doing as tapping into "infinite intelligence").
Esther Hicks was born in Coalville, Utah. She married her current husband, Jerry Hicks, in 1980 and has one daughter by her former marriage.
Esther Hicks's material was the inspiration behind "The Secret"
Esther Hicks was born in Coalville, Utah. She married her current husband, Jerry Hicks, in 1980 and has one daughter by her former marriage.
Esther Hicks's material was the inspiration behind "The Secret"
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January 15, 2013
A full year after reading this book, and following the "Ask And It Is Given" Formula, the items I placed in my perfect heart shaped box, are coming into reality every day! I asked to create a best selling book to help children succeed in school - and did; I asked to crate a dream team to assist me in helping others become excellent readers and got one; I asked for a specific registered trademark which every attorney said would never happen, and yet, it was granted -- and so much more. This book doesnt' just tell you that the world is wonderful; it truly shows you how to connect with the perfection that is everywhere. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
March 30, 2021
This book and Abraham's teachings changed my life. I attracted a great job, my wonderful husband, and more using the knowledge I gained. However, Ask and It Is Given is more than just a manual on how to manifest your desires (there are 22 easy-to-understand processes readers can utilize in order to become a match to their desires). It's also a book that will either challenge or confirm your beliefs* about God, reality, the purpose of life, and the true nature of your own identity as a powerful spiritual or vibrational being.
I don't know if I can adequately explain or give justice to all of the concepts contained within, but the key principles discussed include the Vibrational Laws that are responding to our thoughts (energy) which equal our vibrational point of attraction.
Our emotions are equally important because they're a measure of what we're thinking and, therefore, doing with our vibration. The more better-feeling thoughts we think, the more we're allowing good and our desires to flow to us. This is because there's only one energy stream that flows from Source and it's one of Well-Being. So there's no source of evil. Just feeling good (allowing) or not feeling good (resistance). Feeling good holds greater significance than the manifestations because it's who we really are: good or physical extensions of God. That's why good feels good!
I admit that when I first learned of these teachings I was more concerned about the manifestations than about feeling good. I have since realized that joy really is the true measure of success, while the manifestations are just the indicators of our alignment or not with higher consciousness (Source Energy). It's okay, too, if we don't always feel good. Our negative emotions are useful by showing us that we're focused on what we don't want and, therefore, we can then guide our thoughts towards what we do want.
So, back to the Vibrational Laws. These three laws are the Law of Attraction, the Law of Creation, and the Law of Allowing. In addition to being universally and vibrationally based these laws, like the Law of Gravity, are also absolute which means they work regardless of one's beliefs or awareness of them. The advantage to knowing about these laws is that one can DELIBERATELY create one's life, instead of by default which is what most people are doing.
How empowering is it to know that we are the creators of our own reality, that we are born with free will, that the purpose of life is joy, and the end result contributes to the expansion and eternalness of the Universe?
I so appreciate this powerful knowledge, Abraham, and the Hicks who have tirelessly and lovingly helped to share Abraham's teachings. (Abraham is essentially Source Energy or God, but they don't go by the latter label as it has different meanings for everyone). I learned so many things that I didn't know before, or rather as it is stated things I didn't remember. Some of these concepts might be too unbelievable for others, but they resonated with me.
This book is for those who are ready to receive the anwers they've been asking for. Ask and it is given, indeed!
*Although the aim isn't to change our beliefs but to help guide us more towards what we want, happiness.
I don't know if I can adequately explain or give justice to all of the concepts contained within, but the key principles discussed include the Vibrational Laws that are responding to our thoughts (energy) which equal our vibrational point of attraction.
Our emotions are equally important because they're a measure of what we're thinking and, therefore, doing with our vibration. The more better-feeling thoughts we think, the more we're allowing good and our desires to flow to us. This is because there's only one energy stream that flows from Source and it's one of Well-Being. So there's no source of evil. Just feeling good (allowing) or not feeling good (resistance). Feeling good holds greater significance than the manifestations because it's who we really are: good or physical extensions of God. That's why good feels good!
I admit that when I first learned of these teachings I was more concerned about the manifestations than about feeling good. I have since realized that joy really is the true measure of success, while the manifestations are just the indicators of our alignment or not with higher consciousness (Source Energy). It's okay, too, if we don't always feel good. Our negative emotions are useful by showing us that we're focused on what we don't want and, therefore, we can then guide our thoughts towards what we do want.
So, back to the Vibrational Laws. These three laws are the Law of Attraction, the Law of Creation, and the Law of Allowing. In addition to being universally and vibrationally based these laws, like the Law of Gravity, are also absolute which means they work regardless of one's beliefs or awareness of them. The advantage to knowing about these laws is that one can DELIBERATELY create one's life, instead of by default which is what most people are doing.
How empowering is it to know that we are the creators of our own reality, that we are born with free will, that the purpose of life is joy, and the end result contributes to the expansion and eternalness of the Universe?
I so appreciate this powerful knowledge, Abraham, and the Hicks who have tirelessly and lovingly helped to share Abraham's teachings. (Abraham is essentially Source Energy or God, but they don't go by the latter label as it has different meanings for everyone). I learned so many things that I didn't know before, or rather as it is stated things I didn't remember. Some of these concepts might be too unbelievable for others, but they resonated with me.
This book is for those who are ready to receive the anwers they've been asking for. Ask and it is given, indeed!
*Although the aim isn't to change our beliefs but to help guide us more towards what we want, happiness.
May 31, 2007
I am really enjoying this book. It is written in small digestible chunks, and although it is somewhat intense material to engage with originally (it is chanelled from a collective group of beings named Abraham, it is very applicable and has helped me to make some shifts mentally that feel great in my life.
One of their arguments is that something feeling good is evidence of its being in line with who you are. That is advice I can certainly connect with. Very clear and easy to accept.
I say give it a whirl. A friend passed it on to me and i am very glad she did.
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One of their arguments is that something feeling good is evidence of its being in line with who you are. That is advice I can certainly connect with. Very clear and easy to accept.
I say give it a whirl. A friend passed it on to me and i am very glad she did.
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January 18, 2020
تمام فصل های کتاب یک طرف فصل آخر که تازه آموزش بیست و دو تمرین فوق العلاده قوی رو در اختیارمون میگذاره یک طرف . این کتاب صرفا برای کسی که زندگیش رو باخته یا کسی که میخواد زندگیش رو بهتر از چیزی که هست بسازه میتونه یک فرصت جدید و طلایی باشه . تمرینات خوب و واضح کتاب به همراه مثال برای جذب خواسته ها و آرزوها و بالا برن سطح انرژی و ویبریشن ، کمک خیلی خوبی در مسیر رسیدن به آرزوهای ماست . نکاتی که خودم توی کتاب از لابه لای نوشته ها که نشون از نقص های کارم بود پیدا کردم خیلی کمکم کرد تا بهتر در مسیری که درش گام برمیدارم موفق بشم . در واقع این کتاب یک معلم بیدار برای رسیدن درست و به موقع و بدون شعار به خواسته هاست . صرفا اگر تمرینات آخر کتاب رو با حوصله و عشق و علاقه به تغییرات انجام بدیم وگرنه انتظار معجزه نباید داشت
October 29, 2010
Esther Hicks writes for a "nonphysical intelligence" known as Abraham in this former New York Times Best Seller, Ask and It is Given. What I found most interesting in Ask were the deviations from Esther and Jerry (her husband) Hicks' 1989 book A New Beginning I, which predicted various "earth changes" that were on the brink of occurring in 1989, including simultaneous volcanic eruptions that would cover the earth's air with ash. In Ask, these revelations of turbulence are not even touched upon. There are also various inconsistencies within Ask regarding Jerry and Esther's initial encounters with Abraham, including an altered-or cleverly tailored version-of Abraham's first words.
