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Evaluating Dreams

2009-07-21T05:36:00.000-07:00

What you think about and what manifests in your life experience is always a vibrational match, and, in
the same way, what you think about and what manifests in your dream state is always a vibrational
match.
Your dominant thoughts always match your manifestations, and so, once you understand the absolute
correlations between your thoughts, how you feel, and what is manifesting in your experience, you can
then accurately predict everything that will come into your life.
It is nice when you are aware of your thoughts and therefore aware of what you are creating before it
manifests, but it is also of value, after something has manifested, to then acknowledge the thoughts that
led up to it. In other words, you can make the conscious association between your thoughts, feelings, and
manifestations before the manifestation occurs or after the manifestation occurs. Both are helpful.
When you dream about something, it is always a match to the thoughts that you have been thinking. And
so, since each of your dreams is, in fact, your creation, it is not possible for you to dream about anything
that you have not created through your thoughts. The fact that it has now manifested in your dream state
means that you have given it a significant amount of thought.
The essence of the way you feel about the things you think about most will eventually manifest in your
real-life experience— but it takes even less time and attention for it to manifest in your dream state. And
for that reason, your dreams can be of immense value in helping you understand what you are in the
process of creating in your awake state. If you are in the process of creating something that you do not
want, it would be easier to change the direction of your thoughts before it manifests than waiting to
change your thoughts after it manifests.
The process for Evaluating Dreams is as follows: As you go to bed, consciously acknowledge that your
dreams accurately reflect your thoughts. Say to yourself, It is my intention to rest well and to awaken
refreshed. And if there is anything important for me to recall from my dream state, I will recall it when I
awaken.
Then, as you awaken, before you get up, lie there for a few minutes and ask yourself, Do I remember
anything from my dream state? Although you may be able to recall different aspects of your dream state
throughout the day, usually the best chance of recalling your dreams is when you first awaken. And as you
begin to recall one of your dreams, relax and try to remember how you felt during the dream sequence,
for recalling your emotions will give you even more important information than recalling the details of
your dream.
You must give significant attention to any subject for it to become powerful enough to manifest in your
experience. And quite a bit of attention must also be given to a subject before it will begin to show up in
your dream state. For that reason, your more meaningful dreams are always accompanied by strong
emotion. The emotion may feel good or bad—but it will always be strong enough so that you wiU
recognize the feeling.
“How did I feel as that was happening?” If you have awakened from a very good-feeling dream, you can
be confident that your dominant thoughts surrounding that subject are pointed toward manifestations
that you do want. When you awaken from a bad-feeling dream, know that your dominant thoughts are in
the process of attracting something that you do not want; however, no matter where you stand in terms
of what is manifesting in your experience, you can always make a new decision and change the
manifestation to something that is even more pleasing.
It is truly more fulfilling to consciously create increasingly satisfying scenarios in your life experience than
it is for you to create by default things that you really do not want—and then try to turn those around to
things that you do want. For once something does manifest, then you have all that observing-of-theunwanted-
thing to deal with as well as the habit of thought that brought it about to begin with.

As soon as you begin to understand that your dreams are wonderful reflections of how you really feel and
what you are creating, then you can begin to deliberately change your thoughts in order to positively
affect your dreams. And as soon as you receive the positive dream, you will know that you are on the path
of a more positive real-life manifestation.
If you awaken from a bad dream, do not worry; instead, feel appreciation for your awareness that you
have been giving attention to something you do not want. In the same way you appreciate the sensors in
your skin that alert you to the fact that you are approaching something that is very hot, appreciate that
your emotions have made you aware that your thoughts are approaching something unwanted.
Now, you do not create while you are dreaming. Your dream is a manifestation of what you have been
thinking during your awake state. However, once you are awake and you are now thinking about, or
discussing, your dream, those thoughts do affect your future creations.
It is helpful to keep a written record of your dreams, but it is not necessary to be extremely elaborate in
the recording of the details. Record the general setting where the dream took place, the basic people
who appeared in the dream, what you were doing in the dream, what others were doing in the dream,
and, most significantly, how you felt within the dream.

Dreams can give you a wonderful insight into your current vibrational state of being. Your recall of a
dream is your physical translation of blocks of Non-Physical thought that you have interacted with in your
dream state. When you sleep, you reemerge back into the Energy of the Non-Physical, and you have
conversations but not conversations in words, but vibrational ones). Then, as you are awakening, you
translate that block of thought back into its physical equivalent.
Sometimes when you have wanted something for a long while but you do not see any way for it to really
happen, you will experience a dream where it does happen. And then, in the pleasant recollection of the
dream, you soften your vibration of resistance—and then your desire can be fulfilled.
Many years ago, Jerry and Esther were mutually involved in a business enterprise, but they were not
romantically involved. They felt appreciation for one another, but there was not a romantic feeling
because neither of them would allow themselves to have that. Each of them, due to circumstances and
beliefs, had not even tiptoed into that arena of thought relative to one another.

Quantum Success

2009-05-25T01:41:00.001-07:00

Well, Ms. Taylor has done it again...or, rather, outdone herself! In Secrets of Attraction, the author shows us how we not only set the stage for our life-performance but inadvertently instruct other "players" to treat us well or badly, based on how we think about and treat ourselves. In her latest book,Quantum Success, we are taken several steps further into the quantum realm (layman's terms, thankyou!) for a step-by-step lesson on how, precisely, to put these universal laws to work for ourselves in the areas of money and personal fulfillment. An easy, riveting read with many "aha" moments along the way. We've all heard it before...we've all read it before...some of us might even be able to "teach the class" so to say; but never before has any one book put these sound and viable principles into words that actually worked their way into my consciousness where I believe they will stay forever. Thank you, Sandra Anne Taylor, Hay House, and Amazon.Com. A must-read for anyone on the verge of financial ruin (or great good fortune) who is totally ready for an extra nudge or great leap of faith into a new way of thinking about and using MONEY. This is not just another "self help" blog - this is a highly interactive and effective tool for those who are willing to give up the notion that there is "only so much to go around" and let go of all guilt surrounding the idea of "having it ALL". The good news is, "Having it ALL" IS an option and everyone deserves to manifest their fondest wishes and fulfill their desire for financial freedom. This book will show you how to do it, quickly and easily. 5 stars...two thumbs up...buy the book! The principles in this book literally saved my business and helped me to start a new one, in addition. I recently had the opportunity to hear Ms. Taylor speak at a conference in Orlando. What a presence! I am a confirmed fan of this author and her skillful contributions have, in my opinion, put heretofore obscure ideas into language that the average person can understand and utilize. Here's hoping there is a third book underway!

The Intention Experiment

2009-05-25T01:39:00.001-07:00

"We can no longer view ourselves as isolated from our environment and our thoughts the private, self-contained workings of an individual brain. Dozens of scientists have produced thousands of papers in the scientific literature offering sound evidence that thoughts are capable of profoundly affecting all aspects of our lives. As observers and creators, we are constantly remaking our world at every instant. Every thought we have, every judgment we hold, however, unconscious, is having an effect. With every moment that it notices, the conscious mind is sending an intention." - From the book

What if eggs registered a cry of alarm, then resignation, when one of their number was dropped in boiling water? What if you could change the shape of your bicep muscle simply by sitting on a couch and using your brain? What if plants could learn to differentiate between true and artificial human intent--a plant "learning curve"--such as a researcher *thinking* about lighting a match under one of its leaves, but not intending to actually do it? What if directed thoughts produce demonstrable physical energy, even over a remote distance--perhaps altering the very molecular structure of the object of intention? Can praying for 4,000 patients with hospital-acquired infections affect their healing and recovery--when prayed for *4-10 years after their hospitalization*?

Do these questions sound like plots out of a sci-fi novel to you--or perhaps ridiculous notions from New Age space cadets? What if these concepts were actually the quantifiable results of rigorous scientific studies?

Like her previous book The Field, author Lynne McTaggart explores the edges of frontier science, boldly going where ingrained Newtonian paradigms have never gone before: the realm of pioneering consciousness experiments. In her newest book The Intention Experiment, McTaggart not only recounts dozens of extraordinary scientific studies on the power of human intention on machines, plants, animals and other humans, but also explains how to harness this power individually and collectively for specific results.

In fact, McTaggart, in conjunction with Dr. Gary Schwartz of Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Science at the University of Arizona, now endeavors to undertake the world's largest scientific mind-over-matter experiment in history, inviting readers to participate in online research on massive group intention. In addition, McTaggart encourages participants to use her blueprint of exercises and recommendations for "powering up"--based on the results of extensive research--to formulate their own personal goals, especially unlikely ones, and report the results to her website.

Some of the fascinating studies and research findings detailed in The Intention Experiment include:

* "...although the activity of the REGs was normal in the days leading up to 9/11, the machines became increasingly correlated a few hours *before* the first tower was hit, as though there had been a mass premonition... The world had felt a collective shudder several hours before the first plane crash, and every REG machine had heard and duly recorded it."

* "Volunteers between 20 and 35 years old imagined flexing one of their biceps as hard as they could during daily training sessions carried out five times a week. After ensuring that the participants were not doing any actual exercise, including tensing their muscles, the researches discovered an astonishing 13.5 percent increase in muscle size and strength after just a few weeks, an advantage that remained for three months after the mental training stopped."

* Clearly, during an altered state, roughly corresponding to the hyperalert state of intense meditation, conscious thoughts can convince the body to endure pain, cure many serious diseases, and change virtually any condition.

* Water treated by healers underwent a fundamental change in its molecular makeup.

* "...Helmut Schmidt successfully employed a similar study design to change his own prerecorded breathing rate, demonstrating that it is possible to retroactively change your own physical state as well...intention is capable of reaching back down the time line to influence past events, or emotional or physical responses, at the point when they originally occurred. Physicists no longer consider retrocausation inconsistent with the laws of the universe. More than one hundred articles in the scientific literature propose ways in which laws of physics can account for time displacement."

A recent article in Rolling Stone magazine mentioned that well-intentioned, heartfelt prayer might inadvertently harm or kill patients--an article that no doubt deflated the beliefs and hopes of some people...not to mention seeming to contradict the many studies showing the efficacy of prayer. With uncanny prescience, McTaggart addresses this study in depth, concluding, "When we are consciously attempting to affect someone else with our thoughts, we may want to search our hearts about our true feelings to ensure that we are not sending tainted love."

The Intention Experiment also explores why Reiki, energy healing and voodoo works, as well as the science behind visualization, entrainment between loving couples, psychic ability, retrocausation, biofeedback, remote viewing, and manifestation. If you're intrigued by the ideas presented in The Secret, What the Bleep Do We Know?!, Ramtha material, and the Abraham material (Law of Attraction)--but crave scientific proof and a more globally connected, compassionate paradigm--The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart abundantly delivers. Proving what mystics, shamans, and spiritual teachers have demonstrated and shared for centuries--that all is connected in the web of life--I'm thrilled that there's *finally* a book that integrates volumes of hard scientific data with idea that thoughts are "things" that solidify, and influence, matter itself.

Instead of merely offering up an incredible amount of detailed research findings (the notes/citations and Bibliography are well over 30 pages)--which is a feat in itself--The Intention Experiment does what many books do not: translates the implications of these findings for everyday folks, and provides a simple model to follow for personal experimentation and manifestation. Bravo to Ms. McTaggart for this book, and for providing the opportunity for readers to participate in the largest, grandest experiment on group intention in human history. (http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/)

THE FIELD

2009-05-25T01:38:00.001-07:00

With an ear for human interest and eye for detail, Lynne McTaggart masterfully tells the true story in THE FIELD of how pioneers in science and consciousness research are working to achieve a more complete understanding of the true nature of reality -- an understanding which includes (rather than ignores) consciousness.

THE FIELD describes how scientists have gradually become aware of what appears to be a unifying energy structure in our universe. This "Zero Point Field" provides us with a simpler explanation for how things work than previous overly-complex ideas require. Simplicity in science is a good thing, because it generally indicates which theories will win out as time goes by. The Zero Point Field theory demonstrates it's elegant simplicity by allowing physicists to derive the famous equation F=ma (rather than take it as a starting assumption), and by helping medical practitioners understand the underlying scientific basis for homeopathy.

Our scientific conceptualization of this universe has changed considerably over the last few centuries and now faces one of the biggest overhauls ever -- and THE FIELD demonstrates why the Zero Point Field is likely to be the last frontier for us to explore. THE FIELD is packed with detailed descriptions of some of the most exciting experiments recently conducted by leading researchers in the field of consciousness such as: Cleve Backster, Jacques Benveniste, William Braud, Bob Jahn, Edgar Mitchell, Fritz-Albert Popp, Hal Puthoff, Rupert Sheldrake, Russell Targ, Elisabeth Targ, and Charles Tart.

I give this book my highest recommendation.

(Cynthia Sue Larson has a degree in physics from UC Berkeley and is author of the book "AURA ADVANTAGE: How the Colors in Your Aura Can Help You Attain What You Desire & Attact Success")

The Biology of Belief

2009-05-25T01:36:00.001-07:00

This book will sit alongside my most valued resources in my collection. The reasoning is straightforward - conventional medicine is predicated on the Primacy of Matter - that molecules are the basic building blocks of life and the most important. But conventional health solutions are becoming less effective in the provision of long term health, and more expensive. Dr. Lipton's work is admirable by focusing on the wider interconnections between the energy of our beliefs, and the amazing behaviour of cells and now epigenetics.

From changing the central biological dogma of the Primacy of DNA, to outlining the quantum nature of information flows and the astounding benefits of conscious parenting, and the failure of the genome project to find enough proteins, this book is packed full of gems sure to benefit everybody. Lipton addresses energy as purportedly 100 times more powerful than molecules. It simply makes sense we invest our 'energy' in modelling a health system geared towards both chemical AND energy based solutions - vibrations meeting vibrations. Dr. Lipton's work asks us to consider the possibility our primary source of energy comes from our internal and external environments, and our unconscious perceptions have a major influence on the health of this exchange.

Obviously contentious, this book is worth 5 stars simply for the pioneering and unique message it brings.

With modern technology we can repeatedly 'perceive' energy in ways we couldn't before. Science is about improving our technology, and as we are now well and truly in the ascending Dwapara Yuga (Age of Energy) we are being asked to embrace the beginnings of the wisdom and knowledge technology wave.

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in furthering their study and knowledge of biology beyond what is conventionally proselytised and thought energy or consciousness based healing practices such as energy medicine, homeopathy, reiki, energy psychology or huna had a "flaky" foundation. As an adult child of an alcoholic and abuse I know how ineffective drugs are to heal without treatment of beliefs and emotions. Perceptions very easily select actions from which we make assumptions about people and lifestyle decisions that block energy and create pathology.

In regards to the critical nature of some commentators - Perhaps there is truth to the saying, "A prophet is never known in their home town." I was fortunate to meet Dr Lipton at one of his seminars in Australia and I was blown away by his grasp of biology and the inspirational hope he brings to this knowledge. Thank you.

This work stands on its own, you don't have to know anything about Psych-K to get real value from it.

The Divine Matrix

2009-05-25T01:35:00.001-07:00

I've followed with interest Gregg Braden's pioneering work over the years, on the Zero Point, the Science of Compassion, the Isaiah Effect, and the God Code. This latest text by him is presented in three parts:

Part I, "Discovering the Divine Matrix: The Mystery That Connects All Things,"
Part II, "The Bridge Between Imagination and Reality: How the Divine Matrix Works,"
Part III, "Messages from the Divine Matrix: Living, Loving, and Healing in Quantum Awareness,"

Initially I was skeptical that The Divine Matrix was more likely a commercialized repeat of those earlier works since his joining the Hay House Club. However, I was delighted to be proven wrong, and found myself uplifted by his blend of personal story telling and how the latest findings in the quantum science world contribute to his own personal self-realizations. Although I felt aspects of the scientific connections he made in The God Code were drawing a long bow, this is less the case in the Divine Matrix, as the scientific references he makes are to more readily accessible mainstream, published works done by others. The Divine Matrix is an "educated hypothesis" co-related to his life experience, based on some key scientific experiments and findings from sacred manuscripts, rather than a pure work of science. Those readers looking for a pure science text are likely to be disappointed.

Yes - the Divine Matrix includes 20 Keys summarizing the more important concepts of the Divine Matrix and how to consciously create within it. Personally, I found this approach slightly over-complicated. Life is much simpler, and every time we create a so called Key or rule, we create belief systems and conditions, which vested interests then spend precious energy arguing about who's experience of these is right or wrong. For me, we are One Being; Many Realities, rather than Many Beings; One Reality. It's fruitless to argue anyone's reality is "the rule" or more right than anyone else's. I would have felt more comfortable if he had prefaced these concepts by stating "Gregg's Perception of the 20 Keys" rather than the "Absolute Keys of the Divine Matrix."

A wise person once said, "God has no need for rules, only Humans do".

Overall, I found the Divine Matrix a delight and easy to read. I recommend it to those who might be familiar with the general gist of the findings from the Quantum World, and might be wondering, what difference does this really make to our daily lives, without the hype or jargon. For more experienced readers this is really a synopsis of his previous work, videos and lectures. For me, it's his personal stories that provide the enrichment. Still great value.

Your Immortal Reality

2009-05-25T01:34:00.000-07:00

Some things just ring true when you read or hear them. A deeper aspect of yourself, or that intuitive place inside sometimes just knows that this is the real deal. This is most especially the case with Gary Renard's books. I am talking about the radical teachings on forgiveness themselves, not necessarily what one makes of the ascended masters, Arten and Pursah, who are said to have conversed with the author in his living room. Make no mistake about it; this is not some New Age channeled hooey designed to simpy make you feel good about yourself or the world at large. This IS the real deal, and as far as I can tell, so are Arten and Pursah, but that doesn't really matter.

The subtitle of the book is "How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death." Now some people might ask why they would necessarily even want to break this cycle, although such a query would be a stretch today given the mess the illusory world seems to be in at this time. But let's face it. Life isn't all bad, and in fact, can sometimes seem downright fun and rewarding. It also, of course, depends on who you are and what kind of shape your life is currently in. But the best analogy I have ever heard in this regard came from a book I read by a Tibetan Buddhist who was imprisoned for many years following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. His captor and personal guard would take one day of every week, Tuesday, to spend most of that day torturing him. On one particular Tuesday, the captor had a note sent to the Buddhist monk that the captor would not be able to torture him that day because he had fallen ill. But the guard assured the Buddhist that he would torture him again on the following Tuesday. Even though the monk's dismal and degrading surroundings were unchanged, even though he was still literally given garbage to eat in filthy and inhumane conditions, that Tuesday was one beautiful day. Enough said.

If you have not already done so, I would recommend reading "The Disappearance of the Universe" before reading "Your Immortal Reality." I think you'll get much more out of each book that way. The most refreshing thing about Gary Renard is that he is a straight shooter with a good sense of humor. He doesn't appear to be a person who takes himself too seriously, yet the teachings themselves could not be more important. A Course in Miracles is, as others have noted, a Christianized version of Advaita Vedanta. I can think of no higher teaching, nor a more direct route to the ultimate goal of full realization of our oneness with God. Don't be surprised or in the least discouraged, then, if you find your ego resisting your efforts to practice real forgiveness as described in the Course. This is not easy stuff, and anyone who suggests that it is, must either be a fully enlightened master or someone who has completely deluded themselves. Still, is there anything in life more important than our efforts in this regard? After all, isn't today Tuesday?

A Course in Miracles

2009-05-25T01:32:00.001-07:00

Some people simply won't find this conducive to their beliefs, and that's okay. But for those who are willing to give it a try, let me divulge a little about my experience with it. I'm spiritual but also extremely skeptical, so I'd never been able to stick with any one religion or philosophical doctrine beyond Taoism in its ambiguous glory. The virtue of the Course is that it doesn't matter whether the contents are credible to you enough that you can invest in it your lifelong faith, because when you start reading it seriously and practicing the workbook, you will soon be faced with evidence that this path is real and one worth taking. It calls for your faith, but not because you'll be damned to hell otherwise. Your faith in the Course is required just as therapy would require you to have faith that you can be treated.

Having been schooled in a wretched fundamentalist Christian parochial, I try but fail time and again to fathom a loving God, and I recognize this fact more clearly and painfully now that I've been studying the Course. So I approach the Course from a secular and/ or psychotherapeutic perspective when I can't handle all the spiritual overtones, and it works. Take, for instance, Newton's third law, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." We also know (esp if you're familiar with magick and witchcraft) that by some fuzzy logic "what goes around comes around," but the Course defines this in exact terms; whether it's God or our fellow men, if we put up a defense against Him/ them, we're doing the same to ourselves. By judging others, we judge ourselves, and as a child, by learning to hate myself as a sinful creature, I also learnt to hate God, even though on the surface I thought I was a devout 'God-fearing' Christian. The bottom line is that the Course allows you to bring along your doubts and to let go of them gradually as you become ready to do so.

But most of all, A Course in Miracles is a source of healing for everyone. If you're depressed or otherwise mentally unstable, suffering in some way from your past, or just stuck in some 'unlucky' life predicament, this book is a way out. Like several reviewers mentioned above, I never believed that one book could change my life. But it did. And I want it to do the same for anyone else who still wants to believe that there has to be more to this broken-down world than eating and working and sleeping and breeding and dying and then just maybe a Big Mean Judge waiting at the end. It's not easy, it's not instant gratification, but it's a solution and a permanent one, and it doesn't involve a bullet or fast train.

Return to Love

2009-05-25T01:28:00.001-07:00

I first discovered this book 2 ½ years ago. I specifically say discovered, for it's like unearthing a treasure. I can't begin to express the impact this book made upon my life & continues to do so. Williamson explains in vivid detail how thoughts & perception can literally alter your life. Happiness isn't something we're innately in contact with, it requires cultivation, something we actively choose every moment of everyday. Anguish & suffering is a part of the human condition, but it doesn't have to consume your life. Oftentimes modern society is so consumed with success, competition, and acquiring material things, we forget the concept of joy is also a part of the human condition. We have a right to anticipate it, but it doesn't just saunter up & plop in your lap. It's labor intensive. I found concrete steps on how to redirect my energies & thoughts, and eventually my reality. What value does life hold if we can not love, permit ourselves to be loved, & be joyful? This book is the ultimate "how to" improve your consciousness book. I refer to it every time I feel a bit blue. It's really my blueprint of reaffirming or correcting my thought patterns. I've highlighted points crucial for my life & refer when necessary. Most importantly it works without fail. That is indeed the true litmus test.

I also strongly recommend Williamson's various cassette lecture series. If you're weary because of some negative things you may have read about Williamson I urge the reader to disregard them. Truthfully I don't care if she has some inconsistencies in her life, don't all humans? You're not moving into her home, you just want to benefit from some profoundly wise & inspiration advice. The basic truth is, the principles she details quite simply work. I am forever grateful to her & have purchased this book for my friends. If you desire to live & not just exist, this is a great gift for yourself & loved ones. Enjoy.

The Age of Miracles

2009-05-25T01:26:00.001-07:00

The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife describes a refreshing way to approach midlife, not viewing midlife through glasses emphasizing decline and loss, but through a framework of endless possibility, wisdom, an embracing of and creation of new meaning, a turning towards life, a realization of the limitlessness of God, a forgiving of the past, a reimagination of relationships, and being one with the world around us.

Although this book is grounded in A Course in Miracles (as are all of Marianne Williamson's books), it is spiritual rather than religious and appropriate for readers of all spiritual and religious backgrounds. The book is not about ACIM per se, but about aging; there indeed are other books that can be read to find out more about ACIM. This work consists of Marianne Williamson's thoughtful musings on how to age well from a practical and spiritual point of view.

The book is peppered throughout with beautiful short prayers written by the author. The chapters cover the author's thoughts on the losses versus the gains of aging, family of origin issues, healing from childhood wounds, coping with regret, emotional baggage and more. The book describes how to fan into flames our passions, dreams, and inner fire that may seem to be ashes and cinders but is buried under "accumulated burdens and disappointments" by the time we hit midlife---and can be revived. How do we re-enchant ourselves with a new vision at this time of our lives?

Here is a quote that sums up the theme of this book: "Midlife today is a second puberty of sorts. The experience, including its length, is being redefined. It is a period distinctly unlike youth, yet distinctly unlike old age. It doesn't feel like a cruise to the end of our lives so much as a cruise, at last, to the meaning of our lives."

If reading the above excites you and sounds intriguing, you'll love the book as I did.

Highly recommended.

Happy for No Reason

2009-05-25T01:25:00.001-07:00

I thought it would be namby-pamby or filled with fluff until I read this paragraph in the introduction:

"My first major discovery was that scientists have found that we each have a `happiness set-point,' the genetic and learned tendency to remain at a certain level of happiness, similar to a thermostat setting on a furnace. Fortunately for those of us not born on the sunny side of the street, it's been shown that we can change our happiness set-points. I'll discuss this more in the next chapter and offer you specific exercises throughout the book to raise your happiness set-point."

As I read the book I was surprised at most every turn. I was delighted that she included Mark McKergow's Solution Focus Technique--a longtime favorite of mine that keeps you focused on what's working in your life instead of on what's not working.

...And that she actually tells how to do one of Chunyi Lin's Spring Forest Qigong techniques that energizes the body and literally brings you feelings of happiness and joy.

Part of her process in studying happiness was to interview 100 truly happy people. Another surprise was finding a link where I could actually listen to highlights of the interviews online.

So...I'd get the book.

Sara, Book 3

2009-05-25T01:22:00.001-07:00

“Do you believe in ghosts?” Annette just sort of blurted out.
Sara and Seth both looked up with surprise. “Well,” Sara stalled, “I guess I do.” She remembered the night Solomon had visited her in her bedroom after Jason and Jimmy had shot him, but she hadn’t really thought about him being a ghost that night; she’d just been so glad to see her beloved feathered friend.
Sara and Seth looked at each other. Both of them knew that if anything would fall into the category of ghosts, Solomon would most likely be it, but they didn’t say anything, uncertain about telling their new friend their special secret.
“Well, do you believe in ghosts?” Seth asked, looking intently at Annette’s serious face.
Annette looked at Seth and then at Sara, who both sat quietly, each waiting to hear the answer.
“No, I just wondered if you did,” Annette answered abruptly. “Hey, let’s swing.” And without taking the time to execute a perfectly calculated leap from the platform as she usually did, Annette grabbed the swinging rope and jumped off as if she couldn’t do so fast enough. . . .

Sara, Book 2

2009-05-25T01:20:00.001-07:00

What can i say? Ask and its given! I was only saying to myself the other day how good it would be to find a book on a "fictional" basis that would give me same teachings on the Law of attraction as do the all the other books on the market. i walked into our local department store and there it was, "Sara Book 2" staring at me.I felt compelled to buy it even though i don't like reading a book if i havn't read the first to the sequel.It took me one day to read it and i was so grateful to the universe and E & J Hicks and Abraham for bringing me the book i asked for. Even though i have read so many books and watched so many dvds on the subject, this book was the most profound because its so real and obvious when you read it in a real life context. Everyone can relate to it and no matter what age you are. i've just ordered 3 copies of "sara book 1' as i'm certain it will be just as brilliant,inspiring, and wonderful as "sara book 2".Do yourself a favour and read it and give it your children. If i had a book like this to read when i was growing up, my life would have been SO different.

Sara, Book 1

2009-05-25T01:19:00.001-07:00

"Wow! Sara pondered. That's amazing. I can actually see that the way I feel has only to do with what I'm giving my attention to. The conditions didn't change, but my attention did!" - From the book

In essence, the whole craze about the Law of Attraction or "the secret" started with a group of evolved entities known as Abraham. Channeled by Esther Hicks, these astute teachers, along with Esther and her husband Jerry, have imparted hundreds of messages to humanity via live workshops, audio, books and inspirational decks.

Each of these media has their own strengths, but perhaps the most engaging and accessible source for the crux of the Law of Attraction is the fictional Sara Series. In Sara, Book 1: Sara Learns the Law of Attraction, a wise owl named Solomon appears to a girl named Sara, becoming her confidante and mentor.

In Sara, Book 1, young Sara faces many challenges at home, school and within her community--experiencing boredom, frustration, confusion and anger. One day, her brother and his friend tell Sara about an owl they encountered on Thacker's Trail who they name Solomon.

Sara decides to look for Solomon among the snow-covered pastures--but finds that the once familiar trails and landmarks look quite different covered in snow. When she tries to cross a frozen river, the ice crackles under her weight. She hears a voice saying, "Have you forgotten that you cannot drown?"--and so begins Sara's journey with the large bird.

Solomon counsels Sara that there is a stream of well-being available to everyone--but the trick to receiving its benefits is allowing her "valve" to stay open. Sara: Book 1 answers important questions often asked by those curious about the Law of Attraction, as well as those frustrated and disappointed about the results of trying to apply this metaphysical principle.

For example, why does focusing on someone's "unhappiness" or "hardships" close the valve? How does one respond in the face of challenges or unmet expectations? Most importantly, how does one disconnect from the "chain of pain" and instead hook up to the stream of well-being?

On a personal note, I found this book to be incredibly insightful and timely. I happened to be reading it in my backyard, which is unremarkable in itself--except that my husband and I have been dealing with some peripheral difficulties involving new neighbors.

I began to read Chapter 20, which was incredibly appropriate. In this chapter, Sara sees old Aunt Zoie. She wants to help her--shower her with the stream of joy. But for some reason, it wasn't working for Sara, despite her best efforts.

Solomon explains to Sara that she cannot enter that "feeling place" while still in the "chain of pain". That is, Sara could not offer Aunt Zoie good feelings when Sara was feeling sorry for her Aunt--pitying her because she is "old", "crippled" and "alone". Solomon teaches Sara that everyone in the world wants different things--and we cannot truly know if someone is happy, or what is best for them.

But what we can do, he encourages, is stay hooked up to the faucet of well-being--which not only draws "birds of a feather" to us, but also widens our access to the constant flow that is always there...enabling to give more to others and ourselves.

I decided to look for things to appreciate--including my surroundings and my neighbors (who, in my mind, weren't half as bad as the previous ones!). The more I did this silently as I read, the better I felt. Eventually, one of the neighbors ventured into his back yard and I looked up, feeling such warmth and joy. I gave him a big smile and a cheerful wave and, although he ignored me as usual, I was still able to see him--and my living situation--with gratitude.

Things got better and better for us that day...and I am so very grateful for the transformative reminders found in this delightful book. I especially love how Solomon often concludes his visit with Sara with "have fun with this". It doesn't have to be arduous!

Sara, Book 1, Solomon demonstrates higher perspectives on various situations--and how what we behold and appreciate can not only transform how we feel, but also reality itself.

If you're looking to learn more about the Law of Attraction (especially from a down-to-Earth, nuts-and-bolts perspective), this is a fantastic book. If you already know some (or all) of the principles...but seem to have a hard time "getting" some of the nuances, especially in terms of observing and unhooking from the "chain of pain", then you'll find important reminders and immediately-useful approaches to joining the ever-flowing stream of well-being.

Money, and the Law of Attraction

2009-05-25T01:17:00.001-07:00

Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness by Ester and Jerry Hicks, takes manifesting your life's desires to a new level.

I recently read and reviewed MANIFEST YOUR DESIRES: 365 Ways to Make Your Dreams a Reality, and my only complaint was that the book was less a how-to than a collection of inspiring affirmations. Money, and the Law of Attraction is just the opposite--it is filled with practical advice from the non-physical entity Abraham that guide you to manifest money and physical well-being.

In the introduction, Jerry Hicks writes: "Life is supposed to feel good and that overall Well-Being is what is natural." That improving our lives is within our control.

According to Abraham, when we feel good physically, we naturally feel joy and well being and have a good attitude in life. This fills us with the positive energy that makes manifesting easy.

"Learn to guide your thoughts in the direction of things that feel good, and discover the power that only comes from vibrational alignment with Source."

"The way you feel is always about the degree in which you are in alignment or out of alignment with your source. No exceptions.

What I like best is that the book is a guide to more than attracting money. In the section, "careers as profitable sources of pleasure," we are encouraged to earn by doing what we love. Our life's experiences and our inner knowing will guide us to the right careers if we allow ourselves to follow the flow.

"We encourage you to decide as early in life as possible to live happily ever after." The "career" is living a happy life. When feeling happy is of paramount importance for you--and what you do 'for a living' makes you happy--you have found the best of all combinations."

The reader is advised to find work that is in alignment with our Source.

I also like the section, "perspectives of healthy, weight and mind," as so many of us are negative and unrealistic about our bodies. The Law of Attraction helps us to feel good about our bodies and see our bodies realistically.

I have been practicing the law of attraction for years for myself and have helped numerous clients of mine manifest their desires. I highly recommend the award winning book,HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT: BEAUTIFY, DETOXIFY & ENERGIZE YOUR LIFE, YOUR HOME & YOUR PLANET along with Money, and the Law of Attraction, as Harmonious Environment includes numerous ways to boost positive, life affirming energy into the home which helps support you to manifest your desires. Finally, the original THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham is still a terrific primer.

Ester and Jerry Hicks have written a clear and easy to follow guide to help you manifest wealth, health and happiness...highly recommend!

BTW, this is the second book in a series of four books. Number three will be: Relationships, and the Law of Attraction and number four will be: Spirituality, and the Law of Attraction.

The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent

2009-05-25T01:09:00.001-07:00

I've spent a big chunk of the last 5 years of my life reading, researching and applying the things I've learned from a host of books and audio/visual programs all aimed at helping people live happier and more fulfilling lives. And like so many of the resources I've used during this time, "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent" (TAPoDI)focuses on tapping into the unrealized potential that lives within all of us, but simply isn't used because we a) don't know about it and b) don't understand how to use it.

As someone who's studied a large volume of material on this general topic, I tend to look at such works from the viewpoint of "how is this material similar to other works I've studied" and "what does it have to offer that's new, original and, especially, useful. Here's my take on TAPoDI:

Like many other "New Age" authors, Esther and Jerry Hicks present to us a view of life in which WE, ourselves, are both the biggest limiting factor in our lives and the key to unleashing the utterly unlimited potential that is the human "spirit". WE create our own life experience. Period. If our lives aren't what we want them to be, aren't enjoyable and don't consist of the things we love most, we have only ourselves to look to for change. If we are living limited and unsatisfying lives, it is we who have (often unwittingly) CHOSEN to do so ... nothing or no one else is to "blame" ... it is we who create our own eperience of life.

But, never fear. As beings whose true nature is that of unlimited spirit with the power to create all that we dream of, it is only our lack of understanding of our true potential and our unwillingness to explore that potential and use it that has kept us locked in lives we don't enjoy completely. Esther and Jerry clearly believe, as do many authors I've studied, that the practical potential of humanity is truly unlimited. In this sense they seem to be adding their voices to the growing number of people whose experience of life is teaching them that we have within us ALREADY the power to create whatever life we want for ourselves.

For me, what differentiated the Hicks' book from others I've read on this general topic was their understanding of the role of human emotions and our response to them in navigating the "HOW" of unleashing our unlimited potential for joy and satisfaction. I mean, it's one thing to declare that human beings have truly unlimited potential ... it's quite another to figure out how to EXPERIENCE that unlimited potential in our day to day lives. What Esther and Jerry have to show us in this book is incredibly useful. What they seem to understand in a way I've not seen presented elsewhere is nothing less than "what human emotions are for and how we can use them to help us navigate our way to a better and better life". What's the scoop?

As unlimited beings of spirit, energy, vibration ... call it what you will ... we are constantly creating our own experience of life. The question is ... are we creating the the experiences we WANT ... or the experiences we DON'T WANT? And how can we tell? Along these lines, I've often heard people jokingly say "wouldn't it be nice if our lives came with a little dash board full of dials and idiot lights that told us when we were doing something stupid and when we were doing something smart" ... well, according to Esther and Jerry ... that's precisely what our emotions are!

From their point of view, negative emotions like frustration, anger, resentment, fear, doubt and the rest are indications that we're looking at life from a point of view which is NOT in harmony with our truly unlimited potential. In short, if you feel bad, you're looking at life from a direction that is NOT an accurate reflection of who and what you really are or what you're capable of creating. IN that moment, you're creating precisely what you DON'T WANT. Your negative feelings are trying to tell you "stop looking at life this way ... if you keep it up, you're not going to create the kind of experiences you want for yourself."

On the other hand, when you're feeling happy, peaceful, kind, cheerful, relaxed, satisfied, joyful and free ... it's an indication that the way you're looking at life is in harmony with the "real you", who is fully capable of creating exactly what you want in life. In those moments, you're creating the life you DO want for yourself.

According to the Hicks, our emotions are the most useful, immediate and relevant indicators of whether or not we're creating the life we want for ourselves or creating it's opposite. So ... when you feel bad ... learn to understand this as a warning to change your outlook and move it in the direction of "I am the unlimited creator of my own experience ... what do I want to create here? What do I really want?". And keep moving your thoughts in this direction until you start to feel good ... the indicator that you're now creating what you DO want.

Much of the New Age message is "stop looking to the world around you to tell you whether or not you're living your life as you should ... rather ... look inside yourself and pay attention to what you find there ... follow it ... trust it ... and find yourself living a life that works better, feels better and IS better." What the Hicks do in TAPoDI is give us an INCREDIBLY useful tool for figuring out HOW to do that. Let your emotions be your guide as to whether or not your living in harmony with your "best self" ... that's what they're FOR.

READING NOTE - The Hicks use the words vibration and vibrational a lot in their book, and to those who aren't used to this language, it can be a bit like reading a foreign language ... you see the word, but you're not sure what it means. The first time I read this book, I found their use of these words very challenging, as I was never quite sure what they were trying to say with them. But something drew me back to this book recently, and I had an insight. I started reading the book and jotting down on the page the word I would use in place of vibration or vibrational, depending on the context of the sentence. I re-read the entire book this way, and it made a huge difference.

In my common language, I found that "vibration" or "vibrational" could mean a wide range of things like spirit, spiritual, desire, the combination of a desire and my attitude about that desire, etc. The way it felt to me ... when I wasn't quite ready to hear what the Hicks had to say, their use of these words was very challenging to me. When I finally felt ready to listen, what they meant became perfectly clear to me. What do I mean?

What the Hicks are really saying in their book is quite simple. Human beings create their own experience of life ... we come equipped with emotions that tell us when we're creating experiences we'll enjoy and when we're not. If we take full responsibility for listening to the guidance of our emotions and using our unlimited spiritual power to create what we want ... we'll be unbelievably happy and fulfilled ... if we don't, we'll continue to live lives of mediocrity and frustration. The up side of this message is ... you can be as happy as you decide you want to be. The down side ... ONLY you can make you happy. My experience of life has taught me that MOST of us are NOT quite ready to take full personal responsibility for our happiness. MOST of us would rather belive it's someone or something else's fault that we're not completely happy. Someone or something else is keeping us from living the life we want to live. What the Hicks are saying is "it's all us, baby" ... "if you're happy ... you did it. If you're not happy ... you did it."

When I first read this book ... or tried to read it ... I wasn't ready to take that level of responsibility for my happiness. I still wanted to believe, at least in part, that someone else should fix my broken life. When I finally got past that ... suddenly understanding their words was not just easy ... it was joyful.

To get an even more "effective" presentation of the ideas the Hicks and Abraham are offering, try their audio CD's (recordings of their workshops). I find them REALLY helpful. In the workshops, the ideas presented in this book are explored from more different angles, with a broader and more flexible vocabulary, and with a wider variety of examples of using these ideas to address real life, every day "problems" of people from the audience. The CD's really helped me form a much more gut level, intuitive understanding of how we truly create our own experiences, how we get in the way of experiencing many of the things we want most and how we can practically and effectively change that, so that what we want becomes what we experience MUCH more quickly. The CD's helped me really understand that the biggest challenge to utilizing the material presented by the Hicks is that it's SO easy, it takes most of us a long time to get to the point where we believe that life really can be this good. But it can. My fiance and I have seen what seemed to be hurdle after hurdle just fall away as we've learned to truly and practically ALLOW our lives to be enjoyable and effortless. Things that used to feel like dreams to us are happening at a much more rapid pace and we have a very strong sense of the connection between the choices we're making with our emotional state and the results we're achieving in the "real world". Check out the CD's if you enjoyed the books. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Ask and It Is Given

2009-05-25T01:07:00.001-07:00

The Hicks along with Abraham put it all together in this book. Most books (on any given topic, not just abundance) give you ideas and inspiration, but are not easy to figure out how to implement. In other words, many how-to books don't truly show you how-to.

This one does. It gives you IMMEDIATELY USABLE and USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS. The last part of the book lists 22 processes that you can use to attract what you want, explaining EXACTLY when to use them, and how. There's something for any situation you may find yourself in.

I would trade ALL of the other manifestation books in my library for just this one. It's that good, that easy, and that useful!

The Secret

2009-05-25T01:06:00.000-07:00

Please allow me to share with you how "The Secret" changed my life and in a very real and substantive way allowed me to overcome a severe crisis in my personal life. It is well known that the premise of "The Secret" is the science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need and in removing from your life those things that you don't want. Before finding this book, I knew nothing of these principles, the process of positive visualization, and had actually engaged in reckless behaviors to the point of endangering my own life and wellbeing.
At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime. I obviously had an alcohol problem and a deep and intense disrespect for the postal system, but even more importantly I was ignoring the very fabric of our metaphysical reality and inviting destructive influences into my life.
My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.
Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I've never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15. I returned to my cell and sat very quietly, searching myself for answers on how I could improve my life and distance myself from harmful outside influences. At that point, in what I consider to be a miraculous moment, my cell mate Jim Norton informed me that he knew about the Marcus situation and that he had something that could solve my problems. He handed me a copy of "The Secret". Normally I wouldn't have turned to a self help book to resolve such a severe and immediate threat but I literally didn't have any other available alternatives. I immediately opened the book and began to read.
The first few chapters deal with the essence of something called the "Law of Attraction" in which a primal universal force is available to us and can be harnessed for the betterment of our lives. The theoretical nature of the first few chapters wasn't exactly putting me at peace. In fact, I had never meditated and had great difficulty with closing out the chaotic noises of the prison and visualizing the positive changes that I so dearly needed. It was when I reached Chapter 6 "The Secret to Relationships" that I realized how this book could help me distance myself from Marcus and his negative intentions. Starting with chapter six there was a cavity carved into the book and in that cavity was a prison shiv. This particular shiv was a toothbrush with a handle that had been repeatedly melted and ground into a razor sharp point.
The next day in the exercise yard I carried "The Secret" with me and when Marcus approached me I opened the book and stabbed him in the neck. The next eight weeks in solitary confinement provided ample time to practice positive visualization and the 16 hours per day of absolute darkness made visualization about the only thing that I actually could do. I'm not sure that everybody's life will be changed in such a dramatic way by this book but I'm very thankful to have found it and will continue to recommend it heartily.

The Law of Attraction

2009-05-25T01:03:00.000-07:00

"The best scenario is to desire something and to bring yourself into the belief or expectation of achieving it...If you have a strong desire for something but you doubt your ability to achieve it, it cannot come, at least not right now, for you must bring your thought of desire and your thought of belief into alignment." - From the book

For several decades, a group of advanced spiritual teachers known as Abraham has channeled messages through Esther Hicks. What began as a series of audios has now been compiled in book and deck form, with Esther and her husband, Jerry, disseminating three major laws advocated by Abraham: The Law of Attraction, the Law of Deliberate Intent, and the Law of Allowing.

In The Law of Attraction: The Basic Teachings of Abraham, the Hicks' convey the fundamentals of the "Creative Workshop" which is the place that we enter, every day, as we ponder what we want--and don't want--out of life. They assert that individuals are always creating and attracting, regardless of ignorance of the three Universal Laws. We create by default, they say, just by thinking and speaking along certain lines--believing in the likelihood of a result and gathering confirming data from our environment. Here's an example of this creation from the book:

"The steady offering of details of illness is very influential in the increasing sickness in your society. If you allow yourself to focus upon the constant barrage of unpleasant statistics regarding the never-ending stream of possible physical maladies, it cannot help but affect your personal point of attraction."

Here are a few more snippets of Abraham's wisdom as conveyed in The Law of Attraction, as channeled by Esther:

"Your negative emotion is your indication that you hold beliefs that are contrary to your own desire."

"The more you think of what you want, the more the Law of Attraction will bring the evidence of it to you, until you *will* believe it."

"If there are others who see something in you that they do not approve of, most often you see their disapproval reflected back through their eyes, and you feel that you have gone wrong in some way. And we say unto you, it is not *your* lack, it is *theirs*. It is *their* inability to be the *Allower* that brings forth their negative emotion; it is not *your* imperfection."

"When you consider many subjects at the same time, you generally do not move forward strongly toward any of them, for your focus and your power is diffused, whereas if you are focusing upon that which is most important in any point of time, you move forward more powerfully toward that."

Now, let me share a bit of my impressions and experience. As a teaching, I was first introduced to the Law of Attraction by Michael Losier. In my opinion, his book of the same name is far superior to this title by the Hicks'. I had experience with manifesting what I desired before I read Michael's book, so I was familiar with the law of attraction. However, I have some misgivings about a portion of it, and here
is my reasoning:

Most times I read something on the Law of Attraction, I feel sick to my stomach. I was totally turned off by Lynn Grabhorn's Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting, but found Michael Losier's book Law of Attraction pretty darn sensible.

Yet, I can't help but feel the Law of Attraction is a bit simplistic--offering only a portion of the big picture. I'm especially troubled that the Law of Attraction seems to fly in the face of the wisdom of avatars like Jesus. For example, the Bible encourages compassion with passages like "weep with those who weep". Yet, books like the Hicks' pretty much advocate turning away from anything unpleasant and instead focusing on "feeling good". After all, those poor souls are only attracting what matches their vibration--so let them suffer with their miserable magnetism.

I agree with Abraham that being joyful is the best gift we can offer to the world, but I can't see how burying heads in the sand will add good vibes to the planet. Yes, what you focus on increases--I agree with that, too. But to run away from those who are hurting and suffering merely because we don't want to taint our precious vibration field... It smacks of "fiddling while Rome burns".

While I appreciate the wisdom of the Law of Deliberate Intent, the Law of Allowing and even much of the Law of Attraction-- I can't help but feel something is missing from this picture. (Perhaps...heart?) I'm very big on "over thinking" to my detriment. And even Abraham advises that it's best to "follow good feelings" rather than monitor our thoughts 24/7. But for one such as I who is a "mental type", it's not so easy to turn off the constant evaluation of thoughts when buying into the Law of Attraction. It can create a cycle of fear, in my opinion.

To be fair Abraham *does* address this very thing in The Law of Attraction:

"...some of you feel uncomfortable with what seems like the overwhelming task of monitoring thoughts, sorting them out, and offering only those that will yield things that you *do* want. We do not encourage a monitoring of thoughts, for we agree that would be incredibly time-consuming and cumbersome, but instead recommend a conscious utilization of your Emotional Guidance System."

I totally concur with this idea, but the rub is that in order to be aware of how we create by default, we need to educate ourselves, in part, as to how our thought patterns, expectations, and emotional state contributes to manifestation. And that involves a degree of thinking/monitoring--at least in the beginning stages--which can be a bit frustrating.

I love the information on Segment Intending and the Art of Allowing, and know them to be very helpful in deliberate creation. I just feel that the way in which Abraham's wisdom is offered is a bit "top heavy". If you're just beginning your journey towards Deliberate (conscious) Creation, I recommend that you get Michael Losier's book, as well as two decks from the Hicks' (also published by Hay House): the Ask and It Is Given Cards and The Teachings of Abraham: Well-Being Cards.

However, if you want thorough information straight from Abraham's mouth, then you'll no doubt want to get this book. The Law of Attraction is quite readable, but the way some of the wisdom is presented may give you a bit of a headache--especially as you juggle some of the ideas on attracting undesired situations.

http://www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php

The Astonishing Power of Emotions

2009-05-25T01:01:00.001-07:00

In the book, "The Astonishing Power of Emotions," Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks illustrates the life-changing teachings of Abraham - the wise and visionary group of nonphysical teachers from outside of our realm--back in 1987.

In their first book, "Ask and It Is Given," they demonstrate how we are the creator of our own experience and that we can deliberately create with our every thought. In their second book, "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent," the author emphasizes how we, as human beings can in fact gently guide our thoughts in the general direction of the things that we desire by the art of "allowing." In their third book, "The Law of Attraction," Hicks revisit Abraham's basic teachings to learn how we can attract all that we want by the most powerful law of the Universe.

NOW, in their latest and NEWEST book, "The Astonishing Power of Emotions," Abraham lovingly combines all of the Universal laws and shows us how we can gain conscious awareness of our emotions, so we can use our own feelings to deliberately bring into our life only the things we want. Hicks, in other words, believes that we can use the Laws of the Universe to solve all of our challenges and help us "go with the flow" of our natural Well-Being.

This is an AMAZING book for those who like to discover more about ourselves. I believe you do NOT need to have read the first three of their books in order to enjoy their latest book on the power of emotions. Overall, this is a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED book of the year. A+

The Disappearance of the Universe

2009-05-24T00:43:00.001-07:00

The Disappearance of the Universe is a must read for every modern day disciple of A Course In Miracles. The reader's passion for the Course is completely revitalized, and his or her practice of forgiveness is turbo-charged to a new and all-encompassing level. "Sooner or later, it always comes down to some kind of forgiveness and how willing you are to do it. How willing are you to accept that it's all your dream? How willing are you to release your dream and choose God?"
With over 400 pages, The Disappearance of the Universe is a fairly long book, but author Gary Renard has an honest and irreverant way of expressing himself, which makes it enjoyable and interesting to read. Renard doesn't hide behind the pretense of always getting everything just right along the spiritual path. Many examples of his own petty thoughts are fearlessly shared. Renard also has the welcome and rare ability to smartly restate some of the more complicated Course ideas in plain language that everyone can understand and apply. No mumbo jumbo. No compromising of spiritual principles to conform to popular psychology. No spiritualizing of money or sex. It's all so refreshing.

But I've saved the best for last. Gary Renard simply cannot resist wisecracking his way to God. Here are a couple of my personal favorites: "Love is letting go of beer," and "...it's possible to have both an erection and a resurrection." Maybe one of the best reasons to read this book is simply because it makes you smile.

A Course in Miracles

2009-05-24T00:36:00.001-07:00

With all the other well-stated reviews out there, it may not be important for me to add my two cents, but in case there's someone out there who stumbles on this... First of all, I'm not writing this to persuade anyone about the Course. Some people simply won't find this conducive to their beliefs, and that's okay. But for those who are willing to give it a try, let me divulge a little about my experience with it. I'm spiritual but also extremely skeptical, so I'd never been able to stick with any one religion or philosophical doctrine beyond Taoism in its ambiguous glory. The virtue of the Course is that it doesn't matter whether the contents are credible to you enough that you can invest in it your lifelong faith, because when you start reading it seriously and practicing the workbook, you will soon be faced with evidence that this path is real and one worth taking. It calls for your faith, but not because you'll be damned to hell otherwise. Your faith in the Course is required just as therapy would require you to have faith that you can be treated.

Having been schooled in a wretched fundamentalist Christian parochial, I try but fail time and again to fathom a loving God, and I recognize this fact more clearly and painfully now that I've been studying the Course. So I approach the Course from a secular and/ or psychotherapeutic perspective when I can't handle all the spiritual overtones, and it works. Take, for instance, Newton's third law, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." We also know (esp if you're familiar with magick and witchcraft) that by some fuzzy logic "what goes around comes around," but the Course defines this in exact terms; whether it's God or our fellow men, if we put up a defense against Him/ them, we're doing the same to ourselves. By judging others, we judge ourselves, and as a child, by learning to hate myself as a sinful creature, I also learnt to hate God, even though on the surface I thought I was a devout 'God-fearing' Christian. The bottom line is that the Course allows you to bring along your doubts and to let go of them gradually as you become ready to do so.

But most of all, A Course in Miracles is a source of healing for everyone. If you're depressed or otherwise mentally unstable, suffering in some way from your past, or just stuck in some 'unlucky' life predicament, this book is a way out. Like several reviewers mentioned above, I never believed that one book could change my life. But it did. And I want it to do the same for anyone else who still wants to believe that there has to be more to this broken-down world than eating and working and sleeping and breeding and dying and then just maybe a Big Mean Judge waiting at the end. It's not easy, it's not instant gratification, but it's a solution and a permanent one, and it doesn't involve a bullet or fast train.

Practicing the Power of Now

2009-05-24T00:23:00.000-07:00

Since the content of Tolle's books has been covered well elsewhere, I'd like to address the person new to Tolle and wondering where to begin.
In my personal experience, if I could only afford to purchase one book, I'd start with PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW. I feel that it essentially restates the material found in the original POWER OF NOW but in a format I found easier to digest. I don't see much point in owning both books (which I currently do.)

If you connect with PRACTICING and want more, then I'd recommend the audio book/retreat Realizing the Power of Now: An In-Depth Retreat With Eckhart Tolle. (It's less than $10 if you purchase the audio file from Audible.) I'm only half way through listening yet I constantly find myself thinking "Ah...now I understand what he meant." It truly is an excellent supplement.

There is one more Tolle book here, STILLNESS SPEAKS. I borrowed this from the library. It's basically just out-takes from the other books, sort of a quotable quotes book that restates things in a nutshell. It would make a nice gift to a Tolle fan, but again, doesn't offer anything more than the other books. I suppose my message is: everything you need to know is in the original POWER OF NOW, stated perhaps more clearly in PRACTICING and excerpted in STILLNESS but supported well in audio format by the retreat CD.

I find Tolle's basic message very powerful, enlightening and simple. As he himself constantly repeats, he's not saying anything new...be here now. But he explains it in a way which finally connects the dots for me. Unfortunately, this simple message seems to be getting constantly repackaged and I hope it doesn't turn into a "Chicken Soup for the Enlightened Soul" series. (I should probably go make sure that's not the title of an actual book!

http://www.eckharttolle.com/eckharttolle

Stillness Speaks

2009-05-24T00:17:00.001-07:00

Eckhart Tolle's second book has been awaited for a while by those who found the wisdom and grace of the first to be an extraordinary experience. This book is smaller on content and perhaps more complex in profundity. The Power of Now operated at all levels; it was one of those rare books which could actually get people to begin a spiritual practice with some seriousness, while those already in the swim found it to be a valuable guide. Stillness Speaks tilts a bit towards the already serious spiritual practitioner. Not that a beginner would not profit from it but my guess is that people who have done their processes and transformed themselves are likely to extract the most from this tight little spiritual classic.
Stillness Speaks has some of the feel of an Upanishad. A master discourses on important spiritual issues and you access the level you are capable of. When you come back to it, you find that the book has changed too, speaking to you at a depth you might not have suspected even existed - in you! Tolle is evolving towards an aphoristic style of communication; anything longer would tend to be false to the essence of being in the Now which is his difficult/simple message. It is a book that triggers rumination in you even more powerfully than The Power of Now. My personal favorite, something that set off a liberating snort of laughter, is the conclusion to Chapter Six -"Leave Life alone. Let it be."

I feel that not learning from this book would be a blunder.

A New Earth

2009-05-24T00:15:00.001-07:00

If you got the concepts in the Power of Now, and love the simple, easy-to-understand message of that book, you will find a "going deeper" happening with this one.

I've always been one to disagree with spiritual teachers about the ego - that it's basically all bad. If it's bad, why did God create it? My feeling is if it is here on Earth, it belongs, even though we may not understand why.

That said, Eckhart clearly defines, with excellent examples, how our identification with the ego (and not the ego itself, mind you) keeps us from simply being in the present and instead tied to thoughts, concepts, mind-stuff, endless identification with people, places, and things. He shows us the many forms and faces that the ego takes up, and shows us the fallacy of identifying with forms in the first place.

To identify so completely with form is to identify with that which is doomed to extinction, causing us loss and sadness. Wouldn't it be better if we simply observed things from an aware state, and not get so caught up in them? This is Eckhart's goal, to get us to a place where we can see the benefits of raising our awareness, and actually wanting to do so.