As for the "biographical sketch" provided in Ask about Jerry and Esther's life pre-Abraham, it is incredibly vague. It tells us that Jerry was very successful before Abraham, but does not mention that Jerry Hicks was a Crown level distributor at Amway, who was giving seminars about positive thinking and motivation. Only instead of using the Abraham works, he was using those of Napoleon Hill. Dateline did a wonderful expose on Amway, revealing a major business within Amway that was not in selling various appliances/supplies, but in selling motivational courses and materials within the company. It is clear that Jerry was involved in this sort of motivational selling with Think and Grow Rich before his Abraham work. While the effect of Think and Grow Rich on Jerry's life is mentioned in Ask, the Amway link is never made, though it is touched on in various interviews with the Hickses. Of course, this seems to be irrelevant to most readers of the Abraham materials. To me, this was an important fact that made Jerry and Esther appear less like sincere messengers of positive thinking and more like pious frauds for Napoleon Hill.
The chapters in Ask offer an emotional guidance scale to let you know where you are and some 22 processes to help you reach a better feeling place to help you align with those things that you are wanting. The 22 processes include an interesting combination of cognitive therapy, visualization, and New Age woo. Though some of them seem very helpful, there does seem to be some undermining as the processes and rhetoric ask you to set aside critical thinking and replace it with emotional guidance. Also, for the entities that have claimed to not wish to alter our beliefs, these processes suggest otherwise, as they are designed to assist us in altering our beliefs. Various emotional appeals, combined with validation for whatever you want to believe in, make this book very appealing to anyone who wants approval or to believe that they can be, do, or have anything they want. This book operates under the claim that it will help you manifest your desires. But buyers beware, the authors take no responsibility for anything you are unable to manifest using their processes and there are no objective means for testing how well you are doing. And based on the logic presented within the book, even if you are unable to manifest something: All is well. I do not recommend this book to someone trying to manifest something, but rather to someone who wants to become a devotee of one of the most popular channels of our time. When you find yourself needing to listen to their CDs and watch their youtube videos more than anything else, that's when you know you've found a friend.
As for the "biographical sketch" provided in Ask about Jerry and Esther's life pre-Abraham, it is incredibly vague. It tells us that Jerry was very successful before Abraham, but does not mention that Jerry Hicks was a Crown level distributor at Amway, who was giving seminars about positive thinking and motivation. Only instead of using the Abraham works, he was using those of Napoleon Hill. Dateline did a wonderful expose on Amway, revealing a major business within Amway that was not in selling various appliances/supplies, but in selling motivational courses and materials within the company. It is clear that Jerry was involved in this sort of motivational selling with Think and Grow Rich before his Abraham work. While the effect of Think and Grow Rich on Jerry's life is mentioned in Ask, the Amway link is never made, though it is touched on in various interviews with the Hickses. Of course, this seems to be irrelevant to most readers of the Abraham materials. To me, this was an important fact that made Jerry and Esther appear less like sincere messengers of positive thinking and more like pious frauds for Napoleon Hill.
The chapters in Ask offer an emotional guidance scale to let you know where you are and some 22 processes to help you reach a better feeling place to help you align with those things that you are wanting. The 22 processes include an interesting combination of cognitive therapy, visualization, and New Age woo. Though some of them seem very helpful, there does seem to be some undermining as the processes and rhetoric ask you to set aside critical thinking and replace it with emotional guidance. Also, for the entities that have claimed to not wish to alter our beliefs, these processes suggest otherwise, as they are designed to assist us in altering our beliefs. Various emotional appeals, combined with validation for whatever you want to believe in, make this book very appealing to anyone who wants approval or to believe that they can be, do, or have anything they want. This book operates under the claim that it will help you manifest your desires. But buyers beware, the authors take no responsibility for anything you are unable to manifest using their processes and there are no objective means for testing how well you are doing. And based on the logic presented within the book, even if you are unable to manifest something: All is well. I do not recommend this book to someone trying to manifest something, but rather to someone who wants to become a devotee of one of the most popular channels of our time. When you find yourself needing to listen to their CDs and watch their youtube videos more than anything else, that's when you know you've found a friend.
November 28, 2020
هذا الكتاب يحتاج لمن يقرأه بعين القلب.. وإن بذلت المزيد من الوقت مُفكراً في مفاهيمه وربطها بالتعاليم السماوية لدهشت.
هذا حرفياً -في أغلبه- ما يحاول الدين زرعه في أنفسنا.
بدايةً بالسؤال: رفع كفيّ الدعاء بالرغبة.
وما بين السؤال والإجابة -هُنا مربط الفرس:
مساحة عظيمة من اليقين والثقة بالله في جوابه: "ادعوني استجب لكم"، و أنا عند حسن ظن عبدي بي. واستشعار الامتنان لله على جوابه وتحقق رغباتك قبل التجلي.
هُنا تأكد من شيء واحد فقط؛ عدم المقاومة -الشك- في قدرة الله. لأن الله لا يعجزه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء، أيعجزه طلبك؟
"هو عليّ هين".
حدث الله عن رغباتك وامنياتك، وتذكر ان تربطها بهدف عظيم، ولا أعظم من رغبة القربى منه.
الجواب: تجلي قدرة الله.
ستأتي بإذن الله "ياتِ بها الله إن الله لطيفٌ خبير".
ولا تنسى: بالحمد تدوم النعم وتزيد
"وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُم"
هذا حرفياً -في أغلبه- ما يحاول الدين زرعه في أنفسنا.
بدايةً بالسؤال: رفع كفيّ الدعاء بالرغبة.
وما بين السؤال والإجابة -هُنا مربط الفرس:
مساحة عظيمة من اليقين والثقة بالله في جوابه: "ادعوني استجب لكم"، و أنا عند حسن ظن عبدي بي. واستشعار الامتنان لله على جوابه وتحقق رغباتك قبل التجلي.
هُنا تأكد من شيء واحد فقط؛ عدم المقاومة -الشك- في قدرة الله. لأن الله لا يعجزه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء، أيعجزه طلبك؟
"هو عليّ هين".
حدث الله عن رغباتك وامنياتك، وتذكر ان تربطها بهدف عظيم، ولا أعظم من رغبة القربى منه.
الجواب: تجلي قدرة الله.
ستأتي بإذن الله "ياتِ بها الله إن الله لطيفٌ خبير".
ولا تنسى: بالحمد تدوم النعم وتزيد
"وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُم"
October 8, 2016
After four years it helps me to release bad and annoying emotions yet. Although I gave up on reading Self Helps books, this one is not something I can forget about easily. I prefer to categorize this book under philosophy of life not self help.