Ah, easier said than done, I hear you say. Within the pages of A New Earth, Eckhart gives us precisely the tools we need to recognize and become aware of own folly. From that higher state of awareness, the flowers of enlightenment can bloom. And voila, a New Earth is born.

I find this book a great comfort.

How to Love Yourself

2009-05-24T00:13:00.000-07:00

Iread most of L.Hays books in the early ninty's,they were a knight in shining armour for me,my ex husband left me for an older woman,i was left with 2 children,after 14yrs marriage and been with this man since I was 17,and then been 32 I headed for a nervous b/down,with support from my family and counselling,I read Louise's book,and found that the negetivity and guilt I was shouldering was his guilt placed on my shoulders all the years we were together,I didn't know me anymore,so her books were a Godsend at that time,with Meditations and Prayer and guidance, I was able to lift myself up,and find my own identity,and feel worthy.Now in the Year 2000,I have found peace,I attend a Spiritual church,teach Meditation and Personal deavelopment and share my stories with others.Since my breakup I have gone thru Cancer,but my faith now is so strong am able to cope,I believe in nurturing myself,I have 5 yrs clear since Cancer struck and I feel I can conquer most anything. Louise Hay has been able to share her gift with many and feel she has reached millions of people,turning their negetivity into positive healing.

Stress-Free

2009-05-24T00:11:00.000-07:00

This CD has 2 parts- 1st, audible affirmations spoken by Louise. 2nd, subliminal affirmations with relaxing music that is audible. Affirmations work only if you WORK them. Louise's premise is our thoughts create our life. If we want to change our lives, we must intentionally change our thoughts. Stress, she says, and I agree 100%, is a result of fear. Affirmations on this CD include

-I am safe when I express my feelings.
-I have a great relationship with my boss.
-I flow easily and effortlessly with life.
-I am comfortable with my finances
-I can be serene in any situation

Louise says we must conciously make this work, we use affimrations all the time, we must chose to to use positive affirmations, they are what change our lives in the direction we want them to go.

I have expirienced huge changes including confidence and peace. Awareness is critical. I pay attention to how I feel and when I notice negative affirmations coming up I tell myself "I am totally adequate for all situations" or "I can be serene in any situation" over and over and over... As I said, this works if YOU work it! I never would've believed if I didn't expirience it for myself.

Highly reccomend, it will change your life if you let it!

Overcoming Fears

2009-05-24T00:09:00.000-07:00

You have the power within you to help create the kind of world we want all of us to live in. ~Louise L. Hay

Louise L. Hay has a comforting voice which tends to take you away from any stressful environment. She provides a space where you can feel relaxed, safe and peaceful. She is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher and her books have been translated into 29 different language.

In "Overcoming Fears," Louise invites us all to explore our inner worlds and asks us to imagine ourselves in various life stages where we felt safe and happy and loved without fear. Through this meditation, you visualize the way your world could be and the way you want it to be. Self-esteem, safety, security and the power of thought are all discussed in a meditative way.

The focus of "Overcoming Fear" is visualization and by changing the way you think about your life, you can actually start to become a more powerful force in your own life. Even after listening to this CD once, I found myself awakening the next day with much more positive thoughts.

While this meditation does not draw on any particular religion, there are a few items people of various faiths will need to consider on their own. By imagining the world as a more peaceful place, you can in fact start to make the world more peaceful through your own positive actions.

If you find this CD to be inspirational and healing, you may also want to find the givingloveaway.com CD which is a beautiful spoken-word gift to the world. This CD might also inspire you to give a donation to World Vision or to reach out to your own community.

I listened to this CD twice last night and woke up feeling healed, refreshed and much more rested than I had in weeks. My first thoughts were quickly replaced by more positive ones and I started my day with a much more positive attitude.

I think Louise's voice has a mesmerizing quality which can be especially healing when you are feeling stressed. You may want to make yourself a comforting place to listen to this meditation. Candles, your favorite essential oil and a quiet setting will enhance your acceptance of the ideas Louise presents. Music plays in the background as Louise speaks from her heart. You can hear flute, water (a waterfall or river) and birds chirping. There are two sections. The second section is filled with more affirmations and the focus is on changing thoughts of fear to thoughts of safety. For anyone experiencing panic attacks, distrust of their environment or general anxiety, this section can help you let go of fear and accept the nurturing environment of safety and trust. Forgiveness of others and yourself is discussed.

"Overcoming Fears" is a healing, beautiful spoken-word CD that will empower you and help you to find an inner world that is safe and caring. As you move into the world in a more peaceful state, you may notice your environment changing and others reacting to you in a more loving way.

I Can Do It

2009-05-23T23:58:00.000-07:00

"I've written these cards as a way to help you create joy in every area of your life. You can experience wealth, health, romance, self-esteem, job success, creativity, and a life released from resentment and pain." ~Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life

If you are looking for a way to create more happiness in your life, these cards can inspire you on a daily basis. The beautiful tiny box holds 60 affirmation cards a variety of subjects. You can read about romance, wealth, health, forgiveness, creativity, overcoming stress, job success and self-esteem.

Lately I've started to believe that you truly do hold the keys to your future. You can literally dream your future into life. Although, I am also convinced that you need a lot of encouraging books and encouraging people in your life to overcome life's immense and at times overwhelming hurdles. If you can find just one person who believes in you and a few books that bring an encouraging message into your life, you really can heal your world.

Louise Hay shows this positive philosophy in her "I Can Do It Cards." There are immediate and essential things you must do to heal your life. One of them is to encourage yourself daily. You can't give up and let yourself fall back into negative patterns that are defeating and harmful to your life. These cards encourage you to look at your life in a more positive way.

The first card says: "Love is all there is!"
Then, on the back: "Love is powerful - your love and my love. Love brings us peace on Earth."

I adore this card:

"I love myself exactly as I am. I no longer wait to be perfect in order to love myself."
Back of Card: "The greatest gift I can give myself is unconditional love."

While we often hear that we should love others "unconditionally," but how many times do we hear that we should love "ourselves unconditionally?" These cards are a wonderful reminder. The colors (lavender, blue, pink, yellow, green and orange) on these cards are beautiful and there are pictures on both sides. There are pictures of steaming cups of tea, sandy beaches, butterflies, angels, lots of hearts, treasure chests, flowers, birds, stars and I even found a picture of Louise's book: "You Can Heal Your Life."

The "I now do work I love, and I am well paid for it" card sounds just wonderful and I hope that reading this card will make some of my dreams come true in 2004.

Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer and the best-selling author of 27 books. Her works have been translated into 25 languages.

The "I Can Do It Cards" may just be what you need to move to a higher level in your awareness of life. There are so many beautiful places we can go. Sometimes we just need a little motivation. You can put these cards on your refrigerator, in your pocket, on a bulletin board, leave one on a co-workers desk or even slip them into a card for a friend. In that case, you might need two boxes. :)

Receiving Prosperity

2009-05-23T23:57:00.000-07:00

Louise Hay has her very own special style. This CD is wonderfully helpful. It helps you understand how prosperity is directly related to a person's thoughts. This prosperity consciousness is a whole new way of thinking for many of us. It encompasses more than prosperity alone. Louise helps you grasp this. She's a wonderful spiritual teacher and guide, showing you how to use this in your everyday life. I listened to this CD just last night before going to sleep. I find it extemely helpful to listen to this repeatedly, and I highly recommend it.

Self-Esteem Affirmations

2009-05-23T23:55:00.000-07:00

When I first listened to Hay's affirmations (tape A as spoken words and tape B as subliminal with soothing music) in this recording, I said to myself 'Oh, my God... I don't want anyone to know I owe it...I am NOT THAT SAD', as I found them awfully embarassing (3 years ago). But then, recently I had experienced a really depressing phase of my life, a sort of middle-age crisis, feeling my confidence was totally destroyed. So I have played it while I was working (for only half a day for 2 days). Miraculously enough, not only didn't I find it embarasssing, but also I felt so poised and calmed that the panic crisis seems to be almost over now!! I am glad that I didn't have to rely on Valium.
Her guidance at the very beginning clearly said that the purpose is for ONE'S SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO ABSORB THE MESSAGES which conscious mind would reject, which one should bear in mind. No wonder that such affirmations like "I am lovable because I exist" or "I am good enough just as I am" or "I love myself more and more evey day" sound too awkward to listen to when you are 'SOBER'. I doubt it's that useful if you CONSCIOUSLY try to remember the phrases as some of the reviewers suggest. However, I cannot deny this tape actually rescued me at subconscious level. Perhaps it may be the affirmations' power, or may be just the relaxing Hay's voice and the music that really helped me, who knows.

Anger Releasing

2009-05-23T23:54:00.000-07:00

Louise L. Hay amazed me and shocked me once again with this tape. She created a way to truly release anger though a guided meditation by inviting you to confront five people in your life. Hay gives you permisson to say to these people,in your mind, everything that you always wanted to say but did not dare. She incourages you to let EVERYTHING go! Then she shows you have to use that anger and release it so it does not hurt anyone anymore. This tape is not for the timid, I have to admit I threw it across the room once because it made me so mad! But, it does work. By someone finally showing me I could give myself permission to be mad I also learned how to give myself permisson to let go of the anger!

Love Yourself, Heal Your Life

2009-05-23T23:51:00.001-07:00

"These exercises will give you new information about yourself. You will be able to make new choices. If you are willing, then you can definitely create the kind of life you say you want." ~Louse L. Hay

Louise delves into health, fears, phobias, sex, self-esteem, money, friendship, addictions, work and intimacy issues. In her loving, caring way, she guides you through fifteen work"fun" chapters. I think this book is more fun than work. You will learn about:

1. Basic Techniques - Changing thoughts and releasing old beliefs about yourself.
2. Who Are You? What Do You Believe?
3. Health Checklist
4. Feeling Good
5. Fears and Phobias
6. Anger
7. Criticism and Judgment
8. Addictions
9. Forgiveness
10. Work
11. Money and Prosperity
12. Friends
13. Sexuality
14. Love and Intimacy
15. Your New Picture

You will find questions like: "What do you want that you are not having?" At the end of the first chapter there is a "Deservability Treatment" where you can read affirmations and perhaps extract one or two sentences for daily reflection like: "I am willing to create new thoughts about myself and about my life. My new thinking becomes new experiences."

There are many places where you can record your own thoughts about various topics like love, sex, work, money, success, failure and God. There is a place to write a story of your life and to draw a picture of your inner child.

The chapter on health might jumpstart a new healthy journey into nutrition and wellness.

If you want to pass this book along to a friend, you could also buy a small journal and make notes in the journal instead of on the pages. This book could also be used as inspiration for journal writing. This book gave me a great idea - to create an entire book just of affirmations. A lot of our self-talk can make us miserable or enlightened.

Louise L. Hay also focuses on reflection, meditation, visualization and relaxation. She presents a pathway to a more positive and fulfilling life that is filled with daily discoveries of beauty and nurturing elements. It is time to start loving ourselves more and time to heal our lives.

"Criticism breaks down the inner spirit, and never changes a thing. Praise builds up the spirit and can bring positive changes." ~Louise L. Hay

Heal Your Body

2009-05-23T23:49:00.000-07:00

Author Louise Hay is a teacher, lecturer, and founder of Hay House Publishing. She contends that disease is caused by mental thought patterns, especially patterns of criticism, anger, resentment, and guilt. Festering resentments eat away at the self and can ultimately lead to tumors and cancers. Anger turns into things that burn, boil, or infect the body. A pattern of criticism can turn into diseases like arthritis, and guilt seeks punishment and leads to pain. In this book, Ms. Hay outlines hundreds of diseases and conditions, alphabetically, and the mental patterns that are associated with them, including each vertebrae of the spine. She has discovered these patterns through many years of study, her own work with clients, and her lectures and workshops.
She knows the power of healing by changing mental thought patterns firsthand: she was diagnosed as having cancer of the vagina several years ago. She was already a teacher of healing for several years, and saw it as an opportunity to practice what she preached. Despite knowing the power of replacing negative thought patterns with positive and affirming beliefs, she felt panic like most would at this kind of diagnosis. However, she felt that if she allowed the doctor to operate without changing the mental pattern that created it, the cancer would just come back. In fact, she believes that when cancer comes back, it's not because the doctor "didn't get it all", but because the individual never addressed the mental patterns that created the dis-ease in the first place.

In Ms. Hay's case, she had never acknowledged the deep resentment she carried for being raped when she was 5 years old and being battered as a child. As she says, we are often blind to our own patterns--even if we're healers or teachers.

Ms. Hay bargained with her doctor and asked for 3 months to work on the deep resentments and thought patterns that created her cancer. He grudgingly agreed, warning her that she was putting her life in danger. She began working immediately with a teacher to clear up her patterns of resentment, as well as working with a nutritionist to detoxify her body. Six months later, the medical profession agreed with what she already knew: she was completely free from any form of cancer.

She still keeps the original lab report as a reminder of how negatively creative she could be.

I have to admit, I never thought I would recommend this book to anyone. My first husband was a Charismatic minister who believed that words were powerful and creative, and taught this concept to his congregation. However, he contracted leukemia at age 28, and despite a lot of positive thinking and affirmations, he suffered physically and died. Entertaining the theory that he created his suffering, especially after believing in God, healing, and the power of words, made me mad. Very mad. I scorned Ms. Hay and her theories of blame.

So what changed my mind? I had a series of physical symptoms that I knew were connected to my beliefs and thought patterns. As a former Charismatic minister, I used to teach the same thing as my deceased husband. However, deep down, I don't think I really believed in co-creation, but just wished it were true--especially in the area of prosperity and "name it and claim it." After following a different spiritual path from the one in which I was raised and upon further metaphysical study and reading while working on my own thought patterns, I began to realize, deep down, that my thoughts were powerful and that there were mental and emotional correlations to my physical symptoms. It was then that I felt to give Louise Hay another try.

First off, let me say that Ms. Hay believes in taking full responsibility for your health without self-reproach of feeling guilty. The means NO BLAME. But if you're anything like me, especially one that struggles with guilt from being brought up in a fear-based religion, it's hard not to feel blame when exploring the ideas of metaphysical causation. Some people blame God or an evil entity for dis-ease, and others blame it on the environment, poor lifestyle choices or genetics. Ms. Hay doesn't believe in participating in self-loathing and self-blame when you get ill; this is yet another destructive thought pattern.

I bought Heal Your Body a few months ago, and I have to tell you, it's really helped me pinpoint issues I needed to acknowledge and work though. I was suffering sinus trouble, and sinus trouble supposedly correlates to being irritated by one person--someone close. I began to look at the fact that I held unacknowledged resentment towards my Autistic son because of the arduousness of dealing with his behaviors, as well as wishing my situation was other than it was. What mother wants to acknowledge she may resent her son on some level--especially a precious 4 year old with Autism? Yet, this is what becoming responsible for myself and my health entails: ruthless self-examination without self-judgment and self-blame. Then, it's possible to actually work on the root of the resentment, see where I was resisting reality and wishing it to be other than it is, and changing my mind and negative thought processes.

Needless to say, after a few months of working on it, the sinus trouble disappeared. (And it was plaguing me for many months.) I've had this work for me with other ailments, as well.

If anything, this book is a great starting point for examining our beliefs and thought patterns and observe if there is truth to Ms. Hay's correlations. If it doesn't seem to fit, sit with it awhile. Be honest with yourself. Allow yourself to explore the idea that it's possible. You may find some surprising insights into your health and your life, and begin on a path to a level of health that you never imagined possible.

http://www.louisehay.com/

You Can Heal Your Life

2009-05-23T23:45:00.000-07:00

You Can Heal Your Life is all about using your thoughts to fix the problems in your life. What kind of problems? Well, the book specifically looks into healing some pretty major life areas: relationships, work, success, prosperity, and your body. But wait a minute, did I say the book is using thoughts to heal your body? What's up with that? Is that even possible? Well, after reading this book, I think in many cases, yes, it is possible.

While I think it is the way to go to treat things such as an acute appendicitis with surgery, fractures with a cast, and pneumonia with antibiotics, there are many conditions where conventional medicine blatently falls short. Of course I'm talking about health problems such as migraines, backaches, or stomach ulcers- you know, those kinds of nagging disorders where we all know that stress/mental processes DO play a role. But while few would argue that psychological factors can cause an ulcer, what about more serious conditions such as, say, arthritis?

Well it may not be too far fetched. Consider this. One study of 1,198 subjects found that only 56% of men with SEVERE knee arthritis had any pain (Lawrence 1966). Another study X-rayed 84 seventy-nine year-olds and 76 eighty-five year-olds and found that only 43% of them with SEVERE knee arthritis had any pain complaints (Bagge 1991). There are plenty more examples in the scientific literature, but obviously there two alone show us that there is NO clear-cut association between severe knee arthritis and pain.

ON THE OTHER HAND, when one looks at the relationship between psychological variables and knee arthritis, one does see a clear association. For instance, one study looked at 65 patients (ages 55 to 87) with hip and/or knee arthritis. X-rays, pain, depression levels, anxiety levels, coping styles, and functional impairment were all assessed. The findings? Researchers discovered that the severity of one's arthritis showed little relationship to pain, BUT, psychological variables were strong predictors of who had pain and how impaired they were (Summers 1988).

Along the same lines, Salaffi examined 61 women (ages 51-79) with knee arthritis. Here again, results showed that how disabled someone was, was more related to psychological variables than how bad their knee looked on an X-ray film. Interestingly, both anxiety and depression WERE important predictors of pain (Salaffi 1991). Any one conducting a literature review on Medline will find more such examples IF you're looking for them. While I used knee arthritis as an example, there are MANY more studies on other health problems with similar findings.

All of this should be causing us to raise an eyebrow. The literature is telling us that it is far from being clear cut that things like bad knee arthritis ALWAYS mean pain. And the research is also giving us clues that the mind and our thought processes definitely play a role. So the question now becomes, if bad thought patterns can play a role in health problems such as arthritis, why not in other diseases such as cancer, as the book suggests?

You be the judge. I found that the main value in this book was getting me to look at how our thinking does influence the functioning of our bodies- as well as our life in general. Note that I'm NOT saying that you can think yourself well all the time either.

Remember that while Louise Hay did change her thought patterns and was cured of cancer, she has also written that she used other alternative treatments as well, such as foot reflexology and colon therapy (Chapter 16). Therefore, my advice is to look at ALL the options when dealing with a health problem, one MAJOR one being changing your mental patterns (which is the what the book does a nice job of addressing). And for this reason, I can recommend this book to anyone who needs physical healing or otherwise. Other alternative healing books of interest include The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders and The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution. Thank you Louise Hay!

It's Not What You've Got

2009-05-23T23:41:00.000-07:00

I had thought this was going to be a storybook but the book has a poetry type feel rather than that of a story taking place. The book is written in rhyme and addresses a new concept on each page. With each turn of the page, there is a new poem addressing a new value to teach your child. I found the illustrations very helpful for discussions with children, for example: the big house pictured by and apartment building on the page "It Doesn't Matter What They Have."

This book has the potential to be used across ages as young readers will most likely just enjoy the rhymes, but as children get older, parents can use the examples and concepts for discussions related to real life. There will always be someone with more... and always someone with less than what you have. Teaching children to be positive at all income levels will build their self-esteem, pride, and confidence through life.

Unstoppable Me

2009-05-23T23:38:00.001-07:00

The book discusses 10 ways to soar through life:
1. You're great--no matter what!
2. Persistance pays off!
3. Welcome to the Unknown
4. You have a choice
5. Farewell to worry
6. Peace begins with you
7. Enjoy the Here-and-now
8. Healthy me!
9. Creativity is the key!
10. What can you give.

These principles are each explained on one side of the page. On the other side a situational example of how a child applied it in his or her own way.

The thing my child and I liked most about the book was the section at the end where it asks questions about how the child has or could use each of the 10 principles. I was a bit amazed and delighted by what my daughter shared with me--thing I didn't know about her her life away from me. Her eyes really lit up during this part and she talked a mile a minute.

I'm very pleased with the book written by Wayne Dyer and Kristina Tracy. I have been a fan of Dyer's CD's (based on his books) for some time now which are geared to adults. The illustrations by Stacy Heller Budnick are very eye appealing and cheerful.

I love these positive messages that I can share with my daughter as she grows up and I want to add the first book Dyer wrote for children to her library. Now if only Deepak Chopra would write a few children's books--I'd love that too.

Being In Balance

2009-05-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

A great little book, small enough to keep on your desktop at work, so you can read snippits frequently and stay in-balance. Looks at life from a "road less traveled" perspective, more of a bigger-picture/real meaning-of-life perspective, such as how to really align your thinking with what you want, so that you can actually achieve what you want--getting rid of negativity and the "I can't" mentality, and related subject matter. I keep this booklet and "10 Secrets for Success & Inner Peace" on top of my desk at work at all times and read pieces of them frequently. I also invite co-workers to read them.

One example from the booklet would be that you cannot give away what you don't have to give. So, if you have no love in your heart for others, you cannot give it away, nor can you attract it. Of course, I cannot explain it like Dr Dyer can, but, basically, if you don't feel and demonstrate love toward others, they won't see it or feel it within you. This little book is also loaded with quotes, which reinforce the concepts explained in the book.

The principles of the Law of Attraction is mentioned throughout the book. Basically, this equates to you get what you put out. Again, you DO most certainly get what you give out. For example, if you go around hating people, then you also create an expectation of hate feelings in everyone, and you will attract that very hatred to you. Lots of people don't believe this but I've seen it happen too many times to not believe it. It is easy to watch anger-attracting-anger in action. Just sit back and watch the dynamics of 2 people getting into an argument. Fear attracts fear, and so on. Also sit back and watch the dynamics of joy and laughter. See how others join in the laughter. If you also have the ability to feel energy, then you will feel the change in the type of energy that surrounds that joy and laughter versus the type of energy that surrounds the anger.
One of the chapters in this little booklet talks about things you tell yourself which affect your ability to proceed forward in your life--a list of "out-of-balance" verbiage--the "unmagnificent seven": 1) It's Not God's Will; 2) There's a Limited Supply; 3)I Don't Deserve It; 4) I Have Limited Abilities and Talents; 5) I've Never Been Lucky; 6) It's Always Been This Way; and 7) I Don't Know How to Think "Abundance" for Myself. Hopefully, you can see from the "seven" how this limited thinking capacity would directly affect your ability to achieve optimal benefits in your life. (It's out of my control or I can't so I won't try.) If not, Dr. Dyer explains it all in his little booklet.
I have already read through the booklet, highlighted and tabbed certain spots. Now, frequently, I pick this booklet up and let it fall open to a place. Then I read that page.

After reading this and another Dyer book, I was inspired to write a very profound "poem", which I re-read every day to remind myself of how I will remain in balance, and guess what? It works!

Dr. Dyer has a great deal of wisdom, which he shares in all his writings, CDs, and DVDs. I highly recommend this and any of his material.

One thing to note: No one book, or even group of books, is enough. If you want to make significant changes in your life, your input and output must be in balance. You need to input good material, incorporate it into your inner consciousness, believe it and live it, and put good things out to others. Significant high-quality life-style changes are made by deliberately realigning yourself in a positive manner and for the good of all, at least in my opinion. I look at it as working in partnership with God. It takes work in the form of a life commitment, but this book is a good beginning and will assist you in remembering how to be in balance, and what it looks like when you're out of balance.

Q to Abe: I want a foot.

2009-05-09T11:37:00.000-07:00

Abe: And so what we're suggesting is that you decide with only one criteria in mind -- how does this beating of the drum feel? Is this life-giving? Does this feel good to me? And if it doesn't, put your sticks down right now. Sit on your hands for just a minute. In other words, do everything that you can to case the beating of this drum. Which means, first of all, STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. That's the very first thing that you can do -- stop talking about it. The next thing is stop thinking about it. But you can't stop thinking about something that you're thinking about because Law of Attraction says, "Think about this! Think about this! Think about this! Did you look at this?"
And so as you're sitting on your hands and determining that you're not going to think about it, the next logical thing is, well then what can I think about? And pick something that feels just a little better than that. And before you know it those thoughts will be so far distant, you will have left the beating of that drum so far behind that you will wonder why you ever beat that drum.
Q: But will that change the state of the amputated foot? Will that make the foot grow back?
Abe: Not now. Not in this moment. But we love this question because you've gone right to the heart of what most people ask: "If I follow this process that you are offering, will I then jump from where I don't want to be over to where I do want to be?" And what we want to say is no, not right now. And it shouldn't matter -- that's not the reason that we encouraged you to do it. The reason we encourage you to do it is because you're sucking the life out of yourself with this thought. Why not get a little life back right now? In other words, the answer is: you'll feel better right away, whether the foot grows back or not.
So the question that we'd like to put to you is do you want to be miserable without a foot or happy without a foot?
Q: I want a foot.
Abe: And if you will say, "That's not my criteria, Abraham. I want a foot. I want a foot. I want a foot. And if I can't have a foot then I'm going to be miserable." And we say, but if you're miserable because of this, now you're depriving yourself of this and this and this, until eventually you say, "I'm miserable without a foot, I'm miserable without any teeth, I'm miserable without any money, I'm miserable without a mate. I've pinched off all of my well-being off because I was fixating on this thing that I could not have."
And we say, if you could just try to be joyful anyway. Just try to make the best of where you are anyway. It is our promise to you that it just gets better and better and better and better and better. And it doesn't take very many like that before all kinds of means to provide all kinds of feet begin to come forth. And you say, "But it's not the kind of foot I wanted. This isn't the kind of foot that I wanted, it's a cumbersome foot." And we say just relax, keep making the best of it. The Universe has the capacity to yield to you such fantastic things that you can't hold the Universe hostage with your distorted bargains. You have to get in sync with well-being in order to live well-being. There are no holds barred here -- you have to say, "Joy is what matters, and I will find joy."

Seth: God is a Joyful Being

2009-05-09T11:35:00.001-07:00

Whenever you are truly joyful, you are on the right track.

No god ever meant or intended that you suffer.

God is a joyful being.

To the extent that you do not realize that you exist in Him you are sorrowful.

To the extent that you do not develop your abilities and project them into physical realities you are sorrowful.

To the extent that you do not live up to your potential are you sorrowful.

It is indeed true that you find yourself by losing yourself.

You are indeed a part of All that Is.

When you attempt to concentrate on the tiny 'I' that you imagine yourself, then indeed you do not know where you are and you cannot find yourself.

Happy money appreciation day!

2009-05-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

Wow, fun, I love to appreciate things in my life that add value, lift me up, makes things possible, bless those

I share with and give me opportunities to experience life in new ways! Money is certainly something that does that!

So here is a way to enjoy this day of appreciation and increase your attractiveness quotient at the same time!

Have you defined wealth for yourself? Once you define what that means to you, and you do it from within, not from your mind that is plugged in to the rest of the worlds thoughts and beliefs, you activate something powerful. It is like throwing the switch on your magnetic pole… all molecules of substance begin to morph into your desires.

1.Define wealth

2.See yourself enjoying it in your mind

3.Feel how you will feel when it is here

4.Fill your heart with gratitude and excitement of being wealthy beam this out to the world at every available moment .

5.Celebrate Money… notice all the things you can do because of it and all you desire to do happening because you are so appreciative of Money that is wants to run to you!

A statement of limitless potential for you, repeat:

“I enjoy my deep sense of gratitude swelling my heart, filling with riches the Universe pours out to me. I open to receive the bounty that is within me and that is pouring into my life now.” Thank you Thank you Thank you

So celebrate money appreciation day, thank money, ask for money, share money…

Have a happy, grateful, day filled with cash rushign your way! Feel it…invite it, and open yourself to receive it!

Thoughts are…..

2009-05-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

What are your thoughts? Do you pay attention to them? Do you know they are things, and have power? Are you choosing them consciously, intentionally? Well, it may be time to start, since this is one place where you have power. Power to create the life, money, love, job, house and freinds you want. Power to feel good, happy, at peace, fulfilled. Isn’t it amazing that we all have this power, yet so few use it, or know about it? And so many people now know about it, and law of attraction, and yet still do not have the results they want. Why?

Well, the first reason is there are laws to the Universe, rules by which things operate. And within that, all things are also possible. A little confusiong, yes, yet worth understanding. I want to help people find bliss, be their true selves and experience the life that most fills them with joy. This has been my lifelong quest for myself and I share it with you. Right now, I see a stumbling block that people are constantly tripping over. What is it? Law of Attraction.

Since the movie the “Secret” came out, more people than ever before have become familiar with the concept of the law of attraction. That like attracts like. That just like in science experiments and magnets, we put out a signal and it attracts back to us things of similar vibration. Our body and mind are actually electrical and magnetic fields always pulsing and shifting and flowing. These are emitting a signal, non stop. So no matter what you do, you are sending out a vibration and it is changing your body, your environment and drawing to you things with a similar signal. This happens all day, everyday, even when you sleep. You can’t stop it, without being dead.

So since this is happening all the time and it is our ‘point of attraction’, our broadcasting base, we might as well choose what signal we send out instead of whatever we happen to be thinking or feeling. That is what most people do and it is called living my default. If you do not choose, it is still a choice! It is still a decision, not to pay attention to your thoughts and feelings. So, the real question is, what do you want your life to be like? How do you want to feel? What do you want to do, who do you want to be with? You must decide these things in order to attract what you prefer. In order to attract what you prefer, you must be aware of what you think, believe, feel and how you respond.

Law of attraction is doing it’s thing, regardless of whether you are consciously choosing your thoughts and feelings or not.

Abe on the Belief in Genetic Impossibility

2009-05-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

Q: But what about genetics. Why are some crippled and messed up when they arrive? If I could find a way to change my expectation, then could I become taller at age 37? It doesn't bother me being this short now, as it did in the past, but could I change it if I had the desire to do so?
ABE: In that irritative mode you are LOCKED OFF. How about finding ways to prove to yourself that the universe is responding to you, but start with something small. And as you begin to diminish the number of times you do THAT THING THAT YOU DO then you will have absolute control over anything you want to change.But as you express the desire-- you are really asking "could I do this IMPOSSIBLE thing?" and we say NO. When you desire to do something that you feel is impossible, you are wasting your time. To say I want it and I don't believe it is possible, is not a match. You must be a match to your desire with your BELIEF / EXPECTATION in order to allow it to come.If you look around you will see evidence all over the place of people who are letting it in and people who are not letting it in. And what they are DOING DOING DOING doesn't have anything to do with what they are GETTING GETTING GETTING. It only matters how they are FEELING FEELING FEELING! SO GET THE STRUGGLE OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE!When you realize that your life depends, that your very LIFE FORCE depends upon how you feel in any moment, then you will not be so willing to focus upon what feels bad. When you realize that every bit of attention you give to it, LOCKS you OFF.

Abe: How to Attract Beauty

2009-05-06T10:20:00.001-07:00

When you focus upon the beauty of something, ONLY, and you activate the beauty of it within YOU so that it and you are one vibration,
It doesn't matter how much it costs and it doesn't matter how much money you have. That's a non-issue, that's irrelevant, because there's nothing in YOU that isn't a match to IT.

Ooo that was big.

Asheville, NC 4-30-06

The Process of Meditation

2009-05-02T23:57:00.000-07:00

Any thought that you continue to think is called a belief. And many of your beliefs serve you extremely well: thoughts that harmonize with the knowledge of your Source, and thoughts that match the desires that you hold... but some of your beliefs do not serve you well: Thoughts about your own inadequacy or your unworthiness are examples of those kinds of thoughts.
Now, with an understanding of the Laws of the Universe and some willingness to deliberately choose thoughts, you can, in time, replace all hindering beliefs with life-giving beliefs, but here is a process that can give you the immediate benefit of changing your beliefs in a much shorter time. We call this the process of Meditation.
We playfully tell our physical friends that the reason we teach the process of Meditation is because it is easier for most of you to clear your minds, having no thought, than it is for you to think pure, positive thoughts. For when you quiet your mind, you offer no thought; and when you do so, you offer no resistance; and when you have activated no resistant thought, the vibration of your Being is high and fast and pure.
Imagine a cork bobbing on a body of water. (That represents the place of high, pure, fast vibration that is actually natural to you.) Now, imagine holding the cork down under the water. (That is what resistance is like.) And now, imagine letting go of the cork—and see it rise back up to the surface of the water. Like the cork, naturally floating on the water’s surface, it is natural for you to experience the high, fast, pure vibration, free of the hindering resistance. And, like the cork, if you are not doing something that holds you down under the water, you will bob right back up to the surface where you belong. In other words, you do not have to work at being in the high vibration that is natural to you, because it is natural to you. But you do have to stop holding the thoughts that cause you to lower your vibration. It is a matter of no longer giving your attention to things that do not allow your cork to float or do not allow you to vibrate in harmony with who you really are. If you are not focused upon unwanted things that are the opposite of your own pure desire, you will activate no vibration of resistance—and you will experience your natural state of thriving and Well-Being. A decision is the focusing of the vibration of desire, and the decision point happens when the desire is powerful enough. The only discipline that we would like you to exercise is to make a decision that nothing is more important than that you feel good, and that you are going to find thoughts that feel better. Your cork floating is the only thing that is worthy of discipline. You could say that the process of Meditation is a shortcut to changing your beliefs, for in the absence of thought, there is no resistance within you; and your cork, so to speak, bobs naturally back up to the surface.
Now, to begin the process of Meditation, sit in a quiet space where you are not likely to be interrupted. Wear comfortable clothing. It does not matter if you sit in a chair or on the floor, or even lie on your bed
(unless you tend to fall asleep when doing so). The important thing is that your body be comfortable. Now, close your eyes, relax, and breathe. Slowly draw air into your lungs, and then enjoy the comfortable release of that air (your personal comfort here is very important). As your mind wanders, gently release any thought, or at least do not encourage it by pondering it further—and refocus upon your breathing. You are, by nature, one who wants to focus, so in the beginning, this process of Meditation will feel unnatural, and you will find your mind wanting to return to things you have been focusing on previously.When that happens, relax, breathe again, and try to release the thought.You will find it easier to quiet your mind if you will choose small thoughts that do not have the potential for expanding into something interesting: You could focus upon your own breathing. You could mentally count your breaths, in and out. You could listen to the dripping of a faucet... In choosing the soft, gentle thought, you will leave behind all thoughts of resistance—and your vibration (like the cork) will naturally rise.This is not a process where you work on your desires, but instead, this is one of quieting your mind. As you do so, any resistance will subside, and your state of vibration will rise to its natural, pure state. As you quiet your mind, you may feel a sense of physical detachment. For example, you may feel no real difference between your toe and your nose. Sometimes you will feel the sensation of twitches and itches eneath your skin. And often, once you have released resistance and are soaring in your natural pure,high vibrations—you will feel an involuntary movement in your body. It may sway slightly from side to side or forward and backward, or your head may roll gently from side to side. Or, you may simply feel the sensation of movement or of a yawn. But any or all of these sensations or movements are indicators of your achievement of a state of Meditation. Your point of attraction will now have changed, and your state of allowing will be in place. Things that you have been asking for— all of which have been given—are now flowing gently into your experience. And as you come out of your state of meditation, this state of
allowing will continue until you focus upon something that changes your vibrational frequency. But with enough practice, those higher frequencies will become so familiar to you that you will be able to reclaim them whenever you choose.
Over time, if you meditate regularly, you will become quite sensitive to the way the higher frequencies feel within your body. In other words, whenever you focus on anything that causes a dip in your vibration, you will now be more likely to recognize it at the early, subtle stages before the dip is too significant— and you will be able to easily change your resistant thought in order to maintain your balance.

The Origin of Emotions- book

2009-04-30T02:31:00.000-07:00

The following are excerpts from the book:
“Maternal love stops when a child is 33 months old. Mothers maximize their reproduction by focusing on the next child when the current child can feed itself. By 33 months, children can feed themselves if food is available. They can walk and their first set of teeth have completed eruption.”
“Men only love a woman for 42 months, which covers 9 months of gestation and 33 months of post-natal care. Both sexes maximize reproduction by starting a new reproductive cycle with a new partner when a child can feed itself.”
“Revenge encourages victims of rule breaking to always retaliate, whether it helps them or not. The more victims retaliate, the fewer rule breakers there are. The fewer rule breakers there are, the more efficient a group is.”
“Pride is triggered by higher rank, not high rank. Rookies feel pride, but veteran all-stars do not. Recent nursing graduates feel pride, but doctors nearing retirement do not.”
“Humiliation is triggered by lower rank, not low rank. The only criminals who feel humiliation are first-time offenders. Every CEO feels humiliation when they retire.”
“You feel affection when you see or hear features that separate humans from other primates, such as the sight of white eyes or the sound of talking.”
“When you maximize your happiness, you do what is best for the species.”

The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History

2009-04-29T06:01:00.000-07:00

Dr. Joe Vitale

If you want money, you only have to do one thing.

It's the one thing some of the wealthiest people on the planet have done and are doing.

It's the one thing written about in various ancient cultures and still promoted today.

It's the one thing that will bring money to anyone who does it but at the same time most people will fear doing it.

What is that one thing?

John D. Rockefeller did it since he was a child. He became a billionaire.

Andrew Carnegie did it, too. He became a tycoon.

What is the greatest money-making secret in history?

What is the one thing that works for everyone?

Give money away.

That's right. Give it away.

Give it to people who help you stay in touch with your inner world.

Give it to people who inspire you, serve you, heal you, love you.

Give it to people without expecting them to return it, but give it knowing it will come back to you multiplied from some source.

In 1924 John D. Rockefeller wrote to his son and explained his practice of giving away money. He wrote, "...in the beginning of getting money, away back in my childhood, I began giving it away, and continued increasing the gifts as the income increased..."

Did you notice what he said? He gave away more money as he received more income. He gave away $550 million dollars in his lifetime.

P.T. Barnum gave money away, too. As I wrote in my book on him, "There's A Customer Born Every Minute," Barnum believed in what he called a "profitable philanthropy." He knew giving would lead to receiving. He, too, became one of the world's richest men.

Andrew Carnegie gave enormously, too. While some might argue that these early tycoons had the money to give, so it was easy for them, I would argue that they got the money in part because they were willing to freely give. The giving led to the receiving. The giving led to more wealth.

Today it's fashionable for businesses to give money to worthy causes. It makes them look good and of course it helps those who receive it. Anita Roddick's Body Shop stores, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield's ice cream, and Yvon Chouinard's Patagonia, are living examples of how giving can be good for business.

But what I'm talking about here is individual giving. I'm talking about you giving money so you will receive more money.

If there's one thing I think people do wrong when they practice giving, is they give too little. They hold on to their money and let it trickle out when it comes to giving. And that's why they aren't receiving. You have to give, and give a lot, to be in the flow of life to receive.

I remember when I first heard about the idea of giving. I thought it was a scheme to get me to give money to the people who were telling me to do the giving.

If I did give, it was like a miser. Naturally, what I got in return was equivalent to what I gave. I gave little. I got little.

But then one day I decided to test the theory of giving.

I love inspiring stories. I read them, listen to them, share them, and tell them. I decided to thank Mike Dooley of tut.com for the inspiring messages he shares with me and others every day by email.

I decided to give him some money. In the past I would have given him maybe five dollars. But that's when I came from scarcity and feared the giving principle wouldn't work. This time would be different. I took out my check book and wrote a check for one thousand dollars.

Mike was stunned. He got my check in the mail and nearly drove off the road as he headed home. He couldn't believe it.

I loved making him so happy. I delighted in giving the money to him. Whatever he did with it was fine with me. What I got was an incredible feeling of helping someone continue doing what I believed in. It was an inner rush to help him. I still rejoice at sending him the money.

And then something wonderful began to happen.

I suddenly got a call from a person who wanted me to co-author his book, a job that ended up paying me many times over what I given away.

And then a publisher in Japan contacted me, wanting to buy the translation rights to my best-selling book, "Spiritual Marketing." They, too, offered me many times what I had given my friend as a gift.

A true skeptic can say these events are unrelated. Maybe in the skeptic's mind, they aren't. In mine, they are.

When I gave money to Mike, I sent a message to myself and to the world that I was prosperous and in the flow. I also set up a magnetic principle that attracted money to me: As you give, so you will get.

Give time and you'll get time.

Give products and you'll get products.

Give love and you'll get love.

Give money and you'll get money.

This one tip alone can transform your finances. Think of the person or persons who have inspired you over the last week. Who made you feel good about yourself, your life, your dreams, or your goals?

Give that person some money. Give them something from your heart. Don't be stingy. Come from abundance, not scarcity. Give without expecting return from that person, but do expect return. As you do, you will see your own prosperity grow.

Try it and see.

Questioner was uncomfortable with body weight.

2009-04-28T04:34:00.000-07:00

Abraham: When you have not taken the time to line up the Energy, it doesn’t matter what sort of action you do or don’t do. You can’t buck that current. So what you must do is find the feeling place of that which you are wanting.
So what you would then say is, I really want to believe this. I really want to change this belief because I know that this belief is in my way. I would really like to believe that I can eat these things and still stay slender. And as you you say that, now that is a new creation. Now you begin to attract people to you that are eating those things and staying slender. And you say to them, "You must work out 1000 hours a day", and they say, "No actually I don’t do very much of anything. I’ve just always been slender. It is just the way I am". And then instead of having the impluse to punch their lights out because you are coming from lack, this time you willsay that is very interesting, this something I am coming to understand. Talk to me a little bit about it. And they will begin to tell you from a very early age or just last year they began to realize they have control of their bodies. That their body responds to their thoughts and to nothing else.So as you believe that food makes you fat, food will make you fat. It can be no other way. But as you begin to want it to be different from that, then you will begin to attract the evidence that will assist you in really believing it can go either way. There is not a constant. Food can be a fuel or food can make you fat. Your body can literally metabolize everything you eat into energy or your body can store it. Like the squirrel store nuts. It is up to you, you see.

Quotes about body weight

2009-04-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

If you feel fat, you cannot attract thin."

- Abraham What is metabolism?Metabolism is vibration response to your moment in time. Metabolism is the way the Energy is moving through your body. And so, everything is in response to the way you feel-everything is. Everything is mind over matter. Every disease is mental first. Everything is about thought. Everything is about vibration. Everything is about the way you feel. Practice scenarios that feel good-and never mind reality. Reality is only a brief moment in time that you keep repeating.
Silver Spring, MD - 5/11/02

What can I do to make my manifestation happen?"

We don't know anybody that wants anything, whether it's a change in their body, or a physical condition, or a relationship, or an event, or a pile of money- we don't know anything that anybody wants that isn't for the same reason, and that is you THINK that in the HAVING of that manifestation you will feel better. And what we're saying is- you MUST find a way to feel better FIRST, then the manifestation will happen.
People say 'give me the manifestation and then I will feel good'- and we say, you probably would, but FEEL GOOD and then the manifestation will come. And if you can't feel good about where this manifestation is (questioner's body weight) then find other things that you DO feel good about. Use ANY excuse in the world."

San Rafael, CA - Mar. 15, 2009 workshop notes

2009-04-28T04:22:00.000-07:00

Focus on the knowing that is – in the reality that is – in the vortex: worthiness, connectedness. Those core beliefs - have that be your reality.
Celebrate diversity.“You’ve gotta want to be in the vortex more than being right,” no matter what evidence you might have that you could use as justification for not going in there.“There is so much more to creation than action.” – not to take away action, “but when you count on your action for your creation you limit yourself incredibly.”** “Your hospitals are filled with people taking action to compensate for discord in thought.”
1st questioner: Wants to get into the vortex to find her lover.
Summary: You don’t get into the vortex to find your lover; he’s already in there. Get happy and then you’ll recognise him.
Abe – What is it about the vortex that would make you want to be in there?Talk about “How good could it be for me?” – When you get in the vortex the already written story is waiting for you – It’s already written. Talk about it further… What does that feeling of being there feel like? (For the questioner it’s feeling ‘On top of the world’) Now talk about that further: “I feel like…”You want to be independent and you’re full and whole in the vortex, but your beliefs say you need to be dependent.“The vortex is a swirling mass of cooperative components, of which I am now one.”What does it feel like in the vortex when you meet someone in alignment with you? When you’re in the vortex what’s in there equals you. When you get spit out of the vortex, laugh, dust yourself off, and go back in. No big deal.Focus on, what does it feel like in the vortex?
2nd questioner:
Left her husband because she thought he kept her out of the vortex. Wants to know how to explain her decision to him in a way he’ll understand.
Abe reframed it to her not having had the self-discipline to keep herself in the vortex and be happy while she was with him.“Being in the vortex is an inside-job, personal thing. Don’t give your power over to somebody.”They gave her a beautiful piece of what to say to him to explain it in a way he could understand. Was so sweet - they asked, “Would you like to know the words to say to him?” She, sitting there in tears, “Yes, I have my pen!” Abraham: “... And I didn't have the self-discipline to go there [to the vortex] when I was with you. I made you so big and important I gave you my power. But I remember who I am... Let me tell you who I know I am: I love to laugh, I am free, I am creative, funny, inspired, colourful... so many wonderful things. You tried to make me responsible for how you feel, every damn day we were together, and I'm not. So, I'm going to get happy. I know I can. And maybe you and I will decide to take another run at it.”That's all I wrote (I stopped at a point to just listen – it was compelling) but the finish was that maybe there will be a decision for another go, or maybe for a moving on, but I know it's my responsibility to be happy for myself, not to have needed you to be a certain way for me to get there.
3rd questioner: Wants to get in the vortex in relation to money.
Reframe by Abe: Wants in and doesn’t want what she thinks and believes about money to boot her out.
Focus Wheel 101 – The purpose of a focus wheel is to bridge a belief that isn’t working to a belief that is working – one that does feel better. Goal is to shift emotional response to something because when that shifts, your vibration shifts.Put what you’re wanting in the centre of the wheel. Then as an entry point to the wheel (first segment), write down something you already believe that matches what’s in the centre.Example centre statement: I want to feel prosperous, good, sure… I want to know and feel the ease of my prosperity.
Segment 1: I have felt the ease of prosperity before, and there are people who feel like I want to – and who before, were where I am and now have come to. Prosperity is possible.
Segment 2: I have wonderful clients who are prosperous and it’s lovely to be around them. (Abraham seemed to caution that for some people this could be a not-so-good-feeling statement, due to comparison, but for this woman it worked well.)
Segment 3: I like choosing what to do based on being free… based on whether I want to do it rather than on whether I can afford it.
Segment 4: These tense days are great – there will be a time when I’ll be shifted in my life and I’ll thank this contrast.
Segment 5: I’m good at what I do and I care about doing it well.Abraham used the analogy of the merry-go-round so many of us have played on, and how risky it is to try to get on when it’s spinning really fast! When it slows down though, you can jump on and keep your balance without being flung into the bushes because it’s starting too fast for you to keep up with. So, with your first segment statement, choose something you already believe about what you want.So it’s not the situation/circumstances of my life, it’s my response to the situation/circumstances. It’s a temporary – and catalytic – time --> reframe on contrast, with knowing that one day I’ll look back and thank it.* “When you’re in the vortex you’ll seem, by outside appearances, lazier.”For the most part, we learned what we know about money (and other subjects) from those not in the vortex.* When you’ve wanted something for a long time and you let go of resistance, it can come fast. Relax into it and stop doing that thing you do that keeps it from arriving.
Next question: Does Abraham have an Oversoul (like Seth speaks of)? There is an “out of the vortex” for Abe but we couldn’t discern it.
Next question: Is there a deeper place Abraham can go, to speak to humanity?
Abraham: Stop demonizing ego and embrace it as part of creative focus. When in the vortex, the response to ego is embracive. When you’re egotistically focused on things apart from who you are, it feels bad. You can also use egotistical focus to be connected with who you are, in order to go/get back into the vortex.
Questioner: “So it’s either you’re connected or you’re not.”
Abraham: “Period.”Don’t pretend you feel one way when you feel another.
4th questioner: Was in the vortex until she visited her parents and popped out.“We don’t want you to need anyone else to be necessary for you to be in the vortex.” It can be a good opportunity to do things like touch base with parents every so often (eg. go home), to see how you’ve done at being in the vortex. In other words, touch on a tricky subject after you’ve been in the vortex on purpose for a while, to discover how you’re doing.It’s a bitter pill to swallow when you’re an allower and loving someone who doesn’t allow you – but it is up to you. That’s where power and empowerment comes.* A lot of people not in the vortex resent you being in there and think you’re not taking their problems seriously. You need to decide that your connection with Source is your top priority because only when in the vortex do you fully have all of you to give to someone else.Think about those in trouble thriving. You could say to them, “I always knew ______ about you.” I have lists of things I’ve written about your heart, soul, future, humour, beauty, where you’re going, how glad I am we know each other, how good things are for you, your prosperity… Get in the vortex pre- face-to-face meeting. (I think it was the questioner’s sister she asked about, wanting her to feel better; how to focus on her.)
5th questioner: Asking about Feng Shui
Questioner: “I’m a little confused. People say if you use Feng Shui in your house and your life will go perfect.”
Abraham: “Well, then use it. And report back in.” (Funny)Abraham told the story about Esther with the crystals when she was told a crystal’s energy would help but she asked Abe which she should choose. “Well then, choose the biggest one. But then you’ll need to always have it with you.” (To me this is sort of like Dumbo discovering that he didn’t need the feather in order to fly.)Alignment is just about you and you, no more. When you’re in alignment everything must be good for you because Law of Attraction would give you no other than what you’ve asked for.* There can be energy misalignment in a space (and there are people sensitive enough to read it), but when you’re in alignment you walk in and the space aligns itself to you. Likewise, if you’re not in alignment and go into an aligned space, the space will mold itself to you. Your alignment trumps environmental (eg. home environment) factors. Absolute knowledge of your power is alignment.“We want you to understand, your planet has been Feng Shui’ed. It’s huge.”The way you deactivate something unwanted is to focus on something wanted – go to a “neutral zone”. A symbol can stand in as a help for that – something to focus on that you don’t have resistance to or pre-conceived notions about.

Abraham on the Multiverse and Alternate Dimensions

2009-04-28T04:18:00.000-07:00

The purpose of Abraham's message is for us to live the most satisfying way we can here in THIS "dimension", and in THIS time-space-reality. When they are questioned about "other dimensions" they often don't dwell on the answer since, as I said, it is not the thrust of their teachings. When Abraham says "there is no competition", they are not referring to competing in a game or sport. They mean that there are ample resources available to us all, and that nobody can take your piece of the resource "pie". Anything you can desire, you can manifest IN ITS ESSENCE. So while there will not usually be two winners of a particular contest, all participants can and will achieve that which is a vibrational match to their offering. There is always another contest, another prize, another ship.. you name it. That is the thrust of Abraham's "there is no competition" teaching. You have chosen to come into this "dimension" (although this is not a word I've heard Abraham use frequently). You chose to come HERE to THIS PLANET and THIS TIME SPACE reality in order to experience HERE, the contrast that is available HERE. And... you can have THE ESSENCE of exactly what you want here in this "dimension". The specifics were not important to you when you came in. You didn't care which sports team won any particular game or competition. That you care NOW is a function of the contrast you are experiencing HERE and the choices you are making. Whether your team wins in "another dimension" isn't even relevant, since you have chosen to experience in THIS ONE.No, this doesn't limit you. Abraham says that anything - no exceptions - that this time/space reality has the ability to foster a desire for in you, it also has the ability to yield to you in full manifestation.Abraham's teachings are really VERY SIMPLE, and as I've found myself saying in several threads lately, when we over-think we run the risk of losing their beauty and profundity. If you let go of the specifics that you are asking for, and instead focus on WHAT FEELS GOOD, you will find that the Universe (IN THIS DIMENSION) has INFINITE possibilities to give you WHAT YOU WANT! The problem is when we get our "heart set" on a certain team's victory, a particular object, or a particular relationship, we are LIMITING the infinite universe! If we will instead, focus on our TRUE desire, which is to enjoy the ride, have fun and FEEL GREAT, then we will see that everything we want is TRULY available right here.Yes, you are right, to an extent, that Abraham says "do what you want"... but you are missing a large portion of their lesson if you focus only on that. More importantly, they are saying "follow your guidance", which comes in the form of emotions - either good-feeling, or not good-feeling, and by using that guidance, make your way through this life. If it feels good to do what your boss requests, do it. If it doesn't feel good, you can line up and make it feel better, or you can wait for inspiration to do something that feels better. Abraham does not say that you are "constantly moving through dimensions". In fact they are quite adamant that we chose to come here, we wanted to be here, and we created the physical circumstances and physical laws that govern our experience here because we wanted to enjoy THIS "dimension".

What realm Abe is from

2009-04-25T01:30:00.000-07:00

Abe's response to questioner whose friend is wanting to know what realm Abe is from;
ABRAHAM: Tell your friend that Abraham explained who they are in this way:We are the vibrational essence that equals the culmination of all that has been lived both physically and non-physically. We are an energy that is expanding consciously and constantly because of the willingness of physical experience and its contribution to the neverending want or desire. We are the expanded version of who each of you are and we are the pure essence of that expanded version. We hold not any of the concerns that you hold but we have benefited from the concerns that you have lived. We are not stumped by your questions but we ride on the stream of your answers. We are notbothered by your problems because your problems have inspired the expansion or solution. We are as broad or as deep as the question that you ask, because Law of Attraction will not match you up with the part of us that is different than the part of you. We can only be aswise as your wisdom, as loving as your love and as smart as your brilliance. We cannot be more than you allow us to be. So when you find something in us that you seem worthy or wonderful or beneficial, you must understand that it is a pure reflection of who you are,because you could not get it from us if you were not it also.
We have enjoyed this interaction immensely.

Meditation and faith

2009-04-25T01:27:00.000-07:00

A questioner asked about meditation and faith. Abe spoke about how to have faith in Law of Attraction. Notice when something happens. To increase your faith do these three steps.

1. Think thoughts, note your thoughts

2. Note your feeling about the thoughts

3. Notice what happens.

These steps make it easier to remember the power of Law of Attraction.

Bob Proctor - The Law of Attraction

2009-04-23T03:50:00.000-07:00

"The Law of Attraction" is the underlying principle which governs the level of your personal prosperity. However, to help you achieve a really solid grasp of this concept, it will be necessary for us to focus briefly on another law; namely, the "Law of Vibration."
The Law of Vibration accounts for the difference between mind and matter; between the physical and the nonphysical worlds.
According to the Law of Vibration, we postulate that everything vibrates or moves; nothing sits idle. Everything is in a constant state of motion, and therefore, there is no such thing as "inertia", or a state of rest. From the most ethereal, to the most gross form of matter, everything is in a constant state of vibration.
Moving from the lowest to the highest degree of vibration, we discover there are literally millions upon millions of intervening levels or degrees; from the electron to the universe, everything is in vibratory motion. (Energy is manifested in all the varying degrees of vibration.)
Rates of vibration" are called "frequencies," and the higher the frequency, the more potent the force. Since thought is one of the highest forms of vibration, it is very potent in nature and therefore, it must be understood by all of us.

Vibration
To vibrate means: "to move backwards and forwards, to oscillate, to shake, to quiver, to swing, to waver, to cause to quiver."
To obtain a more graphic conceptualization of the idea of Vibration, just stretch out one of your arms straight in front of you. Then hold it perfectly still. While you are holding it still and are unable to perceive any motion in that arm at all, know that the electrons which compose the arm, are moving, shaking, quivering, or vibrating, at the rate of 186,300 miles per second.
The arm appears still to you, but in reality it is in a constant state of motion. Of course, although such motion is imperceptible to the naked eye, under a high-powered microscope it would become very apparent, indeed.
Now, begin to shake your arm. You, yourself, are now causing the arm to vibrate. It was already vibrating of its own accord, in obedience to the Law of Vibration (which teaches that everything is in constant motion). But you have stepped up, or increased, the rate of that vibration. You have pushed down on the vibratory accelerator pedal, as it were.