March 28, 2008
Read at the right time, especially when on a spiritual path, I think this could be one of those life changing or at least very pivotal books to read. It's very simply set out and easy to comprehend which is great for those who are only just learning or discovering law of attraction. As for people who already know about law of attraction I think it's great for a reminder and for fine tuning what you know.
I did find it to be slightly repetitive but I feel that given the subject and taking into consideration how much we are all used to a certain perspective it's probably for the best as it drums it in more helping to push past any resistance and keeping a open mind.
I did find it to be slightly repetitive but I feel that given the subject and taking into consideration how much we are all used to a certain perspective it's probably for the best as it drums it in more helping to push past any resistance and keeping a open mind.
January 26, 2019
" لا أحد سواك يعرف كيف تشعر حيال ذاتك ".
يختصر الكتاب مفهوم كيف الأنسان مخير في حياته وليس مسير .
الأفكار والمبادئ والشعور والقرارات كُلها تساهم في تدبر مجرى حياتك.
فأي تغيير يطرأ على هذه الأربعة سيكون هناك تأثير وتغيير مباشر على حياتك .
يحتوي الكتاب على تجارب وقصص الأخرين
وتمارين تُساهم في تحسين مستوى جودة حياتك
" الكتاب عميق جداً يحتاج تركيز وورقة وقلم للتدوين "
فكرة أنك أنت المسؤول الوحيد عن مجريات حياتك واستطاعتك بتغييرها تستحق أمتلاك الكتاب "
يختصر الكتاب مفهوم كيف الأنسان مخير في حياته وليس مسير .
الأفكار والمبادئ والشعور والقرارات كُلها تساهم في تدبر مجرى حياتك.
فأي تغيير يطرأ على هذه الأربعة سيكون هناك تأثير وتغيير مباشر على حياتك .
يحتوي الكتاب على تجارب وقصص الأخرين
وتمارين تُساهم في تحسين مستوى جودة حياتك
" الكتاب عميق جداً يحتاج تركيز وورقة وقلم للتدوين "
فكرة أنك أنت المسؤول الوحيد عن مجريات حياتك واستطاعتك بتغييرها تستحق أمتلاك الكتاب "
December 29, 2017
Giving this book a rating is very difficult. On one side I believe it's a must-read for everyone who's interested in the law of attraction and all that, on the other side it's very repetitive and also I have difficulties believing every single thing like f.e channeling, (this book is not written by Ester but by Abraham, a spirit who took over her body while she wrote the book?) or growing new body parts if we just -believe we can do it-. Sometimes it doesn't make any sense at all. Nevertheless, it's quite interesting.
July 17, 2023
Anyone who needs a refresher or new to the Law of Attraction principles could read this and really get a lot out of it. I had read years ago and have continued to apply what I learned. I do believe we attract what we meditate on, what we think about, and what we expect. This reinforces that belief.
August 11, 2012
i fell under the spell of this philosophy for a few years. it does have some good bits of cognitive therapy,but much of the 'law of attraction' crowd lacks a good helping of compassion. some truly believe if it doesn't work,or you're sick,you're not trying hard enough. life is not quite that simple.
August 21, 2008
Wow. This book was kicking aorund my house for 18 months before I read. The cover looked, and the titled sounded, like it was religious. Then I opened it and I started to make all these miraculous things happen. I have found it transformative to say the least. I read it concurrently with '" so the "channeled writing" aspect didn't phase me, really.
January 23, 2015
Read this and others years ago ..., then later listen to the tape while driving. Abraham has passed away since this book.... People are still getting great value.
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August 25, 2009Wonderful reminder to keep track of what you are thinking about.. think of joy and happy things, and get joy and happy things.. think of bad and unhappy things, and get that too... I have read this book about 12 times... and get something new out of it each time... And people wonder why I am in such a good mood all the time, and why my life is so great? HELLO????
January 15, 2013
I never wrote a review before but I felt compelled to do so. My sister bought this book and I decided to read it first.
What impressed me from the beginning were the comments from Wayne Dyer, since he is my favorite author. I have several self-help books in my collection, but I have never read a book that gave me such a profound and clear understanding as to why I am not getting all that I desire in life. I read it in 2 days and now I'm re-reading it and highlighting just about every page and doing some of the processes. I can see the fruits of this book already. Please get a copy of this book. You will not regret it.
Thank you Esther, Jerry and Abraham.
What impressed me from the beginning were the comments from Wayne Dyer, since he is my favorite author. I have several self-help books in my collection, but I have never read a book that gave me such a profound and clear understanding as to why I am not getting all that I desire in life. I read it in 2 days and now I'm re-reading it and highlighting just about every page and doing some of the processes. I can see the fruits of this book already. Please get a copy of this book. You will not regret it.
Thank you Esther, Jerry and Abraham.
October 8, 2018
الخمس صفحات الأولى: حالة من الإنتشاء
بعد الخمس الصفحات الأولى : مخيب للآمال
لا اعلم لماذا اشتهر هذا الكتاب وكان له كل هذا الصيت ! لا اعتقد المحتوى فالمحتوى مكرر، لم أَجِد فيه أي نقاش حقيقي، مجرد كتابات نظرية عائمة هنا وهناك مليئة بنفس "الإيجابية المستفزة"!..لكن اعتقد مايجعل الكتاب أو بالأحرى الكاتبان لهما هذا الصيت هي قصة "أبراهام" سواء كانت حقيقية أم لا .
بعد الخمس الصفحات الأولى : مخيب للآمال
لا اعلم لماذا اشتهر هذا الكتاب وكان له كل هذا الصيت ! لا اعتقد المحتوى فالمحتوى مكرر، لم أَجِد فيه أي نقاش حقيقي، مجرد كتابات نظرية عائمة هنا وهناك مليئة بنفس "الإيجابية المستفزة"!..لكن اعتقد مايجعل الكتاب أو بالأحرى الكاتبان لهما هذا الصيت هي قصة "أبراهام" سواء كانت حقيقية أم لا .
September 17, 2008
The original teachings of Abraham -- won't ever get tired of re-reading this every so often for a fresh perspective! Love it love it love it!
Love the simplicity, the ease with which the Abraham-Hicks material brings out our natural tendencies towards joyful abundance. Reading Abraham always makes me realize that I have a tendency (and I think all of us who are slightly "overeducated" into believing in "the way things are" do) to overcomplicate most things. It doesn't need to be complicated, it's really quite simple!!! There's a "system" here for bringing our energy back into alignment with joy, especially when we're going through some of life's toughest challenges -- you really can't go from utter depression to extreme joyfulness in 0 to 60 seconds, and I like the gentle approaches given here in order to realize from within where you're at, where you'd like to be, and how to go about begining the journey of living intentionally in the direction of your hopes and dreams like flowers grow towards the sunshine...
Love the simplicity, the ease with which the Abraham-Hicks material brings out our natural tendencies towards joyful abundance. Reading Abraham always makes me realize that I have a tendency (and I think all of us who are slightly "overeducated" into believing in "the way things are" do) to overcomplicate most things. It doesn't need to be complicated, it's really quite simple!!! There's a "system" here for bringing our energy back into alignment with joy, especially when we're going through some of life's toughest challenges -- you really can't go from utter depression to extreme joyfulness in 0 to 60 seconds, and I like the gentle approaches given here in order to realize from within where you're at, where you'd like to be, and how to go about begining the journey of living intentionally in the direction of your hopes and dreams like flowers grow towards the sunshine...