Positive And Negative Personalities
"The mind in itself and in its own place can make a hell out of heaven or a heaven out of hell." - John Milton
People, as a rule, can be classified as positive personalities (optimists) or negative personalities (pessimists).
Those individuals who are positive in their thoughts always tend to look upon the brighter side of life. With their faces turned toward the sunshine, they attempt to see the good, even in the bad. Such individuals habitually think thoughts of a positive nature and they are a blessing to the world. They are in a "Positive Vibration," and therefore attract other positive personalities to them.
Negative personalities, on the other hand, habitually look upon the dark, gloomy, and depressing side of life. Even the good holds some bad for them. They dwell on the bad and the negative. They think about it, anticipate it, expect it, and invariably they receive what they have been seeking. Due to the negative vibration which they keep themselves in, they of course attract other miserable personalities to them. As you are already aware, "misery loves company."
Their state of mind can be compared to the person who, upon being asked how he felt, said,
"I feel alright today, but I might feel bad tomorrow."
Negative personalities are depressing to everyone around them. Their faces take on the expression, in physical form, of the negative thoughts which they are holding in their minds. Each day, one can observe such individuals passing on the street. No cheer, no joy radiates from them-just gloom, frowns and hostility. Having created their own hell for themselves, they seem to enjoy wallowing in it.
The law of Polarity and Relativity states that for every positive there is an equal and opposite negative. Therefore, both of these personality types are necessary, so you can develop the awareness to distinguish one from the other, and in that manner, choose the one which will advance you in life.
You do have Free Will. You can choose which of these two personality types you wish to adopt. Therefore, if a person is constantly negative, but tires of that state, the person may, through awareness and proper effort, change himself into a positive personality type of individual.
Understand this-The Law of Vibration will give people the awareness they require, to make the personality changes they desire.
The Brain - The Body
The human body, believe it or not, is one of the most efficient electrical instruments in this entire universe. The human brain, similarly, is probably the most efficient electrical instrument ever created. Both are truly marvels.
The brain is the part of the body where all manner of frequencies are transformed from one frequency level into another. In the brain, for example, sensations are transformed into muscular action. Sound, heat, light and thought are also, each in their turn, transformed into other frequencies, each affecting the body.
Within the brain there are centers which control and regulate the functioning of all organs and parts of the body. By means of the proper stimulation of these centers, the functioning of the organs may thereby be controlled. In our seminars, we refer to this phenomenon as the vibratory control of the body.
In the final analysis, the brain is simply a vibratory instrument. To begin to understand its functioning you must undertake the study of the Law of Vibration.
Since the early 1940's, we have had at our disposal the EEG (electroencephalograph), which reads the electrical activity of the brain, and the ECG (electrocardiograph), which traces the electrical changes which occur during heart contractions.
Therefore, vibrations are certainly not something which are new to us. Indeed, all of us have an awareness of them. However, the problem which we encounter is that the vast majority of people are not aware of the connection between their vibrations and their results in life.
It is, unfortunately, a very common sight to see people in bad or confused vibrations, busily attempting-through force-to achieve good results. However, due to the negative vibration which they are in, they are continually being bombarded by all manner of negative people and situations, which by law, are being attracted to them. Consequently, at some point, their battle must become overwhelming for them.
These people may be likened to a person who is jumping off the top of a building, and trying to go up, at one and the same time. The result, in either case, would be equally predictable and equally disastrous.
Everything Is Energy, Everything Vibrates
For you to gain a better awareness of how you are to take control over your results (i.e. to better understand how and why the thoughts and things come into your life as they do), you must go back to the basic premise with which we started: namely, everything vibrates and nothing stands still. There is, in truth, no such thing as inertia. Scientists today support this thesis and every new scientific discovery tends to lend even more credibility to it.
However, by virtue of your Free Will and the many other mental factors in your marvelous mind, you have the Co-Creative ability to cause vibratory changes to take place at your bidding in your life. The cause for our lack of ability to exercise this tremendous power for good is nothing other than our own ignorance about the Law of Vibration.
Let There Be Light-Your Connecting Link
Slowly but surely, let us see with our inner eye of understanding, how you may "connect" with the good that you desire, to improve the quality of your own life.
Two objects whose electromagnetic fields are the same are operating on the same frequency. Therefore, we can say they are in resonance, in harmony, or in rapport. When two objects are in resonance or vibrating at the same speed, the vibratory rate may be transmitted from one to the other through the medium of the electron. ("Resonance" as a field of study, is concerned with the electromagnetic fields surrounding objects.)
For example, we find a globe in a chandelier will vibrate when in resonance with a certain key on a piano; yet it will not vibrate to any other note on the piano keyboard.
The two objects under discussion are composed of entirely different material and they have completely different shapes. Still, they are in resonance with one another, due to the fact their ultimate magnetic fields are the same. They are within the same sphere of relative motion, and this holds true, irrespective of their size, shape, or the elements of which they are composed.
All electromagnetic waves, or quantums, have their own particular rate or frequency, which corresponds to the number of changes in direction they make per second. The electromagnetic wave spectrum is simply a "Scale of Vibration," and it is subdivided into specific regions.
Nevertheless, one must always remember these regions are not actual divisions, but merely arbitrary spaces covering frequencies that manifest in our senses in different ways. Each region actually "blends" into the one above and the one below, and in truth, there are no definite lines of demarcation.
Everything Is An Expression Of The Same Thing
Everything in this entire universe is connected to everything else in this entire universe, through the Law of Vibration. Just as the colors in a rainbow are connected in such a way that you are not able to tell where one color stops and the other begins, so too are you unable to distinguish where one "thing" starts and another one stops. Everything in this universe is connected to everything else in this universe, just as the water that boils is connected to the steam into which it transmutes, and the steam is connected to the ether or air into which it changes.
You too are connected to everything in the universe. Whether you can see it with the naked eye or not is unimportant. The only physical difference which exists between one thing and another, relates to the density or the amplitude of their vibration.
Therefore, as soon as you choose certain thoughts, your brain cells are affected. These cells vibrate and send off electromagnetic waves. When you concentrate on those thoughts, you increase the amplitude of vibration of those cells, and the electric waves, in turn, become much more potent.
Know that it is you who is originating those electric waves and know that you are also determining the density of them by your own free will. You must also know, since you are originating these electric waves, your whole being is being put in that particular vibration.
We have already covered the point that two objects may be of entirely different material and shape, and yet still be in Resonance. This is due to the fact their ultimate magnetic fields are the same, because they are within the same sphere of relative motion. (Keep in mind that resonance is the factor governing the transmutation of vibrations.)
When you hold the image of your goal on the screen of your mind, in the present tense, you are vibrating in harmony (in resonance) with every particle of energy necessary for the manifestation of your image on the physical plane. By holding that image, those particles of energy are moving toward you (attraction) and you are moving toward them-because that is the law.
All things are merely manifestations of energy or Spirit.
When the world comes to understand this great truth, we will be aware that all people are the same; they only appear to be different. The true dividing lines for mankind are not borders, color or language, but simply ignorance and its polar opposite, understanding.
Know The Truth And The Truth Will Set You Free.
Excerpted from You were born rich by Bob Proctor.

I'm Wasting My Life Stuck In Traffic

2009-04-22T23:44:00.000-07:00

„I live in a big city with millions of people. And the traffic is terrible. I commute over an hour each way to and from my place of employment. And that‘s when things are going well. But there are times when I am stuck in traffic for hours because of road construction or an accident. I guess I could try to find a home that‘s closer to my work, but there are so many things for me to consider. It isn‘t easy to find everything that my family and I want, and a house that at the same time is near enough to my work to make that much difference. But I feel like I‘m wasting my life sitting in traffic.“

No matter what it is that people desire, one of the greatest hindrances that slows the process of receiving it, and sometimes keeps them from ever obtaining it, is their fixation upon where they stand in relationship to where they want to be. People will say, „I want to be over there. But here I am, over here“. And since here, where they stand, is so easy for them to observe, it usually dominates the bulk of the vibrations that they offer. Well, you may be thinking, „Yes, but this is a situation where I really am here, and I would really rather be there. And I can‘t physically pick myself up and transport myself to another location“. But we want you to understand that wheter you want to be well from your place of sickness, or slender from your place of fatness, or rich from your place of poverty, or flowing in traffic rather than stuck in traffic, the dynamics of creation are the same – when you want something and you believe that having it will make you feel good, if right now you feel bad, you‘re not moving toward what you want. You have to feel good now, no matter
what the conditions are, or the conditions cannot improve. You must make peace, so to speak, with where you are to allow yourself to move to a place you would rather be.
People often worry that making peace with an unpleasant situation is equivalent to giving in and accepting it, so that now the unwanted will only remain longer. But that‘s not what happens at all. When you make peace with where you are, you feel better, or turn downstream, so to speak, and flow toward what you do want.
Whenever you rive at discomfort or whine and complain, you‘re turned upstream, and away from what you want for the duration of your discomfort. The more you complain about traffic, the more you prevent improvement in your situation. Some would say that traffic is what it is, so your experience within it is not in your control. But there‘s nothing that affects you over which you have no control. However, you cannot affect positive change from your position of lack. Any action that‘s taken from a place of negative emotion will not yield positive results. If you‘re able to bring yourself from a position of discomfort into a peaceful position of feeling good, even though no outside condition has changed, in a short time the outside condition must change. If you continue to observe an unpleasant condition, making no effort to find a better feeling
way of seeing it, the condition will not only not improve, but the LOA will bring further evidence to support it. The things you are observing cannot change until you see them in a different way. Many people say, „Give me more money, and then I‘ll feel more prosperous“. We say, you must feel more prosperous and then more money will come.The key to deliberate creation is simply to decide how you want to feel and then to figure out a way to feel that way now. And when you do, everything around you will acquiesce to your new found
basis of attraction. The powerful LOA is utterly cooperative and absolutely precise.
A clearer route, or path, from where you are to where you want to be is always available. But when you‘re feeling negative emotion, you cannot find it. As you consistantly feel good, your timing will improve, new ideas will occur to you, road improvements that have been bogged down in commities will be freed up, work projects you‘ve wanted will show up around the corner, your employer will tell you that he wants you to work from your home. The resources of the Universe are vast and unlimitted, and now you have access to them. So begin where you are and reach for improved feeling thoughts.
For instance,
Why would I choose to live in a place where I spend all of my time sitting here breathing in fumes?
I can hardly bear to sit here.
I want to abandon my car and just run off into the bushes.
We have offered this exaggerated example of how some feel as they‘re stuck in traffic in order to amplify something significant. The way you‘re feeling right now as you‘re stuck in traffic is rarely only because you‘re right now stuck in traffic. In other words, those who are pleased with how life is going, happy in their relationships, thriving financially, feeling good in their bodies, are not nearly as bothered about being stuck in traffic as others who are out there hanging on the raw and ragged edge of life, regarding other aspects of their life experience. However, no matter how you feel or how bad it is, and no matter what the reasons are why you feel so bad, your work is still exactly the same – from where you are make an effort to feel just a little bit of relief. If your discomfort as you‘re stuck in traffic is really only a feeling of frustration because you‘re stuck in traffic, you‘ll be able to easily bring youself to a better feeling place. And as you do so consistanly, day after day, while you‘re sitting in slow moving traffic, you‘ll begin to receive impulses that will serve you. Your timing as you enter the roadways will improve. Your impulse to exit the freeway and take the surface roads for a distance will serve you. In your state of alignment you will begin to move with other drivers in a sort of cosmic dance that you will find amazing and exhilarating. The entire Universe cooperates with you when you‘re in the flow of your own vibrational stream.
For example,
I think that I will use this time to ponder some imortant things.
Since thinking is more important than action, I‘ll use this time of not much action to think.
It‘s fun to observe other people in the cars around me.
It‘s sort of like going to a party where you can see other people in other conversations even though you‘re not personally conversing with them.
It‘s fun to guess what they‘re discussing or what their lives are about.
I enjoy the wide variety of people, vehicles and stories that surround me in traffic.
I like the idea of using my own thoughts to create my own story.
I like the idea of my story radiating out of me and out of my vehicle.
It‘s fun to get tuned into my best feeling Self and then notice the other drivers that notice me.
It may very well turn out that my favourite part of life is slowly moving down this freeway,watching the evidence of my own vibrational offering.
And here is a new dilemma for a future discussion:
I sometimes miss the slow moving traffic, during which I did my very best thinking.

The astonishing power of emotions- Esther and Jerry Hicks

Vibrations, It's All About Vibrations

2009-04-21T23:17:00.000-07:00

Are you knowing what you are wanting, and are you enjoying desire pulsing within you? If you are, then you are somewhere in the vibrational proximity of your desire. If your desire is not pleasing you so much it only means that, for whatever reason, you have not yet achieved a close vibrational harmony with your desire. For when you find up-close vibrational to your own desire, then your desire feels satisfying; it feels interesting; it feels life-giving. And the further you are—in vibrational proximity—from your own desire, then the more it aggravates you and the more uncomfortable you feel.
So, if you find yourself wanting to think about the things you want and wanting to talk about them with others, if the desire is calling your interest and calling your attention and calling your action, then you’re pretty well lined up with it, and it is unfolding. But if it feels like work; if you’re thinking about your desire because you have been told that goal-setting is important and that Deliberate Creation is about thinking about what you want; if it feels like you are making it happen rather than letting it happen, then there may still be some resistance within your vibration. It is interesting as we hear this buzz in your meeting room because it is almost the same sort of thing that happens in your body. It is something that is vibrationally not in alignment. In this room you hear it in the electrical system and the sound system, but each of you has that same awareness, that vibrational sensing, when things are out of alignment within you.
But sometimes you just get used to the buzz; it’s been there for as long as you can remember it . . . you don’t quite know what to do about it, and so, you just acclimate to the buzz of the resistance rather than releasing the resistance and bringing yourself into alignment with your own desire.
Vibrational alignment: that is what everything is about. You are flesh, blood and bone, yes you are. You can see it; you can pinch it; you can lick it; you can see the physicalness of your Being. But you are extensions of Source Energy, which means you are electronic Beings. You are vibrational, first and foremost.
Sometimes you’ll have a sensation in your body (you call it sickness maybe, or discomfort or uneasiness; you call it an imbalance) and your first assumption is, “Oh, I have a sickness,” or, “I have a virus,” or “Maybe I’m coming down with something; I think there is something of a physical nature that is wrong with me.” And then, you try to figure out what viruses are afoot and how you can immunize yourself against them. Or, you’re looking for something to soothe it; you’re looking for some sort of remedy. You wonder, Is it something I ate? Is it something that is going around? And we are in the background smiling but shouting: It is Energy! It is Energy! It is Energy! Now, it might be Energy that is manifested into something that you would call sickness. In other words, dis-ease is just not-ease. Dis-ease is not allowing the ease that is natural to be—but everything is vibrational. And so, begin to pay attention to the way you feel. And when you hear a “buzz,” we would encourage you to do something about it. Don’t ignore it. Don’t accept it as normal. Don’t assume that it’s something outside of you that you cannot do anything about. Understand that whatever you are feeling is an indication of your vibrational countenance. Now, why is that such a wonderful and such an important thing? It is because you are extensions of Source Energy. You have come into this physical body as the leading edge…hear that: the Leading Edge Extension of Source Energy. You are the further-most focus of this Energy that creates Worlds; you are creative genius and you have access to all of this Energy—and the way you create with it—the way you utilize it is through your attention.
Whatever you are giving your attention to is vibrating, and as you give your attention to it, a reverberation between you and whatever you are focused upon takes place. You are like your wireless computer, and so you don’t have to plug yourself in with some wire in order to connect to the network which is Source Energy. So, as you connect to this Source Energy network, so to speak (in your wireless way) you can always tell what you are doing as this Leading Edge summoner of the Energy.
Now, let’s say you have an electric toaster and your 7-year-old child has taken it apart (had a good time doing it) but when he put it back together, he got some wires crossed inside. And when you plug your toaster in, exciting explosive things happen. And you say, “The toaster, which is the leading edge extension of the utilization of the electricity, was misaligned.” And we would like you to understand that you are the toaster, and that you always have access to this pure Energy Stream, but depending upon how you’re aligned in any moment, that’s what equals the way you feel.
The Stream is always perfect; the Stream is always Pure Positive Energy flowing toward you. But you have so much leeway, latitude, ability, flexibility . . . You have so much ability to align-misalign, align-misalign with this Energy Stream. So, when you look at your dashboard on your vehicle and you focus upon your fuel gauge and it tells you that your tank is approaching empty, you don’t feel angry with the gauge. You don’t take a hammer and just beat it out of the dash because it told you something you did not want to know. You also don’t stick a “Happy Face” sticker over it so that you can’t see it. In other words, it seems fairly important to you to know the level of fuel in your tank. And when your tank is approaching empty, you do something about it. See your emotions as a similar gauge. When your “tank” is full, you are aligned with your Source Energy; you are full of yourself. But when you are approaching empty, that’s where that orneriness, fitfulness, despair, depression . . . that’s where those strong negative emotions are. And so, when you feel an emotion, we want you to, first of all, appreciate the fact that you are feeling the emotion and then understand that your Guidance System is fulfilling its reason for being just as you knew that it would. It is giving you a clear, constant, always-accurate reading of your vibrational countenance. Now, what does that “fuel gauge on empty” mean in terms of emotion? What does negative emotion mean? It means, whatever you’re focused upon has a vibration activated within you that’s enough off the signal of that which is your Source that you have introduced a “buzz” in your system. It doesn’t mean you’re going to die; It doesn’t mean terrible things are going to happen. Not right away. (Fun!) It means that you are disallowing the Well-Being that would be there, otherwise. Now, you are an extension of Pure Positive Energy, and that Pure Positive Energy is the only Stream that flows and you are allowing it or not allowing it. You are allowing it a lot, or not allowing it very much . . . but whatever you are doing with the allowing of the Stream is what your emotions are telling you . . . negative emotion is your indication of the diminishment of the Stream of Well-Being that would be there if you weren’t thinking whatever thought you’re thinking that’s got that vibration going within you that gives you that negative emotion that is the sensation that is the indicator of what you are doing vibrationally.
Everything is about vibration, and everything you feel is related to what you are doing with vibration. But, we know, especially at first, when you hear some Non-physical “angel” expressing to you about vibration, (Fun!) we know that it can be a little off-putting because you are accustomed to approaching your world through your physical sense. It does feel more logical to you, when you feel something in your body, to start looking for physical clues. But we want you to look for vibrational clues, because at the heart of everything that you are living is a vibration of alignment or a vibration of misalignment—and that is all there is.
So, your emotions are very important; your emotions are your Guidance; your emotions are your constant indicator; and as you make them your friend, and as you do not stick a “Happy Face” over them, but instead, you let them be the indicator that they are, and then you do something about improving your state of emotion—which means raising your vibration, which means lowering your resistance to your Source Energy vibration—now, you are a Deliberate Creator.
We want to point out that your “tank” can never really be empty. You can pinch it off pretty good, but you will never empty out. In an ultimate physical withdrawal you just re-emerge fully into Non-physical. In other words, when you die, your tank fills right up. Death is the ultimate fulfillment of your fuel tank.
We would just like you to discover (on a consistent basis, and without dying) a full extension of that Source Energy. And we know that the only way that you’re going to be able to consistently do that is by reading your vibration and knowing what the feeling of your vibration means—and then adjusting your thought for the purpose of finding the relief that releasing resistance always brings.
It is not vibrationally possible for you to jump from that place of depression into that place of empowerment just because your friend or counselor wants you to. It is vibrationally not possible because Law of Attraction will not let you make that kind of jump any more than you could set your radio on 98.6 and hear what is being broadcast on 101 FM—the frequencies have to match up. You have to be a vibrational match to what you’re reaching for, or you cannot be the receiver of it. Step One is, you ask. Contrast helps you to ask all over the place. You never stop asking; you are asking endlessly. Step Two is, that which you are asking for is always given—every single time. Source hears your request, and answers every single time; there is not an exception to that. Step Three says, those who ask must vibrationally line up with that which they are asking for. In other words, you have to be in the vibrational proximity of your own desire if there is to be any evidence of movement toward your desire. Not because you have been bad in past lives, and not because you are inappropriate now, but for the simple fact that vibrations have to line up.
Law of Attraction (That which is like unto itself is drawn) is this powerful, consistent Law and your very best friend because when you get a sense of what your vibration is, and when you pay attention to the way you feel so you can feel how much of who you really are you are focusing in this moment, then you will never again be uncomfortable or surprised about anything that happens to you, or to anyone else. No one else is keeping you from anything that you want. There is not an agency, not a parent, not an influence, there is not another—nothing can prevent you from the fulfillment of your own desires—only you. And only you can do it through offering a vibration that is not in alignment with your desires. And, your emotions are telling you in every moment whether or not you are allowing or resisting, whether or not you are in alignment or misalignment with your own desires.
Understanding the Law of Attraction, and more importantly, understanding the way you feel, will give you creative abilities beyond your wildest dreams. There is nothing that you cannot be or do or have; there is nothing that you cannot reach for and achieve—and there is nothing that needs to take a long time to come to you. Source Energy is very fast-moving Energy, and manifestation is much faster in these days than it has ever been before. And it is time for you to reclaim your power by paying attention to whatever you are doing that is causing you to divert your power or to resist your power.
Pay attention to the way you feel. And make your essential, determined stance be that you’re going to make the best of things. That’s really the mantra that will put you on course: I’m going to make the best of this. No matter where I am, I’m going to make the best of it! Hear what that means: No matter where I am, if I make the best of it, it’s gotta get better. And then if I still make the best of it, it’s gotta get better. And if I still make the best of it, it’s gotta get even better. . . .
People are going to find you to be very nice to be with. Children may be a little shocked as they discover you are not riding herd on their behavior so much. They will be delighted as they discover you are giving them an up-close example of someone who is joyous. Other’s will discover, through their exposure to you, their own joy—for you will teach through the clarity of your example.
You never teach anyone anything by pointing out what they’re doing wrong and then trying to discipline them into doing something that you believe is right. All you do is distort their awareness of the only Guidance that will ever be of any value to them.
No one else can evaluate anyone else’s Emotional Scale. It’s an inside job. It’s a personal job, and nobody else can do it.
Excerpted from the workshop in Boca Raton

Alanis Morissette

2009-04-16T02:07:00.000-07:00

21 THINGS I WANT IN A LOVER

...These are 21 things that I want in a lover

Not necessarily needs but qualities that I prefer

I figure I can describe it since I have a choice in the matter

These are 21 things I choose to choose in a lover

I'm in no hurry I could wait forever

I'm in no rush cuz I like being solo

There are no worries and certainly no pressure

In the meantime I'll live like there's no tomorrow...

UTOPIA

We'd gather around

All in a room

Fasten our belts

Engage in dialogue

We'd all slow down

Rest without guilt

Not lie without fear

Disagree sans jugement

We would stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and

Enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and

Open and reach out and speak up

This is utopia

This is my utopia

This is my ideal my end in sight

Utopia

This is my utopia

This is my nirvana

My ultimate

We'd open our arms

We'd all jump in

We'd all coast down

Into safety nets

We would share and listen and support and welcome be propelled by passion not

Invest in outcomes we would breathe and be charmed and amused by difference

Be gentle and make room for every emotion

This is utopia

This is my utopia

This is my ideal my end in sight

Utopia

This is my utopia

This is my nirvana

My ultimate

We'd provide forums

We'd all speak out

We'd all be heard

We'd all feel seen

We'd rise post-obstacle more defined more grateful we would heal be humbled

And be unstoppable we'd hold close and let go and know when to do which we'd

Release and disarm and stand up and feel safe

This is utopia

This is my utopia

This is my ideal my end in sight

Utopia

This is my utopia

This is my nirvana

My ultimate

YOU OWE ME NOTHING IN RETURN

I'll give you countless amounts of outright

Acceptance if you want it. I will give you

Encouragment to choose the path that you want if you need it.

You can speak of anger and doubts,

Your fears and freak-outs and I'll hold it.

You can share your so-called

Shamefilled accounts of times in your life and I won't judge it.

And there are no strings attached to it

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.

You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.

I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege,

And you owe me nothing in return.

You can ask for space for yourself

And only yourself and I'll grant it.

You can ask for freedom as well

Or time to travel and you'll have it.

You can ask to live by yourself

Or love someone else and I'll support it.

You can ask for anything you want

Anything at all and I'll understand it.

And there are no strings attached to it

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give.

You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have.

I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege,

And you owe me nothing in return.

I bet you're wonderin' when

The next payback shoe will eventually drop.

I bet you're wonderin' when my conditional police will force you to cough up.

I bet you're wonderin' how far you now have danc-ed your way back into debt.

This is the only kind of love

As I understand it

That there really is.

You can express your deepest of truths

Even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it.

You can fall into the abyss

On the way to your bliss

I'll empathize with.

You can say that you'll have to skip town

To chase your passion and I'll hear it.

You can even hit rock bottom have a mid-life chrisis and I'll hold it.

And there are no strings attached to it

You owe me nothin' for giving the love that I give.

You owe me nothin' for caring the way that I have.

I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege,

And you owe me nothing in return.

You owe me nothin' for giving the love that I give.

You owe me nothin' for caring the way that I have.

I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege,

And you owe me nothing in return.

Feeling great but nothing big is happening

2009-04-15T05:27:00.000-07:00

Q: "I think I missed out on one little part somewhere, because things are coming to me, but as happy as I am, they've got to come faster than they do."
A: "And therein lies your problem."
Q: "But it's not there most of the time, but I've got to find out what it is. Even if things don't come to me in a month or two or five, I still know it's ok, but I think I've got to do something different to speed things up."
A: "There are two things that are at the heart of this, and you are going to hear this easily and clearly, and we'll take our time until we are certain that you have because a lot of people are right there with you. They get that too. So, you understand that contrast has caused you to build this vibrational escrow. In other words, every rocket of desire that you fire off you have become and there is this state of being that is constantly expanding that is really who you are, and the dissatisfaction that you are feeling is the sort of crevice between this that you know you've launched and given birth to and where you stand in physical proximity to it. So, when it feels like it's not unfolding fast enough, a very good thing for you to say to yourself is 'I have created such a magificent template or pattern in vibrational escrow of what I'm looking for that the universe can't give that too me until I really am a vibrational match to it. And because I have become so specific about what I want, the universe isn't giving me stuff I don't want, stuff I don't want, stuff I don't want to coax me along the way. the universe, like me, is holding out for delivering the goods of what I really, really want. In other words, it's worth waiting for every time you notice that it's taking too long, you tune yourself away from the vision. So saying things like It's worth waiting for, and It doesn't have to manifest this red hot minute, and Things are unfolding, and I know I'm doing good, and because I feel good so much of the time, I know I'm on track. and I don't mind a little contrast, and the contrast is helping me to build it even more. and maybe in this not manifesting right now, I'm still collecting data to make my vibrational escrow even better. and maybe I'm still in the process of building it the way I really want it to be. You see, imagine standing in a place in the middle of a manifestation that just keeps unfolding and unfolding and giving and giving and giving, where you are saying to yourself Oh, it so much more than I even was ever able to mentally conjure! The universe has knocked itself out to deliver every little piece of everything that I ever even thought that I wanted. It's unfolding here and now you see. You cannot be denied. You can't want like you want and line up like you line up without the unfolding of what you really want being in the wings of your life experience, being in the immediate offing. But you cannot turn upstream in that by noticing that it hasn't happened yet or that it's taking too long withotu slowing the whole thing down. You have to find a way of being happy on the way to where you are going, not holding out to be happy only when you get there. Because if you are not willing to be happy on the way, you can't get there. Happy on the way, satisfied on the way, proud of yourself on the way, certain that it's coming on the way, eager on the way, trusting on the way, believing on the way, happy on the way, expanding on the way. So, we'd say things like It must just be getting better and better and better, because I keep collecting data. I cannot be denied this. I can feel it. I can feel I'm on the track of it. Meanwhile, I'm happy on the way, I'm happy on the way, I'm happy on the way. and those aspects that we know loom that make you feel less happy, think less of them and think more on the ones that give you a reason to feel happy. These things are always true. What you feel and what you receive are always a vibrational match. so we will never concede that you are as happy as you can be. We wouldn't say that about ourselves either. there is always more room to be more aligned with that which you have become."

Self-centered

2009-04-15T05:21:00.000-07:00

Questioner:Can you offer us some words we can use to practice, when we are by ourselves that would shore up this notion of putting how we feel above what others think.
Abraham:I love you so much I don't care what you think!Think about what that is saying...I so care about being in vibrational alignment with who I am. Because if i'm in vibrational alignment then I HAVE love to give. But if I care more about what you want then my own guidance then, im not tuned in, taped in and have nothing to give. I love you so much I don't care what you think.
Arizona cd 4 track 12 1-3-2008

When someone adores you, in their appreciation of you their in alignment with source energy and they are flooding it all over you. And since its activated in them its activated in you, so you got this really good thing going.. But then as you become dependent upon their appreciation of you in order to feel that way- when they withdraw their appreciation of you, and you haven't learned to connect to that source energy yourself, then you feel like a puppet that someone has let go of the strings. And so if you're a confident person, if you shown yourself that your free no matter what anyone else thinks, and that you can feel good no matter what's happening around you, if you've been practicing that unconditional love that says 'I'm going to feel good because I wanna feel good', and I'm gonna scramble around by darn, and find something thats gonna make me feel good even in a field of things that don't feel good, because my connection to source matters to me morethen all other things put together- then nothing that anybody could ever do would set you off your game.>>>>You've been looking toward what others think, you've been trained that way, that you transfer that to your new love. You say I care so much about how you feel about me, that I will disregard how I FEEL. And then that one being the fickle one, LETS YOU DOWN, EVERY TIME. No one can hold you consistently as their object of their attention, as source would. Everyone is blaming everyone else for their own insecurity. We have to say YOU'RE insecure because you didn't decide to be secure. Your not strong because YOU decided somebody else was strong, which made you weak. You don't feel good, because you didn't INSIST on feeling good. And then you didn't practice it, and then you say YOU hurt my feelings. We would get in a place where our feelings are UNHURTABLE. We would be in a place where we are so connected to source that it didn't matter WHAT anyone was thinking or saying or doing!
Tarrytown workshop Oct 9 2004

Many say to you, "Don't be selfish."Many say to you, "Don't be selfish." And what they mean is, "Satisfy my selfish intent, not your own. I'd be a lot happier if you were doing the things I need you to do in order for me to be happy". And so, the best gift that you could give to anyone, would be to be a liver of unconditional love. In other words, you're loving them, even though they're not loving you because you're not doing what they need you to do in order for them to loveyou. But it is not keeping you from loving them.*Excerpted from the workshop in Kona, HI*

Do you know the relationship that you are all looking for? Do you know what it really is?You want the relationship between you and you. And when you meet a person who looks fondly at you, or who is appreciative of you, or someone you look fondly upon, or someone you appreciate, it just hooks you up to your Inner Being, which is what you want all along.So the relationship you are all looking for is the relationship between you and you. And everything else is just helpful in that, really.Don't you find that interesting? That what you really want is a reason to vibrationally connect with who you really are.And so, you ask so much of people because you say to them, "You need to be the one who causes me to feel good." And what we want to say to all of you is:If any of you are without the relationship of your dreams right now, that's a wonderful thing. Because now you have an opportunity to work on the relationship that really matters first and foremost. And then, in that connection, the relationship of your dreams will come.But you are going to discover the relationship of your dreams is really your own Inner Being. It's that infusion of clarity and confidence and wellness, that's what you are reaching for.And it is nice to have a human friend who holds you as their object of attention and adores you right into your connection. But we want you to experience greater independence than that. We want you to say to you lovers, "I love you, but I don't live for you. Because Source Energy flows through me. You are a catalyst to my well-being, but you are not essential to my well-being. Because I've got that figured out on my own. I have reached for thoughts that give me relief and I have relieved myself all the way into my full connection of who I really am. And now we can just dance and play together."Can you feel how you take them off the hook? In other words, do you know how many men would flock to you.? (ALL OF THEM!). If they knew that you would allow them to be as they are and you would not hold them responsible for your happiness.That's what everyone wants. How much bondage is there in believing that your happiness depends on me, so I've got to figure out what you want, and stand on my head in all those different ways, and it's not even possible!The greatest gift you can give anyone is to be happy. And we will take that further. The greatest gift you can give to any partner, past, present or future is to be so connected with who you truly are that they are irrelevant to your connection. And when they are irrelevant to your connection, then you are going to have a really good time together.
San Diego 2/7/04B

If you are not selfish enough to deliberately align with the Energy of your Source, you have nothing to give away. Some worry that if they take too much of the pie, others will be left with nothing; while, in reality, the pie expands in proportion to the vibrational requests of all of you."
Ask and It's Given cards

Extraterrestrials -Abraham quotes

2009-04-15T05:13:00.000-07:00

"It's illogical when you understand the expansiveness of this Universe to believe the only physical beings live right here. There are many dimensions and many universes and many other planets, even within this Universe, that experience life in a similar manner to what you're living. In every sense that you all are real, they all are real, too."
"Everything that you have thought or everything that someone else has thought has been projected and is manifesting in some way. But these planets that have given birth [to human life] are all coming from core energy. It is life force, it is pure positive energy that launches all of that into motion.
"Now much that physical humans worry about or speculate about does NOT come from that Source Energy. There are all kinds of things that you worry about that you've launched in thought form fashion that become thought forms. They are thoughts that are connected with thoughts that are connected with thoughts enough that others can pick up on them. They are not physical manifestation in the sense that they have been launched from Source Energy.
"And it's difficult, as physical beings who begin to decipher non-physical energy, to discern the difference between that, because to you, anything that is not knock-on-wood physical then is non-physical. And we say that there's a difference between the non-physical thought energy that comes from the eternity of non-physical energy life force and the spin-off of man's conscious thought.... As civilizations on this planet, you do not hold your thoughts consistently upon anything long enough that you could create life form from this physical perspective. Those creations are always made from a non-physical point of view."
"And most of the aliens or alien life forms that people are talking about do not exist in a real life reality in the way that you do because they were not launched from the non-physical stream in the way you were. They are the spin-off of man's conscious, fearful thoughts....
"Yes, there are other physical beings that live in other dimensions. Do they interact with you here in a physical sense? No, they do not. But you can connect to them vibrationally through thought and you can have what feels like very real experiences with them just like you do in your dream state and in your out of body experiences.... They are vibrationally happening and therefore they feel real.
"But it is our promise to you that you will never in this physical dimension dig up one of those spaceships. You are not going to find the metal from other planets. You're not going to find any little bones. All of that stuff is conscious conclusion that comes from a premise that is not valid...."
"Most of the time, the conversations about aliens comes as a spin-off of man's conscious thoughts of vulnerability, not from connection to core energy....
"You did not come forth to contemplate the rightness or wrongness of this galaxy or any other. You came forth to find your joyous pleasure in motion forward right here and now. And that is the reason, we promise you, you are not going to be intergalactically co-creating."
(Excerpted from Abraham-Hicks workshop tape, Tallahassee, FL 3/30/97)

Self-love

2009-04-13T04:09:00.000-07:00

Questioner: Now I'm reaching for a feeling. The feeling of all feelings is self-love. And. It's what I want more than anything in the world. And. What I'm finding when I do your processes, it feels to me like every process has at its heart enhancing self-love. Like ...
Abraham interrupts: Think about what you are saying. You're exactly right but think about it in the broader context. Every process that we offer is with the deliberate intention of helping you to release resistance.
Q: Yes.
A: And when you release resistance, your cork floats and you become a vibrational match to who you really are. And when you are a vibrational match to who you really are, who loves beyond description, then, that is the sensation that you have. And so, you are exactly right. The processes are ALL about closing that gap so that you can perceive through a self that loves.
Q: Yes. And all the processes feel like that to me and I've noticed it in an incremental way, with the cork rising slowly. And when I came on this cruise I wanted to sit in this chair and ask you to hit me with the self-love stick so that I could feel total self-love instantly and not incrementally. Not over time but faster and more. And then I've been here all week and I realized that incremental was OK. Incremental is wonderful. And that's been your message about everything we've talked about.
A: Because. Vibration is vibration. You can't set your radio dial on 630 am and hear what is broadcast on 98.7. There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is no such thing.
Q: But to press that point. I know that the self-love is who I am. I mean, I know when I croak that I'll feel complete self-love and instantly and you said, "heaven's gate swings both ways." And so, I know some manifestations take time and I know others, like feelings can happen in an instant. I've been flooded with incredible self-love in different circumstances and I'm very good in my world ...
A: Before you go further we want to say to you, very simply, that the only hindrance to self-love - we're just going to lay it out here where you can see it - What has caused an eroding of self-love within so many of you is comparing you and what you want with others and what they want and you and what you've got with others and what they've got. That's what causes an eroding of self-love. What causes an inclusion of self-love, an embracing of self-love, a loving of self is a 'not giving a rip what anybody else thinks' and having your eye only on this two vibrational points of relativity, where you, thought by thought, experience by experience, conversation by conversation, memory by memory, experience by experience, just train yourself into something that feels better and better and better and better and better. In other words, it is, if there was ever an inside job, it's got to be that. Because, when you are taught love by somebody outside of you, like a mother loving you and you really feeling it, what has happened is, they're tuned in, tapped in turned on. They've already, for whatever reason, focused upon you in a way that they are a vibrational match to their inner being. And so, they are love. They are liquid love and as they hold you in their gaze they flood this all over you and you say, "Ooo, this feels so good. I want this always." But then you need their undivided attention. Then you need them to always be tuned in, tapped in turned on. Then you need them to hold you as their object of attention. And they will let you down EVERY time, the selfish buggers. Because they have other things they want to think about and they cannot hold themselves to that standard. And so, when you finally get it that while it feels good to be loved, nothing feels better in all of the Universe than to love.
Q: Yes.
A: And we want to replace the word love with some other words. We want to say that when you are fascinated by something, you are in that vibration of connection with who you are. That's as close to love as it gets. When you are appreciating yourself or someone else, that's as close to it as it gets. Jerry and Esther can be in a restaurant and there can be some sweet waiter or waitress helping them and Esther will offer, not to them but about them to Jerry, some appreciation about them and ripples of connected energy will just soar through her body as she joins us in our appreciation of that person, you see.
Q: Hmm.
A: So, as you realize that here you are in this body a perceiver and you've got your telescope out there, so to speak, and you're looking out and you're looking at something and whatever you are perceiving through your telescope is generating an emotional response in vibrational relationship. In other words, you would have no feelings at all if there were not this vibrational relationship between where you are and who you really are. And so, as you look out with the intention of finding love, now you're looking for people who are tuned in, tapped in turned on, which is not that easy to find sometimes, especially at work and get them to love you and, or you're looking for it in a boyfriend or in a lover or some place and now you're powerless because you can't control what they are doing with their vibrational relativity. And so, you look for it and you don't find it and look for it and don't find it, look for it and don't find it and then you tend to call that self-love. "I'm looking for love and I'm not finding it and because I didn't find it then I trained myself not to love me because I don't love me because that one does not love me and I don't love me because that one doesn't love me and I don't love me because that one doesn't love me." And we say, they're not loving you because they are not tuned in. They don't have the capacity to love you, unless they are in alignment with who they are. And so, don't look for the love through their eyes. Look for the connection through your eyes. And so, let it be love of this rug, and love of these flowers and love of this environment and love of this wonderful air and love of this ship and love of what I'm having for dinner and love of this hair clip and love of this ring and love of this watch and love of these flexible fingers and love of whatever I can feel appreciation of. And as you just begin to tune yourself, first to the things that are easy to appreciate and then to the things that are obvious to appreciate and then as you begin looking for things to appreciate, you begin to tune yourself into a vibrational alignment with who you really are about things that are easier for you to love. Because friend. We don't want it to be this way. It shouldn't be this way. But for most of you, the hardest focal point on this planet for you to love is that one you see reflected back in the mirror.
Q: Well, that's exactly what ...
A: Go home today, or back to your cabin today and sit before a mirror and sit there and look into the depths of your eyes and look with the intention of seeing your inner being looking back at you and say, "I know you're in there and I have an inkling of how you feel about me because Abraham has been talking about it and I'm just going to look for you until I find you. I'm going to stay here until I find that feeling of awareness of me and appreciation of me that I'm looking for." And from where you are, we can feel that you can get there very quickly. Show me then IB that I am love…(see below)But, the most important thing that we're saying to you is, this self-love that you think you're looking for is not love of self. It's Love that Is Self. And there's a difference. There is a difference between loving me and being me who loves. And it is being me who loves that is really you. And when you are me who loves it's easy to love that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and that one. And then it becomes irrelevant what your object of love is if you're loving. What difference does it make what is the reason, the focal point, for the love that you are feeling? What possible difference does it make? It would be like eating a really wonderful meal and while you are eating it being unhappy that you can't be eating that one and that one and that one and that one. It doesn't matter. Does it matter what you are eating that feels wonderful is and does it matter what your focal point of your love is as long as the love that you're feeling is the love that really is you, you see. That was good. That was really, really good. Audience applauds.
Q: So I'm hearing you say .. One of the things I love to do is, I'm a writer. And I go out in my world and I see an old couple in the park and I feel incredible love just looking at them. Or a dog on the street. Or somebody's shoes. So I can flow love that way. Are you saying, that when I'm flowing love like that randomly to anything and everything, that that is who I am?
A: Yes. That is who you are. That is who you are. And the more you do it deliberately and acknowledge, "That is who I am." then the more you demand of yourself and demand is too strong a word, but the more you set our intention to find that and the more you look for it everywhere you go. And the more you look for it the more you find it and the more you find it the more you look for it. Until soon you just become it. And then you become this stable being who is never off your balance. Who, if someone looks at you and doesn't find appreciation as they're looking you understand, it hasn't got anything to do with you. It never had anything to do with you. Everything that has everything to do with you are in control of, you see.
Q: Well, then I want to probe a little bit. Why it's ..? I already do that, looking out, which I was defining as external, but you corrected me and I understand, that's not external, it's all part of me. Why is it so hard for me and others to look at our own human self and not feel that same ripple of appreciation?
A: Because you're looking for love focused at you rather than love to be focused through you.
Q: But I want to focus it at myself. I know what you mean about third party. I've been down that rabbit hole. But I'm talking about focusing it on myself.
A: But what we're saying to you. And we want you to love you like we love you. But in the mean time, what difference does it make what the object of your attention is when you're feeling love? And the thing that is apparent and we appreciate you saying it and everyone is saying it to some extent also is that, in your awareness of not loving self you can't find self-love. And so we're just trying to build a bridge for you. In other words, any time somebody hurts your feelings, it is because you're in a different vibration than who you really are. And so this quest for self-love, we think is down the rabbit hole. We wouldn't be looking for self-love. We would be looking for the part of self that does love. In other words rather than saying to someone that we love, "I want you to love me." We would begin training ourselves into a desire that says, "I love loving you. I love the feeling of loving you. And how you feel about me is irrelevant. I love the feeling of loving you." And then what begins to happen. It's like our friend who got so angry at us, "Abraham I don't think you care if my lover ever comes to me." It is exactly right. We just want you to form a vibration that makes you feel so wonderful that it doesn't matter. But then he cannot not come! In other words when you find that vibration the universe has to match you up with somebody that feels exactly that way, you see. But we don't want you to let what is happening in terms of manifestation be the criteria for how you feel. And that really is what we are wanting to bring this gathering round to discuss, because so many people say, "OK, Abraham, I'll play your silly games. I'll do your processes. I'll do whatever I can to bring myself to the place of offering the vibration that will get me to the manifestation that I want." And we say, "Have you heard nothing from us? It isn't getting you to the manifestation that we are teaching you all of this. It is getting you to the place of feeling so good that the manifestation doesn't matter." And then you worry and say, "Ohoh. So, I'm not maybe going to get the manifestation?" And we say, "That is not what we're saying at all!" We are saying, the desire for the manifestation is what gives you the reason to want to connect to the energy that is really you that is the true living of life. And that self-love is evident then. You see. But ... and that's why we don't hit you over the head with an I love me stick because that really is not what you are looking for. You are looking for reasons to love. You're looking for reasons to love. And in this environment there is so much abundance of that. We are appreciating your willingness to discuss this very personal thing and we think that you've pinpointed something that is stuck in the craw of almost everyone. In other words most seminars hammer away at the feeling of worthiness because unworthiness is at the heart of everything that goes wrong for everyone. But these are just buzz-words that have only the potential of stirring you up and making you uncomfortable and we are wanting you to make ...(? change of audio section) So in that light we would like to say to you that we find you loving of yourself quite often and we find you absolutely lovable. We find you recognizing that you're lovable. And we believe with everything that we are that if it were not for your comparison of yourself to others and ... Oh here it is ... This is really what is at the heart of all of this. So, all of you stand where you do and you launch rockets of different things that you want and you conclude that others are already living what you want and you're not. And you gather that information by comparing the smiles on their faces and the words that they speak and the things they write in their books and the movies they show you. So you use their success as a club that works against you as you compare them getting what they want and pointing out to you that in some instances you're not getting what you want.
Q: That's right.
A: And what we want you to understand is that you cannot accurately compare what anybody is getting because you have no way off accurately accessing their points of vibrational relativity. And what they appear to be showing you and what they are actually living are two very different things. Don't you know people that have all the money in the world and are still dissatisfied. Don't you know people that are living in what you think is your dream house who are dissatisfied with it. Don't you find it amazing that people that ought to be happy under the conditions that you think you' re reaching for aren't? And doesn't it sort of point out to you that you just can't compare anything that anybody else is living with what you are living?
Q: Yeah.
A: So, we don't want you to feel bad about in every moment not being able to announce to the world that you've achieved absolute self-love. We just want it to be your never ending quest. And we will say to you that you've hit upon something that is so essential and so to the core of who you really are and who you were as you came forth into this body, because that self-love is the driving motivating factor. It is the inspiration. It is the thing. It is the ultimate calling. In other words. Here Source is, over here and loving you with everything that it is and of course it is the quest that you're most wanting to answer. And so therefore of course it would be the thing that you would feel most uncomfortable about, about not achieving moment after moment after moment. But what Source wants to say to you is that the love that you hold for yourself in any moment is enough. In fact it is the perfect love under the conditions in which you are living. It is enough. It is just right. Where you are on your path is just exactly right. It is exactly where you should be on your path. Can you imagine Jerry and Esther going across the desert. They are on their way from Phoenix to San Diego and they are out there in the middle of the desert. They are not where they want to be. They are in Yuma, for God's sake. There they are in Yuma, no place to eat in Yuma! Can you imagine them getting so unhappy about not having completed their destination that they get all disoriented and end up going back to Phoenix? Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma ... and that's sort of what you 're doing. In your assessment of not enough self-love it's the Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma, Phoenix, Yuma .. whereas you can acknowledge, "Where I am is just right. And given the circumstances of my life I'm right on track. And I'm reaching for a fuller more encompassing sensation of love. And Source is over there patiently, never for a moment impatient, always loving me. Do you know, here is a good thing to say to yourself, "Even though for whatever reason I don't like myself very much right now. I know that I have not caused Source to deviate in Source's appreciation of me at all."
Q: Sighs
A: "I have not convinced Source not to like me." Sometimes when Esther misbehaves she thinks, "Hmm. Jerry probably does not like me very much right now." And she doesn't really know whether he does or not. And we would say it's irrelevant how he feels. But even if she could misbehave enough to get Jerry to begin to respond in a way that displays to Esther that he is displeased with the way she behaves, Source will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever do that. Source maintains its absolute appreciation of you. And as you know that maybe it will help you to give yourself a little bit more of a break. Maybe it will help you to acknowledge, "I'm in the perfect place relative to everything, even relative to self-love."
Q: I feel like you've just said to me that I had it all along and that I have it right now and that feels like great relief. And I'm content with not being hit with the stick. I feel ..
A: Well, we just hit you with it.
Q: I do. I feel hit by it. Thank you. Thank you so much! Abraham Caribbean Cruise, 2006

Forgiveness

2009-04-13T04:02:00.000-07:00

Questioner: I was reading something that Wayne Dyer wrote, that if you don't get past forgiving and resentment, you can forget about getting to a higher spiritual level. How do you know when resentment is resolved, or how do you know that you've forgiven?
Abraham: We like to tease everyone, especially him [laughter], by saying you don't have to offer forgiveness if you've never condemned to begin with. And the Source energy part of you has never condemned. But let's talk about this—you're really going to like this … if the Source within you is one who loves, and that is the case, and you have yourself focused upon something where you're feeling resentment or unfairness, injustice, and you're all balled up over it, what that means is you're looking at that situation in a way that the Source within you will not look. So the feeling of forgiveness is the feeling of relief you have when you start turning downstream and you start seeing it more like the Source within you sees it. So those are really accurate words because until you come into alignment with who you are,you cannot achieve that enlightenment. We want to remind all of you that enlightenment is not something like a college degree, that once you achieve it is yours forevermore; it either is or it isn't in the moment, depending upon what you're doing with your vibration.So isn't it logical that, since you are a lover when you're loving, forgiveness isn't an issue—it's alignment. But if you are hating, now you're upstream, and you've got to turn back toward love or forgiveness.But we don't like to use the word "forgiveness" because "forgiveness"sounds like taking something back. And you can't ever take anything back. Instead, we would like to call it redirecting the vibration ofyour thought into alignment with who you really are.* * *And so your forgiveness—in essence, you weren't so much forgiving someone for what they did as you were finding a way of looking at it that allowed you to align with the way your Source sees it. So interesting, because it feels like it's about what somebody else did,but it's not. It's always about letting yourself be who you are or not. You are a lover, and when you are not loving, you're not who you are. And so, many would say that when you forgive, then you are who you really are. And we say it's not forgiving that makes you who really are, it's looking at it the way your Source energy looks at it that makes you the way you are. And you're right—your Source energy will never condemn anyone.

Taking that action

2009-04-13T03:58:00.000-07:00

"Abe: So, let's say that you're standing in a place where you have an idea you think that might be a good action to take... and so you just contemplate taking the action. You just imagine taking it. And in your imagery, if it feels free flowing and exhilarating to you, then that's an indication that it is going with the flow. But if it feels uncomfortable to you, then that's an indication that there's some resistance. Now here's a question we want to put back to you: Does a feeling of resistance about a certain action... does that mean it's the wrong action?
Questioner: No, not necessarily because I might get contrast from that which will lead me to knowing more of what I want.
Abe: That is always true. But even more than that, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's the wrong action. It means... it always means... you're going to really like this... that I haven't done enough energy alignment to make it feel right. In other words, it doesn't mean it's wrong, it just means I'm trying to get too much leverage out of my action. How about that? It just means I'm tryingto get too much leverage out of my action. Why not prepave it with more thought?"
The Law of Attraction in Action Episode III, DVD 2.

It's done

2009-04-13T03:55:00.000-07:00

"Focus on the presence of the dollars (or the partner, etc.) that you've asked for, rather than the absence of the dollars. Accept that it's done and then do what you can do to line up with what's done. Feel how much easier that is?
It's done. I've done the work. I've lived the life. I've met the other people. I've given birth. I've identified. I've honed. I've lived enough experiences to know what I don't want so I know what I do want. I've come more into alignment with who I am. I know who I am as a Source Energy BEing. I'm together. I have now given birth. I am ready to let myself be the receiver of this thing that I have already created. My work is to let in what is already done. It's already done. So now move your words with that attitude -- It's done. So if something's done, then don't you have a different attitude than when it's not done? When it's not done...Where should I go? Who should I talk to? Who should I see? What should I do? How should I feel? What should I say?... When it's done, it's done. It's done. Feel the difference. It's done. It's done. What does that mean? It's DONE. So when it's done, you don't have to try harder. It's done. When it's done, you just watch expectantly for the way that it will unfold in your life experience. It's done.""So you just have to find such resonance by thinking about it, by pretending it, by imagining it, by basking in the deliciousness of it, by feeling the "doneness" of it, by patting yourself on the back, by talking about the good job you've done.""Let yourself BE the recipient of your good work. That's all."~
Abraham San Raphael, CA February 9, 2008

Success- LOA in Business

2009-04-13T03:50:00.000-07:00

Questioner was creating, with his partner, a holistic business offering workshops and treatments but he said it had not yet been very successful financially.
Abraham: From your awareness of what was needed in the environment around you, you found what you wanted and created it and now stepped into that place. But now you’ve stepped into that new place, now you have a new set of contrasting experiences, and the biggest of those contrasting experiences is: Now what do we do? Now how do we get people to come and find us? Now how do we let them know what we have? And we say, you just keep being who you are and Law of Attraction will bring them to you. When you beat the drum of ‘they’re not coming’, even though Law of Attraction has lined up all kinds of people who are ready for exactly what you have. They’re lined up outside your door, in fact, you can’t let them in because you’re so busy noticing that they’re not there. You have to get inside this vibrational escrow. You have to imagine what it would be like. You have to find the feeling place of it. And do you know what we’ve seen is the key that makes it work faster for you than all other things put together? If you can activate within yourself the value that you are offering to them when they get there, rather than the value that they will offer to you when they get there you will do away with a lot of the resistance right away because you are a teacher to the very core of your being and when you emphasise within yourself the value that you can offer to someone else, that’s an easy bridge for you to make because you’re there already. But when you try to figure out how they can bring value to you, now you’re back in that same old drum beating of not enoughness, you see.So, all day every day, talk to each other about how good it’s going to be for people when they get there and how much fun they’re going to have and what fun it will be for you to watch the clarity evolving within them and what fun it’s going to be to watch the expansion of this. Say things to yourself like, ‘everybody that is now having wonderful success at one time stood right where we’re standing, knowing we have something good but not knowing where the clientele was going to come from’, in other words, ‘everybody stood where we’re standing. And those that made it into the place of great success, what was it that they found?’ And we say, they found the feeling place of the great success before the success came.Now, what’s a feeling of success? This is another bridge for you. Do you know that positive emotion is positive emotion? How profound is that! Write that down. Positive emotion is aligning emotion, whether you call it love or appreciation, or joy or positive expectation or success. In other words it doesn’t matter what word you give it, so what you’re reaching for is, for example, when you imagine someone coming to you and benefiting from something they are receiving from you, what is the emotion that you would describe? What word would you use to describe that?
Questioner: Satisfaction
Abraham: Really good word. You’re satisfied, you’re thrilled, you feel your value. So … and what we want to say to you is, that feeling that we’re describing with those words and that you describe with the word satisfaction, that is the same vibration as the vibration of success. But for so many the vibration of success means lots of money which you don’t have yet, so when you use the word that makes you vibrate over here instead of the word that makes you vibrate over here it’s harder, can you feel the difference? Talking about what you want and why you want it and pretending that it’s already done. We would spend an hour at least every day, talking with self and then eventually with your partner about how much fun it has been to create this magnificently successful business, and when you use the word success then remind each other, it’s successful because people are benefiting and it’s successful because we’re having so much fun and it’s successful because people’s eyes are shining bright and it’s successful because our hearts and singing and it’s successful because there are so many people being drawn … oh yes, and it’s successful because we’re making a ton of money!
Abraham-Hicks, London, UK 17/5/08

"The Attractor Factor" by Joe Vitale

2009-04-13T03:49:00.000-07:00

One day, I was having dinner with Jerry and Esther Hicks, and a friend. We were talking about marketing in general and advertising in particular. My friend said: "You don't have to advertise."

"You don't have to," I said, "but you might want to. A good ad can increase your business."

"The last time we ran an ad in a magazine," Jerry began, "we got so many replies we couldn't handle them all. I dropped the ad until we hired more staff."

"It doesn't matter what you put in the ad," Esther added. "People will sense who you are and what you are offering and make a decision from that feeling."