November 6, 2018
اسأل تعط , كتاب لاقى رواج مؤخراً
قد لا يوحي شكل الكتاب ولا عنوانه بالمحتوى والموضوع الحقيقي.
الكتاب يوضح حقيقة قانون الجذب و مفهومه وكيفية عمله وتطبيقه و الأخطاء التي يقع فيها أغلب الناس..
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انتشر مصطلح قانون الجذب و صار الكل يتغنى فيه وفي قدراته والكل يبحث عنه..
شيء طبيعي لأن قانون الجذب يقول .. فكر وأظهر رغباتك وأفكارك وراح تتحول الفكرة إلى ذبذبات طاقة وراح تجذب أشباهها وتتحقق رغباتك بشكل أو بآخر.
كل شيء في هذا العالم عبارة عن طاقة .. وهذه حقيقة .. كل الأشياء والأشخاص قد يبثون فينا شعور سلبي أو إيجابي
قد نرتاح لوجودهم في المكان وقد يسببون لنا توتر أو قلق و خوف..
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مقدمة الكتاب آثارت حفيظة الكثيرين من القراء الأجانب بالذات..
يحكي الزوجين هيكس الحادثة التي كانت سبب تأليفهم لهذا الكتاب..
توجهوا ذات يوم لامرأة يقال أن عندها قدرة على الحديث مع حارسها الروحي وملاكها و يعطيها أجوبة على كل شيء ..
فلما جلسوا معاها للتأمل وبدأ الملاك بالحديث أخبرهم أن لكل شخص حارس و إذا تأمل ووصل لمستوى معين فإنه يتواصل ويتكلم معه
عاد الزوجين لبيتهم و صاروا يطبقون التأمل كل يوم إلى أن حصلت المفاجأة.. وتعرفت الزوجة إستر على ملاكها أبراهام الذي ساعدها على تأليف هذا الكتاب!
قد تكون حدثت فعلاً وقد تكون قصة تسويقية..
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عندما يمارس الناس الجذب ويفكرون بالأشياء التي ينمنون لو تتحقق.. لكنها لا تتحقق أبداً ويظلون بنفس الدوامة..
يوضح أبراهام أن هذا بسبب تركيزهم على المشاعر والظروف التي خلقت عندهم هذه الرغبة..
فمثلاً.. من يرغب بوظيفة فغالباً رغبته نابعه من شعوره السيء بالبطاله ..
من يريد تحسين وضعه المادي فإنه برغبته يركز على أسباب ضعف حالته المادية..
هذه المشاعر السيئة تخلق مقاومة تمنع الرغبات من التحقق ..
والحل بتخفيف المقاومة.. أن تكون راضياً عن نفسك الآن و وضعك سيسمح له بالازدهار والتحسن أكثر.
في نهاية الكتاب مجموعة تمارين وتطبيقات للجذب وتخفيف المقاومة.
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برأيي الشخصي.. صعب أن نثق بشيء لا أساس علمي له ..
مجرد تجارب شخصية قد تنجح مع البعض وقد لا تنجح..
وقد تضر البعض بالذات الكسالى فيجدون فيها سبب لعدم بذل أي جهد والتمسك بالفكرة تماماً. وما يمنع أن الموضوع مثير للاهتمام و يعطي دافع للنظر بشكل أفضل للحياة وما نملكه الآن معنا.
قد لا يوحي شكل الكتاب ولا عنوانه بالمحتوى والموضوع الحقيقي.
الكتاب يوضح حقيقة قانون الجذب و مفهومه وكيفية عمله وتطبيقه و الأخطاء التي يقع فيها أغلب الناس..
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انتشر مصطلح قانون الجذب و صار الكل يتغنى فيه وفي قدراته والكل يبحث عنه..
شيء طبيعي لأن قانون الجذب يقول .. فكر وأظهر رغباتك وأفكارك وراح تتحول الفكرة إلى ذبذبات طاقة وراح تجذب أشباهها وتتحقق رغباتك بشكل أو بآخر.
كل شيء في هذا العالم عبارة عن طاقة .. وهذه حقيقة .. كل الأشياء والأشخاص قد يبثون فينا شعور سلبي أو إيجابي
قد نرتاح لوجودهم في المكان وقد يسببون لنا توتر أو قلق و خوف..
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مقدمة الكتاب آثارت حفيظة الكثيرين من القراء الأجانب بالذات..
يحكي الزوجين هيكس الحادثة التي كانت سبب تأليفهم لهذا الكتاب..
توجهوا ذات يوم لامرأة يقال أن عندها قدرة على الحديث مع حارسها الروحي وملاكها و يعطيها أجوبة على كل شيء ..
فلما جلسوا معاها للتأمل وبدأ الملاك بالحديث أخبرهم أن لكل شخص حارس و إذا تأمل ووصل لمستوى معين فإنه يتواصل ويتكلم معه
عاد الزوجين لبيتهم و صاروا يطبقون التأمل كل يوم إلى أن حصلت المفاجأة.. وتعرفت الزوجة إستر على ملاكها أبراهام الذي ساعدها على تأليف هذا الكتاب!
قد تكون حدثت فعلاً وقد تكون قصة تسويقية..
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عندما يمارس الناس الجذب ويفكرون بالأشياء التي ينمنون لو تتحقق.. لكنها لا تتحقق أبداً ويظلون بنفس الدوامة..
يوضح أبراهام أن هذا بسبب تركيزهم على المشاعر والظروف التي خلقت عندهم هذه الرغبة..
فمثلاً.. من يرغب بوظيفة فغالباً رغبته نابعه من شعوره السيء بالبطاله ..
من يريد تحسين وضعه المادي فإنه برغبته يركز على أسباب ضعف حالته المادية..
هذه المشاعر السيئة تخلق مقاومة تمنع الرغبات من التحقق ..
والحل بتخفيف المقاومة.. أن تكون راضياً عن نفسك الآن و وضعك سيسمح له بالازدهار والتحسن أكثر.
في نهاية الكتاب مجموعة تمارين وتطبيقات للجذب وتخفيف المقاومة.
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برأيي الشخصي.. صعب أن نثق بشيء لا أساس علمي له ..
مجرد تجارب شخصية قد تنجح مع البعض وقد لا تنجح..
وقد تضر البعض بالذات الكسالى فيجدون فيها سبب لعدم بذل أي جهد والتمسك بالفكرة تماماً. وما يمنع أن الموضوع مثير للاهتمام و يعطي دافع للنظر بشكل أفضل للحياة وما نملكه الآن معنا.
September 3, 2021
"The basis of life is freedom, and the result of life is expansion- but the propose of your life is joy. And that is why the main event has never been the manifestation. It has always been the way you feel in the moment. In other words, you intended to come into the physical realm of contrast to define what is wanted, to connect with Energy that creates worlds, and to flow it toward your objects of attention- not because the objects of attention are important, but because the act of flowing Energy is essential to life."
Well from the moment I saw the title I was captured by this book, it is a way of life, and it must be considered to become the New Religion probably, how to Ask, and how to be able to Receive, how to Ask? By following your desires, because true desires don't lie, and the Source is so abundant it can Give everyone, no interference or muddling will occur.
What is beautiful about the book is -as it tells you- it helps you remember things, that you already knew, we all remember how especially when we're kids how our desires and dreams were big, and truly we believed in being able to claim them, every now and then we come to such joyful and happy moments even later in life, it is sad that we forget when we are older, because these desires and dreams are the way, the real way to be happy and to get what we want through the Law of Attraction.
It must be the new Religion, because -in contrast to classic religions- it changes the whole picture and the formula of life, your desires and your seeking for happiness are what you are, not fending them off and rejecting them, and through mindfulness and meditation you will be able to see clearer and get better and better.
It is how you see it, because life is really special, see it through the kids, how they are happy and always on the go, whatever the circumstances....this book helps you to become a child again, and dream.
November 24, 2018
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January 17, 2018رائع رائع رائع،، يذكرك بمن تكون ..انك صانع لواقعك ..صانع لتجربتك الخاصة من وحي افكارك وتركيزك للطاقة الصادرة منك ..لاننا كائنات ذبذبية
March 6, 2019
خوندن این کتاب یکی از لذتبخشتری� احساسها� این روزام بود. این کتاب مدام توی گوشم زمزمه کرد که قدرت ذهن و باور، باورنکردنیه. قسمت بازیها� کتاب خیلی خیلی جذاب بود. خصوصاً چون روی داشتن حس و حال خوب تأکید داشت. به این معنی که با داشتن حس و حال خوب و باورهای درست هست که هر زندگیا� زیبا میش� و هر استعدادی شکوفا.
قطعاً با این کتاب خداحافظی نمیکن�. چون دوست دارم بازم بهش سر بزنم و مطالبش رو بارها بخونم. :)
قطعاً با این کتاب خداحافظی نمیکن�. چون دوست دارم بازم بهش سر بزنم و مطالبش رو بارها بخونم. :)
March 13, 2015
Oh lordy. This book is so fully of kook that I can barely stand it (especially finishing off with Esther's voice, which is just as irritating as hell). And YET it is so chock full of useful instruction that I think I might actually want to own a hard copy. I usually prefer listening to inspirational-type stuff, and by "inspirational" I really mean all the extraneous stuff I fill my head with to keep me on track with where I want to go in life. And this is pretty good for that purpose, but it also is read so quickly and has so many "processes" (techniques) that it would be good to keep a copy as a reference. Of course it will all sound like total BS to the skeptical crowd, but it's really interesting how our neuroplasticity programs for healing chronic illnesses* pretty much follow the same guidelines as what is said here, if you oversimplify it to the max (min?)... and that is basically that negative thoughts tear you down physically, while joyful thoughts rebuild your body.
Some more favorite quotes from that one segment on health:
"Every cell in your body has a direct relationship with Creative Life Force, and each cell is independently responding. When you feel joy, all the circuits are open and the Life Force or God Force can be fully received. When you feel guilt or blame or fear or anger, the circuits are hindered and the Life Force cannot flow as effectively. Physical experience is about monitoring those circuits and keeping them as open as possible. The cells know what to do. They are summoning the Energy." ~Abraham.
Huh. That again. Everything I read comes back to that. I'm also reading /The Heartmath Solution/ right now... same basic message, in more measurable scientific terms, regarding energy flow and entrainment of heartbeats and brain waves. And yet I keep falling off the wagon and obsessing about all that's wrong with my body and my life. Wake-up call #8749... Oh yes, and also, I need to remember the quote... "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." Yeah. That continues to be my biggest challenge, though to be fair, the degree of assholeness does keep improving.
So... more quotes:
"Any time you have physical discomfort of any kind, whether you call it emotional, or physical pain within your body, it always, always means the same thing: "I have a desire that is summoning Energy, but I have a belief that is not allowing so I've created resistance in my body." The solution, every single time, to the releasing of discomfort or pain � is the relaxation and the reaching for the feeling of relief."
~ Abraham
And my favorite, because I love reading things that agree with what I've already decided to be true: "Wellness that is being allowed—or the wellness that is being denied—is all about the mindset, the mood, the attitude, the practiced thoughts. There is not one exception, in any human or beast; because, you can patch them up again and again, and they will just find another way of reverting back to the natural rhythm of their mind. Treating the body really is about treating the mind. It is all psychosomatic. Every bit of it, no exceptions.
~ Abraham
Well, okay I don't believe "every bit of it," but I sure do think that it is most often the major contributor.
Here is the full audio from Process 21: Reclaiming One's Natural State of Health. If the video is taken down, a youtube search might find another source of the same audio. I'd like to get this digitized on my phone so I can listen to it repeatedly as an aid in brain retraining.
But of course these messages are waging war with my western-medicine-trained mind, and even though I threw western health philosophy out the window a long time ago, clearly its influence is still strong. The mental discomfort and resistance I feel makes me steer away from that 4 stars and down towards 3. Ideally I'd like to give it 3.5 for now, but I suspect that after I get back up on the healing wagon, I'll be leaning more towards 4.
*Gupta Amygdala Retraining Programme for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and Gulf War Syndrome
*Dynamic Neural Retraining System for MCS, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, PTSD, Chronic Pain, and Anxiety
Some more favorite quotes from that one segment on health:
"Every cell in your body has a direct relationship with Creative Life Force, and each cell is independently responding. When you feel joy, all the circuits are open and the Life Force or God Force can be fully received. When you feel guilt or blame or fear or anger, the circuits are hindered and the Life Force cannot flow as effectively. Physical experience is about monitoring those circuits and keeping them as open as possible. The cells know what to do. They are summoning the Energy." ~Abraham.
Huh. That again. Everything I read comes back to that. I'm also reading /The Heartmath Solution/ right now... same basic message, in more measurable scientific terms, regarding energy flow and entrainment of heartbeats and brain waves. And yet I keep falling off the wagon and obsessing about all that's wrong with my body and my life. Wake-up call #8749... Oh yes, and also, I need to remember the quote... "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." Yeah. That continues to be my biggest challenge, though to be fair, the degree of assholeness does keep improving.
So... more quotes:
"Any time you have physical discomfort of any kind, whether you call it emotional, or physical pain within your body, it always, always means the same thing: "I have a desire that is summoning Energy, but I have a belief that is not allowing so I've created resistance in my body." The solution, every single time, to the releasing of discomfort or pain � is the relaxation and the reaching for the feeling of relief."
~ Abraham
And my favorite, because I love reading things that agree with what I've already decided to be true: "Wellness that is being allowed—or the wellness that is being denied—is all about the mindset, the mood, the attitude, the practiced thoughts. There is not one exception, in any human or beast; because, you can patch them up again and again, and they will just find another way of reverting back to the natural rhythm of their mind. Treating the body really is about treating the mind. It is all psychosomatic. Every bit of it, no exceptions.
~ Abraham
Well, okay I don't believe "every bit of it," but I sure do think that it is most often the major contributor.
Here is the full audio from Process 21: Reclaiming One's Natural State of Health. If the video is taken down, a youtube search might find another source of the same audio. I'd like to get this digitized on my phone so I can listen to it repeatedly as an aid in brain retraining.
But of course these messages are waging war with my western-medicine-trained mind, and even though I threw western health philosophy out the window a long time ago, clearly its influence is still strong. The mental discomfort and resistance I feel makes me steer away from that 4 stars and down towards 3. Ideally I'd like to give it 3.5 for now, but I suspect that after I get back up on the healing wagon, I'll be leaning more towards 4.