Jerry and Esther have hired me to write their ads because they know I believe in their work. If I didn't believe in them, the ads I create for them would show it. And if they didn't believe in their work, the person they hired to create their ads would reveal that attitude."
p. 143

Abraham ON WHY PEOPLE LIE TO YOU

2009-04-10T05:35:00.000-07:00

If you feel drawn to someone, but you are annoyed because you think that they are telling you some lies, try to look beyond the lies and try to focus upon the feeling. People offer all kinds of words for all kinds of different reasons. Most lies are offered to try to keep things in alignment. We're not encouraging it, but the motive behind lying is usually a pretty honorable motive. In other words, when a child lies to their parents, it's usually because they want to be free to do what they want to do, and they don't want their parents to be upset about it. It's about wanting an alignment. Physical ears have a hard time hearing this. You keep talking about "We need to be honest." And we say, we don't meet any of you who are honest. Even those who claim to be the most virtuous, are not honest, but your vibration always is. We would trust the feeling more than the words.
Excerpted from a workshop in Houston,

Abraham about Seth

2009-04-10T05:27:00.000-07:00

Q: (Seth) talks a lot about probabilities and probable existences. And it seems that everything that we could want, everything that we could possibly think of, all possibilities exist as this huge pool, and each of our lives are simply a stream of choices that we choose to actualize.”
A: Well said.
Q: It all exists at once. It’s all now. There’s no past or future. It’s all now and we just come here and make a choice –“
A: There’s a little misunderstanding there …
Q: -- day by day –“
A: Here’s the thing that he is saying that we want you to hear because we are he and he are us. In other words, we are all the same energy stream.”What Seth is saying is what we’ve been talking about. That as you move through your contrast, you launch these rockets of desires and whether you are calling it a rocket of desire or just a projection of thought, everything that you are thinking about is projecting out here to this vibrational future or vibrational probability or alternate reality. And, so, now, tie what you are knowing about that with what you’ve been hearing from us today and realize that you’ve got all kinds of things bubbling out there and Law of Attraction is causing a coalescing of them, and some of them are gathering enough momentum that they are ready to pop into some reality. They are all coded with you. In other words, there are all kinds of probabilities that are there for you.And right now, where all of your power is, you can feel yourself moving toward them. If you feel good, you are moving toward those good feeling ones. If you are feeling bad, you are moving toward those bad feeling ones. In other words, the probabilities are all there and they are being lived on some level. In other words, they exist. They are realities in and of themselves, just like your dream state is a reality in and of itself.But, that which is going to manifest in your experience is that which you keep most active, most often in your vibration.Isn’t that a good way to look at it?So as I’m ornery, ornery, ornery I’m marching diligently toward probabilities that I have set into motion during other times that I was ornery. And depending on how many times I have been ornery, and how congealed those realities are, and how fast I am marching today, which means how ornery I really am, I’ll call my orneriest friend and see if I can’t goose it up, maybe I can put it over the edge today .And so, there are all kinds of things that just feel like they come out of the blue that are nothing more than alternate realities that you have been fine tuning and honing every day of your contrasting experience. And, so that’s why Seth said: Your Point of Power is in the present. Seth said 2 things that Jerry heard so powerfully: You create your own reality. And Jerry said, “How?!” And we’ve been telling him ever since. And, Seth said, “You’re point of power is in your now.” And Jerry said, What in the world do you mean by that? And, so, that has been the basis of everything we’ve said.We’ve for years been attempting to answer those 2 powerful questions. All you have is now. And the way you know about how you are doing with your now is by feeling it in your gut, because you can feel what you are doing with the clay between where you are and what you want. And, so, ah, so many magnificent probabilities.
Q: Are all possibilities a probability?
A: Well, we would say a possibility is a softer form. A probability is something you have been working upon longer. In other words, a probability is more probable than a possibility. Everything is possible, but once you start really thinking about it then you make it more probable and then it’s a probability. And if you think about the probability longer, then not only is it possible, it’s actual. In other words, focus on those probabilities and they will no longer be probabilities they will be Real-abilities.”
Alaskan Cruise 2005

Abraham adout Ramtha

2009-04-10T05:22:00.000-07:00

Q: I would like very much to know the relationship in consciousness between Abraham and other channelled entities like Ramtha.
A: Non physical energy, non physical consciousness is very much like a very big library, with everything imaginable in all sorts of combinations available. And what you describe as Abraham or Ramtha or as any other, is an attraction which has taken place by virtue of physical vibration. In other words there is a mis-understanding that non-physical sits wanting to assert information into physical experience. Where the reality of it, the agreement of it is all Law of Attraction, and so it is by virtue of the vibration - the wanting and believing of those physically involved - that this attraction process takes place.Let us give you a little example. Some years before when Jerry and Esther began interacting with Abraham in this way, Jerry was reading Seth. Seth was a non-physical rascal - still is as a matter of fact (group laughter) - spoken through the mouth of the woman Jane Roberts. As Jerry read books he was still relating to many questions. Some of what was written did not interest him, much of what was written did. But the thing that was most important in this dialogue was that Jerry and Esther were stimulated to questions that the books did not answer. And so with their vibrating questions, they attracted the energy that we now describe as Abraham.The reality of it is the energy of Seth and the energy of Abraham are the same energy, but it is received by different beings with different vibrational wanting. Are you getting a sense of what we are saying?

Abe Movie Quotes

2009-04-10T05:07:00.000-07:00

Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray.
Field Of Dreams

Here are a few I like.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Neo: Why do my eyes hurt? Morpheus: You've never used them before
The Matrix

You get what you settle for.
Louise, Thelma & Louise See what no one else does.

See what everyone choose not to see... out of fear, conformity, laziness. See the whole world anew each day!
Arthur Mendelson, Patch Adams

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Brian's mother, Monty Python's Life of Brian

Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy... God, Monty Python & the Holy Grail

"I became a metaphysician: I consired the meaning of truth, of being and of god....There are only four questions of value in life...what is sacred? of what is the spirit made? what is worth living for? and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only Love."from the movie Don Juan De Marco

John Keating: We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? Keating: Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. Daulton : (answering phone) Welton Academy, hello? ... Yes he is, hold on. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. (holds up phone) It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton. John Keating : Why do we need language? Neil Perry : To communicate... John Keating : Nooo!! To woo women! Keating: No matter what anybody tells you, words & ideas can change the world. Keating: Now I'd like you to step forward over here. They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? --- Carpe --- hear it? --- Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.
Dead Poets Society (1989)

“Mind the gap – it’s the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.”
Notes on a Scandal

“The key to a great story is not who, or what, or when, but why.”
Tomorrow Never Dies

“And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.”
Man of La Mancha

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“It’s not about how well you play. It’s how you feel about what you’re playing.”
Curious Case of Benjamin Button

“Laughter opens up the soul.” The Order“You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky, that's all.”
A Streetcar Named Desire

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around."
Vanilla sky

”Never lose your childish innocence. It's the most important thing.”
Under the Tuscan Sun

What we do in life... Echoes in Eternity!"
Gladiator

There's never nothing going on."
Peaceful Warrior

"Kindness is just Love with its Boots On"
Shelley in House Bunny

Abe song Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

2009-04-10T05:01:00.000-07:00

"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou:"

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!"
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry!
"'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right" - I won't worry!
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, oh no!
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right

What if my husband is Mr. Grumpy?

2009-04-09T23:12:00.000-07:00

Q: I'm new to this work. I've been doing it for about six months or so, and I've been doing the workshop and the meditation, which is wonderful. And one of the problems that I have is that my husband -– who is wonderful, I adore him -– but he's very negative, and I'll do my morning meditation and I do my workshop, and I just am elated and in total appreciation of the Universe, and I'm totally high and I'll go back in and he's Mr. Grumpy. And I'm....
Abe: Well, the good news is his vibration can't get into you. So whatever you are doing that is bringing you to that place of feeling good cannot be affected by his vibration, he cannot assert it into your experience.
Q: Right.
Abe: And so if you acknowledge him for a moment -– you walk in, he's Mr. Grumpy, it really hits you hard because he's in such a different place than you are. And you take the hit, and out of it you launch a rocket of desire which goes something like, "Gee, I wish he'd feel better. I wish he could find some of the joy I'm finding. I wish he felt as happy in this moment as I do." And then you turn your full attention to this desire that's been born out of this experience, and you forget who he is and instead pretend he is this so that you let him stimulate your vibration relative to him in a way that feels good to you. And with a little bit of practice, you can begin seeing him as he really is, not as he temporarily is.
Q: Okay.
Abe: In other words, he doesn't like feeling grumpy any more than you like him feeling grumpy, but here's the thing: so here you stand, let's say you've been meditating, you've been walking, you're feeling really good. You come in and, under normal circumstances, if you were just following your bliss you would just keep running, you wouldn't even stop at that house where the grumpy one is. (Laughter from audience.) Because it's not a vibrational match to who you are. But you have this obligation, in other words you have this commitment, you have this paper that says you live there and so (more laughter) you stop there, you defy the guidance that is within you and you do what you 'should' do rather than what your guidance would encourage you to do otherwise. In other words, don't you find yourself making as many excuses as you can to do all the other things that feel good and then you sort of drag yourself home because the – and so there you are. You've been hit with the negative vibration, or with the different vibration, and it doesn't feel very good, and now in that moment you have a choice: which thought feels better? So now you can look at him as he is, and as you address it, whether you're saying 'yes' to it or 'no' to it or you're saying 'this is what it is' -– it does not matter whether you're making any judgment about it or not -– as you observe his vibration, whatever it is, it begins to be included in your vibration.
Q: Yeah.
Abe: And you begin to feel the drowning of your cork, you begin to feel the lowering of your vibration, you begin to feel the separation of you from your Source energy. And then the impulse for most –- we're not feeling it much in you, you're using light and fluffy sweet-like words about this grumpy darling (laughter) –- as you acknowledge that he is the temporary reason that you are not as connected to your Source energy as you once were. Now here's where your choice comes in. You can call that a bad thing and really be unhappy about it, or you can acknowledge that he is just a particle of the Universe that has achieved his vibration in whatever way he has and let him vibrate however he chooses while you fill your head or your mind or your day with thoughts that feel better to you. And what will begin to happen is you will be living in your endless loop while he is living in his endless loop, and one or the other of you will then make the decision to join the other.
Q: Right. Part of what I -– and I'm a fixer, probably a typical woman,I want to help people, sort of... so I want to fix him, I want to share with him my delight and my joy, and I know that's part of where the problem is, going in and....
Abe: Well, the problem with that, you see, nothing is more annoying to the one being fixed (laughter) than to be in the place of not feeling very good and have some bright-eyed, bushy-tailed person trying to fix them. In other words, nobody wants to learn that they're the creator of their own reality when they're in a place they don't like being. In other words, you're wanting to watch for his time of connection before you offer -– in other words, here's the rule of thumb: talk endlessly to your mate as long as you are feeling good while you are talking.
Q: Okay.
Abe: In other words, share with him endlessly as long as you are feeling good. And the most important thing that we would say to you about this specific person is he is finding his own way of connecting, and his way may not be your way, and it doesn't make his way wrong or your way right or other way around. Because you are both wanting the same thing. We promise you that there is not anything that he would want for you more than for you to be joyful. But sometimes when a person is really joyful and you want to be joyful but aren't, their joy just reminds you that you're not where you want to be. And the response looks like they don't really want you to be joyful when if you were to ask him, he wants your joy as much as he wants life itself. He loves the fact that you are joyful. And so what you have to do is not give so much attention to how he's feeling. In other words, how he's feeling is really much less of your business than you think that it is. Don't give so much of your attention to how he's feeling. Let your attention be about how *you're* feeling. And now here's where it becomes a little complex, but here's where the answer is: "How am I feeling about how you're feeling?" (Laughter.)"How am I feeling about how you're feeling? Well, you're feeling crummy, and now I'm feeling crummy about your feeling crummy, which means you now have power in my experience." And so what you're wanting '– you're wanting to feel good about him feeling crummy. Now, how can you feel good about him feeling crummy? (Laughter.) By understanding that it's temporary, by understanding that he's not always [feeling crummy], by understanding that you sometimes feel crummy too but that you can raise your vibration, by understanding that in that crummy experience there is a rocket of desire that is going off and by understanding that the rocket of desire is the nugget. By understanding that his life experience is honing out something that is very powerful. And sometimes you can stand back at a distance while he's having this contrasting experience and as he gives birth to a rocket of desire sometimes you can get a glimpse of the rocket even though he can't. And so when your grumpy friend launches a rocket and you start looking at the rocket instead of at your grumpy friend, now you're in a place that you're helping. In other words, now you're anticipating on his behalf. That's what a true uplifter does –- you let the contrast produce the rocket and you fixate on his rocket of desire even though he can't, because when you fixate on someone you love's rocket of desire, they are more likely to find vibrational harmony with it every now and again, too. It's like you're a satellite dish beaming the signal and making it more accessible to him.
Q: Mm-hm.
Abe: But when you do the opposite, which is to say, "Oh. You're feeling crummy. Now I'm feeling crummy," all that's happened is that he has influenced you into a lower vibration when what you want is to influence him into a higher vibration. Q: And that's not what he wants anyway. To bring me down. Yes. Abe: Last thing he wants. The last thing he wants is to be down himself, you see. Nobody gets discouraged on purpose. Nobody feels unworthy on purpose. None of you did it all at once. All of you did it just one little thought at a time, and you'll get out of it one little thought at a time, too. Oh, it is so exhilarating, it is such a gift to give to a grumpy person (laughter), to be joyful yourself. Because every part of him wants that, and there is an osmosis that begins to take place. In other words, you just can't be around a joyful person without either being driven to crisis or becoming more joyful yourself. And in either case, another rocket of desire will be born. In other words, the crisis just produces stronger desire which makes the happy person that is around you even more influential. Think about it. No one can lose, no matter what the circumstances are, because you can choose this end of the stick and focus upon it, which means Law of Attraction will embellish and enhance and give you more of that. Or you can focus on [the other] end of the stick which just means that sooner or later you're going to shoot off a rocket of desire. And so in either case the desire will be born within you, in either case you will be the fulfilling of the intention that you established. The question that we are asking here is how long are you willing to stand in a place of not being a vibrational match to your desires? Why are you tolerating the uncomfortable vibration? We want to put it to you very bluntly, and so we will. (Laughter.) Why are you using your husband as even a temporary excuse to not feel as joyful as you want and deserve to feel? "I don't know, it's just habit. Doesn't feel very good, though." It's because most of you have not understood what your guidance system is, and most of you have not understood that you are wired selfishly. That you are wired to feel good. You are wired to feel good. But so many of you think that "now that I'm wired to feel good that means the rest of the world should stand on its head in order to provide something good-feeling for me to observe." And the rest of the world is not one bit interested in satisfying your selfish desire because the rest of the world is after *its* selfish desire, and that's the way it must be. That's why everything continues to evolve. The one-celled amoeba is out there in the ocean having its personal experience and having its personal exposure to its personal experience, and its desire is being born, and in the moment that its desire is being born Nonphysical is answering it, and that is why it is evolving as it is. That is why all things in this Universe are as they are. Everything is evolving because the Universe is answering every selfish desire.
Q: The other thing, what you were just talking about is, it's kind of like when I get to feeling so good and I'm confronted with his mood, it brings to mind the question of since the rest of the world isn't as joyous and hasn't reached that state, how can I feel about being there myself when there's...?
Abe: Because you are selfishly wired, and because when you look in the pile of sticks there are plenty of things you can look at. And because what you're saying otherwise is, "How do I have the right to feel good when there are others who do not feel so good?"
Q: Right.
Abe: And we say you can't get sick enough to make the sick ones well.
Q: (Laughing.) Right.
Abe: You can't get poor enough to make the poor ones prosperous. In other words, that's not the way that it works. The way that it works -– your only hope in helping anyone is to connect to the stream, and when you connect to the stream then the Source energy flows through you, and then whatever you are giving your attention benefits, you see. But you must be selfish enough to keep yourself in vibrational concert with that stream before you have anything to give anyone, you see. You are joy-seeking beings who have come forth into what we see as the perfect environment for desire to be born within you. What this workshop is about –- we know you could speak it as clearly as we can now, we've said it enough times to you today -– what your work is about is to bring yourself into vibrational harmony with allowing the energy that is you to flow. And in simple terms, what that means is your work is to look wherever you stand, whether you are looking in the past, present or future, your work is to consume your now with the thought that feels best. With the thought that feels best, with the thought that feels best, with the thought that feels best. And there are always choices there for you. In other words, you can look at the hole in the wall or you can look at the beautiful painting. You can look at the lightbulb that is out or you can see the lightbulb that is working. You can look at your mate in his positive aspect or you can look at your mate in his negative aspect. You can look at your own body and find something that pleases you or find something that doesn't. You can remember your childhood and find something of pleasure or you can find something that makes you feel discouraged. You can remember a compliment or you can remember somebody down on you. You can remember your love or you can remember your hate. In other words, you have that choice in every moment, and you are the definers of that. You are focusers of energy, that's what a creator is. A creator is someone who stands in their now and focuses energy, and you are in the perfect environment to do that, you see. There.

My Mate Controls Me And I Feel Smothered

2009-04-09T05:05:00.000-07:00

„I was so happy to find this person. We are so compatible in so many ways. And I know that we
truly enhance our experience with each other. We do everything together. And we‘re realy good at working and living togeher. We like the same kinds of food, and enjoy the same kinds of people. And we have very similar interests. In fact, if we were to fill out one of those compatibility surveys, I‘m pretty sure we would be found to be a perfect match for each other. But lately I‘ve begun to feel not free. My mate seems so involved in everything that I do, that I can hardly consider going off and doing something without her. And I realized the other day that I am weary of having to take her point of view into consideration with every decision that I‘m making. I just don‘t feel free. I have a friend who is diligently looking for a mate and I found myself thinking, „You‘d be better off than you know without a mate“. That startled me. Because I‘ve always thought that it was so much better to have someone to share your life with. But maybe we‘re not meant to share every moment, every thought and every idea. I feel smothered.“

No matter how intensely intertwined you find yourself with another person, your relationship is
affected many more times by the thoughts that are moving around in your own mind, than by the other person who is moving around in your house or in your life experience. That‘s why it‘s so interesting to us to see people working so hard to controlling one another while working very little on controlling their own thoughts and perceptions. Especially since they have no real control over another, and they do have complete control over their own thoughts and perceptions. People often believe that they‘d feel so much better if their mate would just change in this way or that way, but that truly is a backward approach to things. When you say, „I‘ll feel better if you‘ll make this change in your behaviour or personality“, what you‘re actually saying is, „My happiness is dependant upon your willingness and ability to modify your behaviour, therefore I am powerless“. The reason why so many people are so very hard on those they live or interact with is because everyone inherently wants to be happy. But they also believe that their happiness is dependant upon things over which they actually have no control.
In the beginning of most new relationships things go along rather well, since both of you are
predominantly looking for positive aspects in the other. And in the beginning both of you are
unnaturally forcing yourself to work harder at pleasing the other. But when you behave from the
vantage point of trying to please another, rather than from the point of personal alignment, you set yourself up for a great amount of trouble. For it‘s not possible to hold someone else‘s desires as the center of your attention, because as a creator you simply are not wired that way. By trying to please others, you incourage a distorted idea that someone else is responsible for their happiness, which in the long run disempowers them and makes them unhappy. We could accurately say that the harder you try to make others happy, the more unhappy they
become. Because they become dependant on behaviour outside of themselves, over which they have no control, rather than being in alignment within themselves over which they have complete control. So, by holding you mate as your object of attention, telling yourself how much you love her, and how important it is to you that she is happy, and then by trying to control her happiness through your actions, it is no wonder that you feel smothered. Because attempting this impossible task requires an enormous amount of your time and attention. Also, in most cases, the more you try to control circumstances in order to enhance the experience of others, the more dependant they become on your behaviour. And in time the more demanding they become. You are innately such independent beings, that the more dependent you become, the unhappier you become. Interesting, is it not, that your intentions were to make the other happy, but instead you‘ve incouraged less happiness? Your only chance of influencing another to happiness is for you to truly be happy. And the only way for you to truly be happy is to achieve a state of vibrational alignment between you and you.
So, let‘s apply this formula specifically to the subject of your desire for your mate‘s happiness.
Scenario 1: You want your mate to be happy. You observe her, and you notice that she is happy.
Your desire and what you‘re observing match. Therefore, you are in alignment, ant therefore you feel happy.
Scenario 2: You want your mate to be happy. You observe she is not happy about something. Your desire and what you‘re observing do not match. Therefore, you are not in alignment, ant therefore you do not feel happy.
Scenario 3: You want your mate to be happy. You observe that she is not happy about something.
You do everything you can think of to make her feel better. She is distracted from her misalignment and feels temporarily better. You like that she feels better, and now take responsibility for her feeling better. She now becomes dependent upon your behaviour for the way she feels. She gradually loses her sense of independence, which now makes her unhappier. And so, you try harder on making her happy. But she becomes even more unhappy, because your behaviour is offered from the flaud premise that you should, or even can, make another person happy.
Scenario 4: You want your mate to be happy. You observe she is not happy about something. You use the power of your mind to ignore how she is feeling right now, and you fixate on something that allows you to continue to be happy. She thinks you should be paying more attention to her, and that you should be trying harder to make her happy. Your happiness is your dominant desire, so you selfishly ignore her unhappy state, and remain happy. In your success of remaining happy, because you‘ve practised it a great deal, you remain in alignmet with your broader perspctive. Because you are in alignment with your greater resources, your timing is good, your clarity is good, your vitality is good, and you feel wonderful. Because you are in alignment with your greater resources, you‘re emitting a strong vibrational signal of Well-Being. And because your mate wants to feel good, and the vibration that you are emitting is all about that, she is influenced vibrationally to her own alignment. In other words, because of your selfish desire to remain connected to your own resources of Well-Being, you were able to uplift your mate to what she wanted as well.
But this is the most important part of all – no matter how much alignment you‘ve achieved, and no matter how strong your vibrational signal of Well-Being is, it is the work of your mate to bring
herself into alignment with that signal. You cannot do that for another person.
So, what it really comes down to is that you really have to love others enough to encourage their
alignment, which is the only thing that can make them happy. So, of course, be as loving and nice to the people around you as you can be, but not because you‘re attempting to fill some void for them through your behaviour. Be loving and nice because you are in alignment with who you really are.
And here is the most important factor to remember – it‘s very simple to want to feel good and to
practise the directing of your thoughts until you do, it is extremely complicated to try to affect the behaviour or emotional state or alignment of another. Tend to your own vibrational balance, and let the Law of Attraction do the rest of the work..
So, start where you are and try to find downstream statements. For instance,
I feel smothered.
I‘m tired of having to consider what my wife wants regarding everything I do.
I wish she get involved in something that would get her attention away from me.
So, that‘s where you are. Now, rather than looking for relief by getting your partner to change in
some way, try to find relief through your own thoughts.
Regardless of what my partner wants or thinks, I can think my own thoughts.
I do not have to consider her response to my every thought.
A big part of what I feel is because of what goes on in my own mind.
I am free to think my own thoughts.
Now, this stream of thoughts is definitely downstream, and you‘re now feeling better.
My mate isn‘t really trying to control me.
Our way of living together is just evolved.
It isn‘t that I actually disagree with her about much of anything.
We are very compatible in many ways.
She‘s never tried to dominate or control my thinking.
My feeling of being smothered is more about my jumbled mind than anything else.
I can sort out my thoughts if I try.
I am in control of my own thoughts.
There are endless subjects that I can focus on.
I am free to pursue any interest I decide on.
Now, once you get pointed downstream, it‘s rather easy to continue to find better feeling thoughts.
For instance,
I don‘t have to sort out everything at once.
Our relationship is predominantely very positive.
I‘m experiencing no actual confinement.
That smothered feeling has now lifted completely.
If it ever returns, I know why and what to do about it.

I Make the Best of Every Situation!

2009-04-08T06:29:00.000-07:00

Do you know what you are wanting? Are you enjoying the evolution of your desire? Do you like that fresh, new feeling of a new desire just hatched; the awareness that there is something more to move toward, even before it is manifested? Do you still like that?
That is the most significant question, and your coming to a confident answer of yes is a most significant thing for you, because when you have reached the place where a new, unfulfilled desire feels life-giving to you, then you have completely reconnected with who you really are.
When there is something that you desire and it has not yet manifested, and you cannot yet see the path through which it will manifest, and you are discouraged, then you are forgetting that you are an Eternal Being and that you never get it done. But when there is a new, unfulfilled desire, and instead of torturing you with its absence, instead it calls you with its idea--then you are Source Energy, physically embodied, and right on track. So often, our physical friends feel frustration in their unachievement of something, as if once it manifests, then everything will be better. And while we do agree that it is fun to manifest, and we wish for you that your every desire be fulfilled, we want to remind you that when each desire is fulfilled, many more will be newly hatched. And when you finally relax and accept that you and we are all Eternal Beings, and that we never get it done, then sometimes, perhaps if you will let it, it will take the sting out of what is not fulfilled. When you are no longer feeling uncomfortable about what is not fulfilled, but are satisfied with what-is, while you are eagerly reaching for more, now you are in the perfect vibrational stance to allow steady fulfillment of ever-evolving new ideas. When you stand in your place, observing what-is, and letting what-is be primarily the reason, or the basis, for the vibration that you offer, what-is cannot change, because your vibration is only about what-is.
Law of Attraction says, that which is like unto itself is drawn. So, if you stand in an awareness that you don't have enough money, and you talk about it and you feel around it, and you perpetuate a continuing vibration of not enough money, even though you're asking for more, and even though you may be offering action which should accommodate more--more cannot come because it is vibrationally different from the vibration that you are usually offering. And so, an attitude of satisfaction about what-is, an attitude of making the best of what-is while you are eagerly anticipating an evolution of what-is--that's the perfect vibrational stance.
Optimism brings you so much; pessimism keeps it from coming. Eagerness brings you so much; disappointment keeps it from coming. Happy anticipation brings you so much; discouragement keeps it from coming. Joy and love and appreciation brings you so much, while anger and depression and fear keep it from coming. Now, those emotions don't actually keep it from coming. They are just indicators that while you feel that way--it's not coming. In other words, your emotions are your indicator of what you are doing with your vibrational mix. Emotions are indicators of your Vibrational mix. So, the happier you are, the more you are allowing who you really are and what you really want to come. The more unhappy you are, the more you are resisting it. We call this gathering the Art of Allowing as compared to the art of resisting. In other words, allowing your connection with who you are, allowing the receiving of what you've been asking for. And the easiest way to hear "Allowing" is, letting in the good stuff--letting in what is naturally Well-Being, and what is naturally yours. Sometimes when we talk about Allowing, people misunderstand and they think that Allowing means finding something unwanted and just putting up with it--allowing whatever is to be, and not fussing over it. That isn't what we mean by Allowing at all. By Allowing, we mean, finding, through choosing thought, things that feel good when you think them, and practicing those kinds of thoughts that feel good, so often, that they become the dominant vibrational proclivity within you. In other words, you just practice it until it's easiest to go there.
The Art of Allowing, is deliberately choosing thoughts that feel good, with an ear to how the thought feels as it evolves within you. The Art of Allowing, is wanting so much to feel good, that whether you are perusing the past or the present, or the future, you're deliberately looking for the best-feeling thought that you can find. And as you choose the best-feeling thought and practice it until it becomes a sort of natural feeling within you, then more and more of that which you want flows to you. There is not a source of illness and there is not a source of poverty, and there is not a source of darkness. You know that. You don't say, "The sun came up this morning and brought the light, and the blob came up tonight and brought the darkness." You understand that there is a Source that can be muted or resisted, or disallowed, and that's how it is with Well-Being. Well-Being is natural to you. Comparatively speaking, proportionately speaking, Well-Being is so huge and the lack of it is so small. So how does lack of Well-Being get such a foothold in anyone's experience? It all has to do with the vibrational airtime you give it. In other words, the more you look for reasons to feel good, the more you find the vibration of that. And the more you find the vibration of that, the more Law of Attraction brings you other things that match it. Haven't you noticed that sometimes you can get on a positive roll? And haven't you noticed that sometimes you can get on a negative roll? When you get focused upon something that doesn't feel good--Law of Attraction will bring you more things like it.
As humans become more observers and less deliberate thinkers, then you can get more of what-is and less of what you are wanting. In other words, most people offer a tremendous amount of their vibrational outpouring in response to what they are observing. And that's why you want so much to control the circumstances around you. When you look at circumstances that make you feel good, it feels good. When you look at circumstances that don't make you feel good, it doesn't feel good. And then you say, "We've got to do something about controlling these circumstances. We need more laws. We need more rules. We need to contain the others. We need more parental guidance. We need more governmental control. We need more protection against this and this, and this." And what we want you to realize, is that there is no protection against a vibration that you achieve, because Law of Attraction says, that which is like unto itself is drawn. So, if you look at that thing that you want, often, and you talk about it, and you say yes to it, then you achieve vibrational harmony with it--and it must come into your experience. But when you look at that thing that you don't want, and you shout no at it, it must come into your experience, because this is a Universe based upon attraction--it is all about inclusion. There is no exclusion in an attraction-based Universe.
Every time you spend time looking at something unwanted, you just practice the vibration that attracts it to you. That's why diseases get worse after diagnosis, usually, for awhile, until somebody convinces you that there is a remedy that you can focus upon. Our encouragement to you is that you make a decision today and practice it every day from now on, that says: I am one who makes the best of every situation. When you are making the best of something, no matter how bad it is, it's got to get better. And as it gets a little better, and you still make the best of it, it's got to get better. And as it's still not very good, but you're making the best of it--it's got to get better. Sometimes, you catch yourself deliberately making the worst of something, and exaggerating your problem. And we know where you got that. When you were little, you had to plead a pretty needy case to your parents who appeared to be the vortex through which all your Well-Being came. And when you said, "I really want something," their answer was often, "But you don't need that. " And so, you developed, very carefully, deliberately calculated patterns of expressing need to those that you believed were the givers of the goods. "I neeeed it! See how I'm suffering without it?" And we say, it might have worked a little bit with your parents as you eked out a mediocre improved life, but it does not work with the Universe that has the ability to grant all desires. Whatever it is you are achieving vibrational harmony with is what you are living. If you ever want to know what the vibrational content of your outpouring is, just look at the manifesting around you, because the manifesting around you is always a perfect Vibrational Match to the vibration that is dominant within you. You are here because you are wanting to really be Deliberate Creators. And we want you to know that a Deliberate Creator is really a deliberate feeler. A Deliberate Creator is one who says, "I want so much to feel good, because when I feel good, I'm in alignment with that which is my Source." A Deliberate Creator does not demand that circumstances change so that you can have a better-feeling response to the circumstances. A Deliberate Creator says, "I will choose--from what seems to be available--the very best-feeling thought, past, present or future, that I can find, and I will fixate on it until it becomes the reason for my vibrational offering. And I know that Law of Attraction will then accumulate around that vibrational offering. And then, I will reach for the better thought and the better thought, and the better thought." And what you will discover is that there is always a better thought.
There is always an even-happier thought than the happy thought you're thinking now. There is always even a better feeling--your capacity to achieve a better feeling is unlimited. Source expands to the desire that is produced within you. So you said, "I love the idea of going forth into this physical time-space-leading-edge-reality on Planet Earth. I love the idea of the variety that is there. I love the idea of all of the others that I will co-create with. And together, we will, for one another, stimulate new ideas--new ideas that have never been before unto all of the Universe. And with each new idea that is born, I know that Source has the resources to flood to my new idea. All I have to do is flow with my new idea, too." So, you stand in this place where contrast produces a desire within you--an unfulfilled desire--a desire that has not yet been manifested. And if you will, in the moment of the new, fresh desire being born, turn your attention to the new idea and think about how it will be, and feel the refreshment of the new idea, then Source flows through you and to you, through you and to you, through you and to you, in this life-giving format. But if the contrast stimulates you to the new idea, and then you stand where you are, looking at where you stand, and you say, "Oh, I want this new thing, but look where I stand in relationship to it. I feel so far from this new thing that I want." Now you're beating the drum of what-is. And when you beat the drum of what-is, you are vibrationally resistant to the new idea.
So, the Art of Allowing is about recognizing the fresh, newness of the new idea, and as quickly as possible achieving vibrational alignment with the new idea. Deliberate Creating at its best. Every time you practice the beating of the drum of something desired--Law of Attraction brings it closer. But every time you beat the drum of what-is, Law of Attraction holds it to you. There is much about your life that you want to keep--So beat those drums. There is much in your life you want to keep--So beat those drums. Every day we hear Jerry and Esther talking about the perfection of their life. On and on and on, and on, they go. They have a motor coach that they travel in that delights them so much, because it is home away from home but always feeling as if they are home, and they talk about how wonderful it is over and over and over, and over. Anyone not understanding, listening to them, would think they had gone mad as they recount to one another how lovely this is, and how good thaat is, and how much they appreciate this.
When you find things that you appreciate and you use them as your point of focus, your world has to get better on all other fronts. You could have 99 things going wrong in your life and one thing going right, and if you would beat the drum of that one thing going right, the other 99 would either have to go away, or improve, because Law of Attraction cannot abide in your vibration something that does not match.
You cannot feel good and be sick at the same time. You cannot appreciate something and blame something at the same time. As you begin to practice, with a deliberate orientation, your vibration that feels good while you practice it, your life has to get better--Law of Attraction says that it must.
Excerpted from the workshop in Billings