*Gupta Amygdala Retraining Programme for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and Gulf War Syndrome
*Dynamic Neural Retraining System for MCS, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, PTSD, Chronic Pain, and Anxiety
February 8, 2011
What if you could change your life by changing the direction of your thoughts?
I know that this sounds like what one acquaintance of mine calls "woo-woo,"but bear with me.
Esther and Jerry Hicks are presenting information from Abraham, a Non-Physical Being. (Think Jane Roberts and Seth.) Abraham shares ideas about how the direction of our thoughts manifests change in our lives, and some practical ideas/exercises to help you with the process.
I have been doing gratitude work for nearly a year now (that happens to be one of the exercises) and can attest that once you start looking for things to appreciate, more opportunities appear. I started focusing on what I wanted to like, instead of what I didn't want to like (Abraham says focusing attention on what you don't want brings it to you because of your direction) and discovered changes in my life.
I am open-minded enough to give some of these exercises a shot because I've seen what the gratitude work does. Esther and Jerry Hicks present their information with a light heart and good humor, and it's worth investigating.
I know that this sounds like what one acquaintance of mine calls "woo-woo,"but bear with me.
Esther and Jerry Hicks are presenting information from Abraham, a Non-Physical Being. (Think Jane Roberts and Seth.) Abraham shares ideas about how the direction of our thoughts manifests change in our lives, and some practical ideas/exercises to help you with the process.
I have been doing gratitude work for nearly a year now (that happens to be one of the exercises) and can attest that once you start looking for things to appreciate, more opportunities appear. I started focusing on what I wanted to like, instead of what I didn't want to like (Abraham says focusing attention on what you don't want brings it to you because of your direction) and discovered changes in my life.
I am open-minded enough to give some of these exercises a shot because I've seen what the gratitude work does. Esther and Jerry Hicks present their information with a light heart and good humor, and it's worth investigating.
December 28, 2020
الكثير من الهراء مخلوطا ببعض الحقيقة وسيصدقك العالم، أكاد لا اصدق ان استر هيكس وزوجها جيري بنيا امبراطورية وثروة من هذا الهراء
What a load of BS mixed with a a tiny bit of truth just to fool people! what is this nonsense about nonphysical entity Abraham talking through the woman and giving them his "teachings"?! how are people paying for this?
What a load of BS mixed with a a tiny bit of truth just to fool people! what is this nonsense about nonphysical entity Abraham talking through the woman and giving them his "teachings"?! how are people paying for this?
August 13, 2021
Chyba nie jestem jeszcze na takim poziomie samoświadomości, żeby zrozumieć tą pozycję. W niektórych momentach czułam się jakby mnie to nie dotyczyło. Za jakiś czas przeczytam ponownie i sprawdzę czy coś się zmieniło.
April 17, 2015
Total crap. That is all.
August 15, 2020
این کتاب ها فقط برای خوندن نیست، واسه همین کار سختیه امتیاز دادن بهش. کلی تمرین فکری و ذهنی توی این کتاب هست که برای من فوق العاده عمل کرده.
November 26, 2022
Honestly, I wasn't expecting this book to be so great. As the first book in the Law of Attraction / Teachings of Abraham Series, Ask and It is Given sets the foundations and each subsequent volume expands outward like the universe. After the main instruction in part one of Ask and it is Given, part two presents 22 processes to improve your point of attraction.
Yes, the wording is repetitive, but the book sure makes me feel great.
The Law of Attraction is life changing, a shift in perspective is extremely powerful. This understanding has improved my life immensely.
2020 marked my first introduction to Jerry and Esther Hicks and the teaching of Abraham. Of course, I'd heard of them for years, but I was hesitant to give this a try because the source of information seemed strange to me. I've been reading Rhonda Byrne's books multiple times since 2011. I guess it took until 2020 to really get serious about going to The Source. Now I'm hooked!
Of the Abraham - Hicks books I've experienced so far, Ask and It is Given is certainly one of my favorites and I plan to re-read it at least once a year. Another favorite which I recommend is .
My Favorite Processes:
The Rampage of Appreciation
The Magical Creation Box
Virtual Reality
Pivoting
The Focus Wheel Process
Releasing Resistance to Become Free of Debt
Favorite Passages from the Forward by Wayne Dyer:
I've spent a full day with Abraham in person, I've dined with Esther and Jerry, and I've listened to hundreds of Abraham's recordings, so you can take it from me firsthand - you're about to embark on a life-changing journey offered to you by two of the most authentic and spiritually pure people I've ever encountered. Jerry and Esther Hicks are as much in awe of their role in bringing these teaching to you as I am in writing this Forward for Abraham.
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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Favorite Passages from An Introduction to Abraham by Esther Hicks:
Abraham has since explained that they're not whispering words into my ears, which I am then repeating for others, but instead they're offering blocks of thoughts, like radio signals, which I'm receiving at some unconscious level. I then translate those blocks of thoughts into the physical word equivalent. I "hear" the words as they're spoken through me, but during the translation process itself, I have no awareness of what is coming, or time for recollection of what has already come.
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How is it that this wonderful thing has happened to me? At times, as I think about it, I can hardly believe that it's true. It seems like the kind of thing that fairy tales are made of - almost like making a wish as you rub the magic lantern. At other times, it seems like the most natural, logical experience in the world.
Sometimes I can barely remember what life was like before Abraham came into our lives. I have, with few exceptions, always been what most would call a happy person. I had a wonderful childhood, with no major traumas, and along with two other sisters, I was born to kind and loving parents. As I mentioned, Jerry and I had been blissfully married for about four years, and I was, in every sense, living happily ever after. I wouldn't have described myself as someone filled with unanswered questions.
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Abraham doesn't seem interested in forecasting our future, as a fortune-teller might, although I believe that they always know what our future holds, but instead they're teachers who guide us from wherever we are to wherever we want to be.
Favorite Passages from Ask and it is Given:
Your true knowledge comes from your own life experience. And while you will be a constant gatherer of experience and knowledge, your life is not only about that - it is about fulfillment, satisfaction, and joy. Your life is about the continuing expression of who you truly are.
You Only Hear What You Are Ready to Hear
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This is a book that will help you understand who you really are, who you have been, where you are going, and all that you continue to be.
This book will help you understand that you never, ever get it done. It will help you understand your relationship with your history and with your future - but, most important, it will awaken within you your awareness of the potency of your powerful NOW.
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Well-Being is the basis of this Universe. Well-Being is the basis of All-That-Is. It flows to you and through you. You have only to allow it. Like the air you breathe, you have only to open, relax, and draw it into your Being.
This book is about consciously allowing your natural connection to the Stream of Well-Being.
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Every thought vibrates, every thought radiates a signal, and every thought attracts a matching signal back. We call that process The Law of Attraction.
The Law of Attraction says: That which is like unto itself is drawn. And so, you might see the powerful Law of Attraction as a sort of Universal Manager that sees to it that all thoughts that match one another line up.
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By the powerful Universal Law of Attraction, you draw to you the essence of whatever you are predominately thinking about. So if you are predominately thinking about the things that you desire, your life experience reflects those things. And, in the same way, if you are predominately thinking about what you do not want, your life experience reflects those things.
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You Are a Summoner of Vibrational Energy
You are Consciousness.
You are Energy.
You are Vibration.
You are Electricity.
You are Source Energy.
You are Creator.
You are on the Leading Edge of thought.
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We like to refer to the place where you are standing as the Leading Edge of Thought, for as you stand there - in your physical body, in your physical environment, having your physical experience - you are the furthermost extension of that which we are.
All that has been before is culminating into that which you now are. And just as all of your experience, from the time of your birth into your physical body until now, has culminated into who you now are, all that has ever been experienced by All-That-Is has culminated into all that is now being experienced in the physical life experience on Planet Earth.
As every person on your planet is having experiences that are causing their desires to be born, a sort of mass summoning is occurring, which literally equals the evolution of your planet. And so, the more you interact, the more your personal preferences are being identified and radiated . . . and the more of your preferences that are being radiated, the more are being answered. As such, a powerful Stream of Source Energy is now stretched out before you from which your individual, personal preferences will be received.
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The people of your times are benefitting dramatically from the experiences of those generations that preceded you, for through the experiences that they lived, and the desires that were generated within them, the summoning began. And today, you are the ones on the Leading Edge of reaping the benefits of what those past generations asked for; at the same time, you are continuing to ask, and you are now summoning . . . and on it goes. So can you see how, if you can find a way to allow it, there is an avalanche of Well-Being at your fingertips, ripe for your plucking - provided you are in vibrational alignment with it?
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See yourself, right where you are now, as the beneficiary of the powerful Stream of Well-Being. Try to imagine that you are basking in the flow of this powerful stream. Make an effort to feel yourself as the Leading-Edge beneficiary of this unlimited stream, and smile and try to accept that you are worthy of it.
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We want you to understand that if were not for resistant thoughts you have picked up along your physical trail that are not in vibrational alignment with the Stream of Well-Being, you would be, right now, a full receiver of that Stream - for you are a literal extension of it.
You (and how you feel) are all that is responsible for whether you let in your inheritance of Well-Being or not.
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You are a vibrational transmitter, and you are broadcasting your signal in every moment of your existence.
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Your world, present and future, is directly and specifically affected by the signal that you are now transmitting. The personality that is You is really an eternal personality, but who you are right now, and what you are thinking right now, is causing a focusing of Energy that is very powerful. This Energy that you are focusing is the same Energy that creates worlds. And it is, in this very moment, creating your world.
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Your "asking" is sometimes spoken with your words, but more often it emanates from you vibrationally as a constant stream of personally honed preferences, each building on the next, and each one respected and answered.
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With enough attention to anything, the essence of what you have been giving thought to will eventually become a physical manifestation. And then as others observe your physical manifestation, through their attention to it, they help it to expand. And then, in time, this manifestation, whether it is one that is wanted or not, is called "Truth."
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We want you to understand that you do have absolute control over the set-points that you achieve. And we want you to understand the extreme value in deliberately achieving your own set-points. Because, once you expect something, it will come. The details of it may play out differently - but the vibrational essence will always be an exact match.
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If You Are Not Expecting It, You Are Not Allowing It.
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Many say, "Once that condition changes, I'll feel better. When I have more money or move into a better house or find a better job or a better mate, then I'll feel better." . . .
Deliberate Creation is not about the condition changing and then your finding a better feeling in response to the changed condition. Deliberate Creation is about choosing a thought that feels good when you choose it, which then causes the condition to change.
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In your attempt to document the facts and events of your time, you often, without knowing you are doing it, hold yourself in patterns of vibrations that make it certain that you will confirm the "truth" (or some fact you are studying) with your own life experience. This is not because it is an undeniable truth that you are witnessing, but it is because, in your attention to it, you have achieved vibrational harmony with it, so the Law of Attraction brings a matching experience to you.
Sometimes someone will say to us, "But Abraham, I cannot ignore this, for it's true!" And we say, It is only true because someone has made it true by giving their attention to it. You see, what you are actually saying here is, "Because someone else has given attention to this and therefore, by the Law of Attraction, invited it into their own experience, I think I'll do the same. In other words, even though I don't want it, I'm obliged to create it in my own reality because someone else did."
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You can be joyful at any endeavor where you decide to allow the Energy to flow. Spiritual versus material are not the choices. Everything about this physical, manifestational experience is spiritual. It is all the end product of Spirit. You have nothing to prove. Be the Spiritual You, and create like a physical fiend.
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"When I'm talking about the successful ones, what I really mean is the really happy people - people who are really joyful, who are eager to get on with their day. Almost all of them, without exception, had a pretty rough beginning, which turned them into powerful rebels, initially. Then they found a way to relax into their natural birthright of Well-Being."
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All the resources you will ever want or need are at your fingertips. All you have to do is identify what you want to do with it and then practice the feeling-place of what it will be like when that happens.
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One Last Thing
Be easy about all of this. You tend to take life so seriously. Life is supposed to be fun, you know.
As we watch you in the creation of your life, we feel only love for you and appreciation for all that you are. You are Leading-Edge creators, sifting through the wonderful contrast of this Leading-Edge environment, and coming to new conclusions that summon the Life Force forward. There are not adequate words to explain the value of that which you are.
It is our powerful desire that you return to your state of self-appreciation. We want you to feel love for your life, for the people of your world, and most of all, for yourself.
There is great love here for you.
And . . . for now . . . we are complete.
Yes, the wording is repetitive, but the book sure makes me feel great.
The Law of Attraction is life changing, a shift in perspective is extremely powerful. This understanding has improved my life immensely.
2020 marked my first introduction to Jerry and Esther Hicks and the teaching of Abraham. Of course, I'd heard of them for years, but I was hesitant to give this a try because the source of information seemed strange to me. I've been reading Rhonda Byrne's books multiple times since 2011. I guess it took until 2020 to really get serious about going to The Source. Now I'm hooked!
Of the Abraham - Hicks books I've experienced so far, Ask and It is Given is certainly one of my favorites and I plan to re-read it at least once a year. Another favorite which I recommend is .
My Favorite Processes:
The Rampage of Appreciation
The Magical Creation Box
Virtual Reality
Pivoting
The Focus Wheel Process
Releasing Resistance to Become Free of Debt
Favorite Passages from the Forward by Wayne Dyer:
I've spent a full day with Abraham in person, I've dined with Esther and Jerry, and I've listened to hundreds of Abraham's recordings, so you can take it from me firsthand - you're about to embark on a life-changing journey offered to you by two of the most authentic and spiritually pure people I've ever encountered. Jerry and Esther Hicks are as much in awe of their role in bringing these teaching to you as I am in writing this Forward for Abraham.
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"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Favorite Passages from An Introduction to Abraham by Esther Hicks:
Abraham has since explained that they're not whispering words into my ears, which I am then repeating for others, but instead they're offering blocks of thoughts, like radio signals, which I'm receiving at some unconscious level. I then translate those blocks of thoughts into the physical word equivalent. I "hear" the words as they're spoken through me, but during the translation process itself, I have no awareness of what is coming, or time for recollection of what has already come.
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How is it that this wonderful thing has happened to me? At times, as I think about it, I can hardly believe that it's true. It seems like the kind of thing that fairy tales are made of - almost like making a wish as you rub the magic lantern. At other times, it seems like the most natural, logical experience in the world.
Sometimes I can barely remember what life was like before Abraham came into our lives. I have, with few exceptions, always been what most would call a happy person. I had a wonderful childhood, with no major traumas, and along with two other sisters, I was born to kind and loving parents. As I mentioned, Jerry and I had been blissfully married for about four years, and I was, in every sense, living happily ever after. I wouldn't have described myself as someone filled with unanswered questions.
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Abraham doesn't seem interested in forecasting our future, as a fortune-teller might, although I believe that they always know what our future holds, but instead they're teachers who guide us from wherever we are to wherever we want to be.
Favorite Passages from Ask and it is Given:
Your true knowledge comes from your own life experience. And while you will be a constant gatherer of experience and knowledge, your life is not only about that - it is about fulfillment, satisfaction, and joy. Your life is about the continuing expression of who you truly are.
You Only Hear What You Are Ready to Hear
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This is a book that will help you understand who you really are, who you have been, where you are going, and all that you continue to be.
This book will help you understand that you never, ever get it done. It will help you understand your relationship with your history and with your future - but, most important, it will awaken within you your awareness of the potency of your powerful NOW.
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Well-Being is the basis of this Universe. Well-Being is the basis of All-That-Is. It flows to you and through you. You have only to allow it. Like the air you breathe, you have only to open, relax, and draw it into your Being.
This book is about consciously allowing your natural connection to the Stream of Well-Being.
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Every thought vibrates, every thought radiates a signal, and every thought attracts a matching signal back. We call that process The Law of Attraction.
The Law of Attraction says: That which is like unto itself is drawn. And so, you might see the powerful Law of Attraction as a sort of Universal Manager that sees to it that all thoughts that match one another line up.
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By the powerful Universal Law of Attraction, you draw to you the essence of whatever you are predominately thinking about. So if you are predominately thinking about the things that you desire, your life experience reflects those things. And, in the same way, if you are predominately thinking about what you do not want, your life experience reflects those things.
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You Are a Summoner of Vibrational Energy
You are Consciousness.
You are Energy.
You are Vibration.
You are Electricity.
You are Source Energy.
You are Creator.
You are on the Leading Edge of thought.
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We like to refer to the place where you are standing as the Leading Edge of Thought, for as you stand there - in your physical body, in your physical environment, having your physical experience - you are the furthermost extension of that which we are.
All that has been before is culminating into that which you now are. And just as all of your experience, from the time of your birth into your physical body until now, has culminated into who you now are, all that has ever been experienced by All-That-Is has culminated into all that is now being experienced in the physical life experience on Planet Earth.
As every person on your planet is having experiences that are causing their desires to be born, a sort of mass summoning is occurring, which literally equals the evolution of your planet. And so, the more you interact, the more your personal preferences are being identified and radiated . . . and the more of your preferences that are being radiated, the more are being answered. As such, a powerful Stream of Source Energy is now stretched out before you from which your individual, personal preferences will be received.
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The people of your times are benefitting dramatically from the experiences of those generations that preceded you, for through the experiences that they lived, and the desires that were generated within them, the summoning began. And today, you are the ones on the Leading Edge of reaping the benefits of what those past generations asked for; at the same time, you are continuing to ask, and you are now summoning . . . and on it goes. So can you see how, if you can find a way to allow it, there is an avalanche of Well-Being at your fingertips, ripe for your plucking - provided you are in vibrational alignment with it?
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See yourself, right where you are now, as the beneficiary of the powerful Stream of Well-Being. Try to imagine that you are basking in the flow of this powerful stream. Make an effort to feel yourself as the Leading-Edge beneficiary of this unlimited stream, and smile and try to accept that you are worthy of it.
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We want you to understand that if were not for resistant thoughts you have picked up along your physical trail that are not in vibrational alignment with the Stream of Well-Being, you would be, right now, a full receiver of that Stream - for you are a literal extension of it.
You (and how you feel) are all that is responsible for whether you let in your inheritance of Well-Being or not.
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You are a vibrational transmitter, and you are broadcasting your signal in every moment of your existence.
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Your world, present and future, is directly and specifically affected by the signal that you are now transmitting. The personality that is You is really an eternal personality, but who you are right now, and what you are thinking right now, is causing a focusing of Energy that is very powerful. This Energy that you are focusing is the same Energy that creates worlds. And it is, in this very moment, creating your world.
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Your "asking" is sometimes spoken with your words, but more often it emanates from you vibrationally as a constant stream of personally honed preferences, each building on the next, and each one respected and answered.
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With enough attention to anything, the essence of what you have been giving thought to will eventually become a physical manifestation. And then as others observe your physical manifestation, through their attention to it, they help it to expand. And then, in time, this manifestation, whether it is one that is wanted or not, is called "Truth."
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We want you to understand that you do have absolute control over the set-points that you achieve. And we want you to understand the extreme value in deliberately achieving your own set-points. Because, once you expect something, it will come. The details of it may play out differently - but the vibrational essence will always be an exact match.
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If You Are Not Expecting It, You Are Not Allowing It.
_______
Many say, "Once that condition changes, I'll feel better. When I have more money or move into a better house or find a better job or a better mate, then I'll feel better." . . .
Deliberate Creation is not about the condition changing and then your finding a better feeling in response to the changed condition. Deliberate Creation is about choosing a thought that feels good when you choose it, which then causes the condition to change.
________
In your attempt to document the facts and events of your time, you often, without knowing you are doing it, hold yourself in patterns of vibrations that make it certain that you will confirm the "truth" (or some fact you are studying) with your own life experience. This is not because it is an undeniable truth that you are witnessing, but it is because, in your attention to it, you have achieved vibrational harmony with it, so the Law of Attraction brings a matching experience to you.
Sometimes someone will say to us, "But Abraham, I cannot ignore this, for it's true!" And we say, It is only true because someone has made it true by giving their attention to it. You see, what you are actually saying here is, "Because someone else has given attention to this and therefore, by the Law of Attraction, invited it into their own experience, I think I'll do the same. In other words, even though I don't want it, I'm obliged to create it in my own reality because someone else did."
_______
You can be joyful at any endeavor where you decide to allow the Energy to flow. Spiritual versus material are not the choices. Everything about this physical, manifestational experience is spiritual. It is all the end product of Spirit. You have nothing to prove. Be the Spiritual You, and create like a physical fiend.
_______
"When I'm talking about the successful ones, what I really mean is the really happy people - people who are really joyful, who are eager to get on with their day. Almost all of them, without exception, had a pretty rough beginning, which turned them into powerful rebels, initially. Then they found a way to relax into their natural birthright of Well-Being."
_______
All the resources you will ever want or need are at your fingertips. All you have to do is identify what you want to do with it and then practice the feeling-place of what it will be like when that happens.
_______
One Last Thing
Be easy about all of this. You tend to take life so seriously. Life is supposed to be fun, you know.
As we watch you in the creation of your life, we feel only love for you and appreciation for all that you are. You are Leading-Edge creators, sifting through the wonderful contrast of this Leading-Edge environment, and coming to new conclusions that summon the Life Force forward. There are not adequate words to explain the value of that which you are.
It is our powerful desire that you return to your state of self-appreciation. We want you to feel love for your life, for the people of your world, and most of all, for yourself.
There is great love here for you.
And . . . for now . . . we are complete.
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