Taking meds

2009-04-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

Woman: "Members of my family have had problems with high blood pressure. I try, but I have not gotten into this level of consciousness, "Never to allow that into my experience." But, maybe subliminally I did." And, I fought going to the doctors. I didn't want to hear what they had to say, and you know, what I was doing at the time I created that. So they say you have high blood pressure, so I said, "Ok, Arlene, if they say you have high blood pressure, then what that means, is that you need to change something, so that is no longer reality." So, I changed my diet, and stuff like that. And, ah, no, ah, meat...and whatever. Anyway ah, I went without any kind of medication, and then it shot up and I ended up in the hospital. And, now I'm
on this medication and I want off this medication SO BAD. What is the benefit...is it a benefit to me?"
Abraham: "Well, does it bring your blood pressure back into balance?
Woman: "As far as I'm concerned-no, I don't think so. Every time I go, it's still up! So, it hasn't corrected the situation So my thing is, why do I need it?"
Abraham: "As you listen to us here, which thought do you think will feel the best for right now, we're not talking about forever, we're talking about your temporary now. Your now is always very temporary. Does it feel better for me to take ti or not take it? What do you think?"
Woman: "Well, when I start my day off, I just...don't like to take it. I don't like taking any kind of drugs, OK? And, to me, it's another drug. And I just don't see any..."
Abraham: "Well, as you sort all that out, in other words, we know that there are things...we know there are lots of things you could talk about but just, if you had..if somebody said to you, "you gotta make up your mind, you going to take it or not take it and you've got to make up your mind right now", what would your decision be?"
Woman: "Not take it."
Abraham: "Well, that's the reason that we encourage you to, to ponder it and play with it for 2 or 3 days. Because, we feel the vibration within you. The vibration within you is not a vibrational match to those words. In other words, as we sniff out your vibration, we can feel that there is more fear about not taking it, than there is not benefit by taking it, in other words, you would do more disruptive damage to yourself by not taking it. Not because the medicine itself is making a great difference - we're not talking about that. We think that if you did not take the medicine, that your worry about not taking it, would be greater than your relief, if you stopped taking it."
Woman: "That's true. Because I did stop taking it and that's when it went up. So I guess now, when I think of not taking it, I fear it going up, like it did before and I was someplace by myself."
Abraham: "So we'd like to say to you, that taking it or not taking it doesn't make any big difference in the long run - it makes a difference unto you, as you believe. Are you getting this?"
Audience: "YES."
Abraham: "And so, if someone says to us,"Should I go to the doctor, or should I not go to the doctor?" we're always scoping out their vibration to see which of those actions is most soothing to them. Because the action in and of itself is neither right or wrong. And so, two different people could ask us the same questions, and we'd say to one, "Better to go." And we would say to the other, "Better not to go." You getting a sense of..."
Woman: "Ah huh."
Abraham: "And it's not the action that is always right or wrong, it's the alignment of energy that it provides for you. So we would say to you, say things like this to yourself, "I've never liked to take medicine, I'm always stubborn. I want to be in control of my own experience. I want to do it on my own. That is my ultimate goal. But for now, I must not be really ready to do that or I would not have gotten out of balance in terms of my blood pressure to begin with. And because I'm sort of hooked into the belief system of those who are around me and the family who's gone before me, I guess I've got some fear factors around that, which means I guess my vibration is out of whack around that. And so, I suppose I'm better off to just take the darn stuff for now, temporarily. " And, do you feel how when you call it temporarily, it soothes you a little bit? "And in the meantime, why I'll let this medicine bring me into balance, and I'll know that it does in part. As I allow this medicine to bring me into balance, meanwhile, I'll be working on my attitude of well being. I'll be dealing with some of the issues that have been bothering me. I'll reach for the thought that feels better and reach for the thought that feels better. So at the same time the medicine is assisting me in whatever way it does, I'll be lining up my
Energy. And at some point, down the road, I may be ready to just release it all together."
Woman: "Very good."
Abraham: "And I'll know it I'll know it, when it's time. Because when it's time and I ask the question and I release it easily, then I'll know that it's right and then when my blood pressure maintains its balance even without it. Then I'll have confirmation that I was right." You see?"
Woman: "Yes. Ok."
Abraham: "The most important thing that we want you to hear, is that there's so many people that are so accustomed to saying, "well, it's this way or it's this way." So there are the nutritionists that are fighting the holistic approach, and we say, it all works in different ways, for different people. And all of its has its place, otherwise, it would not exist. But when you decide that you're going to push against something, just for the sake of pushing against it, all you're doing is shooting yourself in the foot."
Woman: "Yeah, that is right."
Abraham: "And so, if we were standing you your physical shoes, we would make friends with the medical community. Not because they're good or bad. But because you are a lover and when you are appreciating, your energy is aligned. In other words, all this represents.. .we think that it's a bigger issue for you. and we're going to just ramble a little bit about what we're feeling. And you can feel the confirmation as it happens with you as we speak it."
Woman: "OK."
Abraham: "We feel that you are wanting very much to have your independence. And to know your own personal well being. And, while you appreciate the help others give you, you really would rather just be the controller of your own experience. And it has always irritated you when one thing or the other seems that it is not allowing you to do that. And so, this for you, this is more of an issue of power than it is anything else."
Woman: "Ah, huh!"
Abraham: "In other words, it...and, and, and the person you are most mad at is yourself for feeling powerless, you see?"
Woman: (laughing) "That's true! That's true!
Abraham: "And so, what you're wanting to do is just recognize that "Hey, I've done the best that I knew how to do, as I'm going along the way like everybody else does and so here I stand and bless this medical community because here they are, helping me get back into balancing somewhat, whole I'm really learning how to get into balance. They're sort of helping me out here, and I'm willing to play their silly game because...not only is this the game of me knowing my own ability to stay well in my own body, it's the game of me coming to love others who think they hold power over me." Now think about what we're saying here. This is really big. It's very important for all of you to hear. There are always others that would have you do things that you don't want to do. It's sort of the way of the contrasting world in
which you are all focused. Of course, they have not power in your experience. You hold all the power. And, they work really hard at trying to convince you that they have the power. And so you resent them needing to know that they have the power. And what we're saying to you is, they don't
have the power. You have the power. But don't try to hard, to convince them they don't have it, and they'll leave you alone!"
Audience: (Laughing)
Abraham: "In other words, just stand back and in your knowing, know that nobody can vibrate for you, nobody can disallow the Energy but you. In other words, they can have opinions, opinions, opinions about what you should do, none of that has any affect upon you. Unless you stand here, resenting their opinion, And when you stand here resenting their opinion, now you're using them as your excuse for not allowing the energy to flow. And that's what this is ALL about here, you see?"
Woman: "OK."
Abraham: "Be easy about it. have fun with it. Let it unfold. Love everybody. Not because they deserve to be loved, but because you are a lover. In other words, see some gruesome, terrible thing and say to the person offering it, "I love you." Whether they can hear you or not, and then when they're not listening, say, "not because you're lovable, but because I'm a lover!" It feels so much better for me, to give you the benefit of the doubt and to love you, than it does for me to use as my excuse to pinch off the energy, that I've chosen to love you."
Woman: "That's so beautiful... thank you."

Quotes on Vibrational Escrow

2009-04-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

When you slumber and your consciousness re-emerges back into the non-physical perspective, we don't mean that you take your earth-bound perspective and you go be an angel during the night. We mean that you withdraw your focus which means you stop your resistance which means you become your Inner Being who likes to think about what you are living here in this life. When you slumber and you become one with your Inner Being, what you and your Inner Being do is plan your future experience and revel in what's out there in your vibrational escrow.
San Antonio TX, 4/23/05

You've got to start using a different criteria as what you use in your powerful now to make your decision to turn to. You have got to make a new decision! We would encourage the new decision to be *How does it feel?*Better stated: What does my Inner Being think about it?Better stated: What thought I could think now would bring me into vibrational alignment with my Inner Being? Better stated: What thought could I think right now that would cause me to go with the flow instead of against the flow? Better stated: what thought could I think right now that would be a match
to all the wonderful things that are waiting for me in Vibrational Escrow? Hmmm, I think I'll go this way...
North Las Angeles 8/5/06B

You have in your vibrational escrow all those things you want, and you could pick any one thing on the planet that's going wrong or in your life and give it your undivided attention, and you could keep all of those things that you want from happening because you've activated such a vibration of lack over this one thing. Isn't that interesting? Because whatever it is that you use as your excuse to offer your vibration, sets the tone for your point of attraction. Haven't you noticed that the the worse it gets, the worse it gets for awhile, until you come to your senses? And the better it gets, the better it gets, until you fall back into your old habits?
In other words, haven't you noticed that you can get on a run where you're feeling really good and things just get better and better and better and then some old person shows up in your life or something happens and you get re-focused or you watch CNN or you go to the movie on Global Warming and you have sort of a Resistance Relapse?
[Audience laughter.]
San Rafael, CA, 7-22-07

The economy is expanding because of the ideas you have. Everything you have lived every day of your life has put a fortune into vibrational escrow and there is no shortage of money there. There is as much money as you can teach yourself to expect that is there!The Source has given it's undivided attention to the expanded version of life for ALL for you, and when you don't, you don't feel good. Don't blame it on them being jealous of you. You're not lining up with who you have become and you've GOT to if you're ever to feel good again.
San Antonio 11/11/06

You have put a magnificent vibrational escrow together that you MUST satisfy, or you can't feel good. In other words, there's no denying it. You have NO CHOICE but to move in the direction of who you are. It's NOT POSSIBLE for you to stay put and keep doing what you're doing and continue to feel good. You just can't do that.
And people who do stay, who subvert the way they feel, who deny the way they feel, who don't allow themselves to go in the direction of who they have become, they don't live very joyful lives.
Alaska, 7-08-07A

Putting teens in a position light question...

2009-04-07T10:34:00.000-07:00

ABRAHAM: It's not your job to make someone else vibrate. It's only your job to vibrate.
QUESTION: Does that also apply to parents raising rebellious teenagers--where they haven't had their own full life and maturity?
ABRAHAM: Oh, even more so. [laughter from the audience]
QUESTION: How should parents deal with guiding their children and their children's free will?
ABRAHAM: Yes, big topic isn't it? We'll give you the big picture here, and then we'll leave you to work out the details--which is the way it has always been. That's the joy of life. Here's the big picture. Here are these energies coming forth--these new beings coming into these bodies--these old beings coming into these new bodies with new fresh eagerness to experience. And here's the generation before them and one the before that and the one before that who have been banging around, who now greet this new clump of spirits saying, "Oh boy, if you knew what we KNOW." And they're saying, "Oh, no, we've come forth to remind you of what you've forgotten." And they're saying (the adults), "Oh if you only knew what we know. We need to tell you the paths we've been down so that we can prepare you for that path." And they say, "No, we have a different path. We have a different path. Our path is different." And they (the adults) say, "No, your path is the same is ours, and it has been hard in this way and this way."
What we are getting at here is that the generation gap will always be because it is divine. You come forth with a fresh eagerness and invincibility and a desire to examine the contrast without the biases that have been bogging everyone else down. Feel what it feels like to be born into this perfect environment with all of this to choose from and then have someone say, "Don't choose that. Don't choose that. That's a bad thing. That's a bad thing." What they are wanting to say to you is, "I have a
guidance system within me, and it isn't possible for me to choose wrong because if you will leave me alone, my intuition will let me know this feels better than this, and this feels better than this."
So as a parent who is understanding the law of attraction and the guidance system that is born within your children, what you are wanting to do--you have one goal and one goal only, and that is to be a catalyst, to assist them in connecting to their source. So much parenting happens from the place of seeing the child where you don't want them to be or where they may not want to be--and then as you see them there, losing your connection from source and then trying to guide them from your disconnected place. Every law, every rule in your universe whether it is secular or sacred comes from that place of disconnection. You have never made a good law, because every one of them has come from a guarded place of being more aware of what you do not want. What you are wanting to do is to understand that they have guidance within them--that if they are in tune with it, it will always serve them. Let your children know that you trust them. In other words, you are wanting to serve as an empowerer. The way to know how you are doing is to ask yourself, "Which feels better--that' s how your guidance system let's you know how well you're doing at fulfilling your intentions. So, which feels better? Your child is a teenager going off with a group of teenagers and you don't know who they are or what they've been doing on the Internet or what they have been thinking about. You don't know. So off they go. Which
feels better? To assume the worst or to assume the best? Which feels better? To be suspicious and to think they are sneaking around doing things they are not admitting to you, or to acknowledge that they have guidance within them and they know their own limits and that they are testing their own boundaries and they are discovering about themselves? Which feels better? To fear for them so that you lock them up and contain them and keep them from having experiences which might lead them astray, or to let them have experiences, trusting that is the only way they are going to get their sea legs, and that they cannot truly learn about life if they are not allowed to live life? Which feels better? To assume they have no guidance system whatsoever because they are too stupid--and so you need to make rules and then enforce them--or to understand they've got guidance within them that is with them every single moment and that if they had been encouraged by you to trust how smart they are, they would always make the right decision at the right time? Which feels better? To speak to them in these terms--"Now I know I'm older and wiser than you are and you really don't have enough experience to make the right decision, so go forth timidly and don't do anything without asking me," or to say to them, "You are born as a brilliant being with a guidance system and you have a smorgasbord to choose from and I'm exhilarated by what is before you and I know the decisions you make will always be appropriate for you." Which feels better? Ask them to live by your standards (which never worked for you)--where you say, "Here I stand in my perfection," or to say to them, "You never get it done--every place you stand there's going to be something more you want. And you have the potential to achieve anything you want." Which feels better? To limit them or to offer them expansion? Which feels better? To trust them or to doubt them? Which feels better? To love them or to worry about them? In other words, these are simple choices. Sometimes you say, "But Abraham, you don't understand the times in which we are living." And we say, "Of course we understand the times in which you are living. It's always been the same. There have always been those things you want and those things you don't want--and those things you want for your children and those things you don't want for your children. But the law of attraction has always been the same--when you say NO to anything, you are
including it in your vibration. So when you say NO to your children, NO you must not do that, what you are doing is making very sure that they are including in their vibration the very thing that you do not want them to include their vibration." And most of the time, they feel that. They may not know what is happening. They just know this dialogue with Dad or this dialogue with Mom does not feel good, and they want more than anything just to get out of that vibrational range. And they will go to any lengths usually to do it. And then you say, "My children are deceiving me. My
children are not minding me. My children are not respecting me." And we say, "Your children are following the guidance that is coming forth from within them, and if you will know that and trust that and encourage that and support that, you will find your children living expansive, exciting lives that will thrill you every step along their path."
What is the very worst thing that could happen to anyone? They could get disconnected from source energy. More parents are doing the very worst thing that could happen to their children through their negative expectations. Think about your own experience. Which do you prefer? Do prefer to be trusted or doubted? It's easy, isn't it? Do you prefer to be appreciated or criticized? Do you like it best when somebody sees your magnificent potential, or when they see you screwing up? What do you like amplified back to you? Your positive aspects or your negative aspects? So
as you acknowledge which feels better, which feels better--and then you always do that which feels better in relation to anyone who matters to you--you will always be the catalyst you were born to be--the catalyst to connect them to source energy.
Abraham Workshop Boulder, June 5 & 6

Willingness

2009-04-07T10:28:00.000-07:00

We want you to be IRRATIONAL in your willingness to produce personal relief in your belly. And as you do that, that means you will consistently be releasing resistance, which means all that time that you've been living all that stuff you're not the only one that has put this magnificent business out there in your vibrational future. Billions of people around the planet have put this magnificent business out there in the future of so many of you, you see.
Don't use your rationale to line up with it. Use the power of your ability to direct your thought.You line up with your dreams about this, and the Universe will find a way to carve out a niche for you. And anybody standing back and watching you will say, It is amazing what's going on with you. This doesn't happen to anyone.And we say, Happens to everyone who is irrationally able to induce their own relief. [audience applause]

Buffalo, NY, 5-29-07

Vortex Quote

2009-04-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

Q: So if I get in that vortex and I feel that, when does the action have to take place?
A: Spoken like someone not in there yet. Because when you get in there, those kinds of questions don't occur to you. In other words, that's a question spoken from an absence of what I want. But when you get in there, you're so busy having rendezvous, you're so busy recognizing the beauty of your life, you're so busy hooking up, you're so busy following the trail to the next exciting thing that you don't want to know when's it all going to get there because it's coming to you so fast and so steadily and so satisfyingly. ..

San Diego, 1/10/09

What You Think Of Yourself Is What You Think Of The World

2009-04-06T06:03:00.000-07:00

Wayne Dyer
How do you see the world you live in? What do you think people in general are really like? Do you believe that evil is triumphing over good? Is the world filled with egocentric, selfish people? Can the little guy ever get ahead? Are government entities and all their representatives corrupt and untrustworthy? Is life unfair? Is it impossible to get ahead if you don't have connections?
All of these attitudes emerge from your own assessment of your personal interaction with life. If your thoughts reflect a pessimistic view of the world, then that's actually how you feel about yourself. If your thoughts reflect an optimistic view of the world, then that's how you feel about your life. Whatever attitude you have about the world in general is a good indicator of the respect you have for your abilities to intend into this world what you desire. Pessimism strongly suggests that you don't subscribe to the idea that you can access the power of intention to help you create your own blissful reality. I recall hearing the following conversation after the events of 9/11 in New York City. A grandfather was talking to his grandson, telling him, "I have two wolves barking inside of me. The first wolf is filled with anger, hatred, bitterness and mostly revenge. The second wolf inside of me is filled with love, kindness, compassion and mostly forgiveness."
"Which wolf do you think will win?" the young boy inquired.
The grandfather responded, "Whichever one I feed."
There are always two ways to look at the conditions of our world. We can see the hate, prejudice, mistreatment, starvation, poverty and crime and conclude that this is a horrible world. We can feed this barking wolf and see more and more of what we despise. But this will only fill us with the same things that we find so malignant. Or we can look at the world from a position of self love and self-respect and see the improvements that have been made in race relations in our lifetime; the fall of so many dictatorships, lower crime rates, the dismantling of the atrocious apartheid systems, the elevated consciousness of the environmental movement and the desire on the part of so many to rid our world of nuclear weapons and instruments of mass destruction. We can remind ourselves that for every act of evil in the world, there are a million acts of kindness and we can then feed the second wolf that barks from a position of hope for humanity. If you see yourself as a divine creation, you'll look for this in your world view and the gloom-and-doom naysayers will have no impact on you and your self-respect.
When you have a gloomy picture of what the world looks like, you're unreceptive to the potential assistance that's there to help you with your own individual intentions. Why would others want to come to your aid when you view them as contemptible? Why would the universal force be attracted to that which repels it? How could a world that's so corrupt ever be of assistance to someone who has noble intentions? The answers to these questions are obvious. You attract into your life what you feel inside. If you feel that you're not worthy of being respected, you attract disrespect. This weak self-respect is the result of an exceptionally rusty link to the field of intention. This link must be cleansed and purified and that takes place within your own mind. Without high esteem for yourself, you shut down the entire process of intention. Without unflagging self-respect, the process of intention is operating at the lowest levels. The universal field of intention is love, kindness and beauty, which it has for all that it brings into the material world. Those who wish to replicate the works of the universal all-creating mind must be in harmony with the attributes of love, kindness and beauty. If you disrespect anyone or anything that God creates, you disrespect that creative force. You are one of those creations. If you view yourself disrespectfully, you've forsaken, cast aside or at the very least, sullied your connection to the power of intention. It's important that you recognize that your entire world view is based on how much respect you have for yourself. Believe in infinite possibilities and you cast a vote for your own possibilities. Stand firm on the potential for humans to live in peace and be receptive to all and you're someone who's at peace and receptive to life's possibilities. Know that the universe is filled with abundance and prosperity and is available to everyone and you come down on the side of having that abundance show up for you as well. Your level of self regard must come from your knowing within yourself that you have a sacred connection. Let nothing shake that divine foundation. In this way, your link to intention is cleansed and you always know that self-respect is your personal choice. It has nothing to do with what others may think of you. Your self-respect comes from the self and the self alone.
The self in self-respect
Perhaps the greatest mistake we make, which causes a loss of self-respect, is making the opinions of others more important than our own opinion of ourselves. Self respect means just what it says - it originates from the self. This self originated in a universal field of intention that intended you here - from the infinite formless state to a being of molecules and physical substance. If you fail to respect yourself, you're showing contempt for the process of Creation. You'll find no shortage of opinions directed at you. If you allow them to undermine your self-respect, you're seeking the respect of others over your own and you're abdicating yourself. Then you're attempting to reconnect to the field of intention with low-energy attitudes of judgment, hostility and anxiety. You'll cycle into low energy vibrations that will simply force you to attract more and more of these lower energies into your life. Remember, it's high energy that nullifies and converts lower energy. Light eradicates darkness; love dissolves hate. If you've allowed any of those lower negative thoughts and opinions directed your way to become the basis of your self-portrait, you're asking the universal mind do the same. Why? Because at the high frequencies, the universal Source of intention is pure creativeness, love, kindness, beauty and abundance. Self-respect attracts the higher energy. Lack of self-respect attracts the lower. It knows no other way. The negative viewpoints of others represent their low-energy ego working on you. Very simply, if you're judging anyone, you aren't loving them at that moment. The judgments coming your way, likewise, are unloving but have nothing to do with your self-respect. Their judgments (and yours as well) distance you from your Source and therefore away from the power of intention. As my friend and colleague Gerald Jampolsky observed, "When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge." This is how you return to the self in self-respect. Rather than judging those who judge you, thereby lowering your self-respect, you send them a silent blessing of forgiveness and imagine them doing the same toward you. You're connecting to intention and guaranteeing that you'll always respect the divinity that you are. You've cleared the path to be able to enjoy the great power that is yours in the field of intention
Excerpted from The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way

Should He Submit to Diagnostic Medical Tests?

2009-04-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

Guest: I have a homeopathically oriented doctor who's aware of Energy; he's a good doctor. Recently I went to a routine checkup, and he said, "You know, you're looking good, but we had a mutual friend who had created cancer for himself. Why don't we do some blood tests on you?" And I said, okay.
Abraham: "Let's not assume Well-being, let's look for trouble."
Guest: Right. And so, I said, "Okay, is there anything up?" He said, "No, you're getting to the age where it'd be good to have blood tests and check these things out." And I was going, "Okay." Abraham: Because, "That is the purpose of my existence, you see." (And we do not mean this unkindly, we are certain that this is a very well meaning person.) "I have spent many years putting myself in the place where this is the way I interface with you. And while it seems that everything is perfect with you, shouldn't we probe a little deeper in order to satisfy my reason for existence?" If a doctor gives you a test when you're locked off, the results will be very different than the test he gives you when you're locked on. You take the test and you call it reality. And we say it was a snapshot of a moment in time, and it doesn't have anything to do with anything except where you were in that moment. Except, once you get the test, you focus upon it more. As you focus upon it more, it holds you in that vibration longer. As it holds you in that vibration longer -- you disallow the Well-being longer. As you disallow the Well-being longer, then there is another test. In other words, we would not take the first test.
Guest: Well, that's my point. I haven't decided to do it.
Abraham: Well, here's the criteria. "Do I take this test from a locked on or locked off position?" Guest: Why do I need to take it? If I know that the way I need to show up in life is be as locked on as I can -- choose the thought that feels better -- why do I need to take it, in the first place? Abraham: Because his vibration might be more dominant in the moment. He might have more Energy revved up around necessity of tests...?
Guest: No, I'm fine with telling him no.
Abraham: So then, let's put this in a very clear place: Does the idea of the test lock me on or lock me off? There's a question about this?
Guest: The idea seems neutral. I think that most everything is going to be fine, but I was thinking, Well, if a result came back and said "Oh, your cholesterol's too high," or "Oh, we need to check this out." I'm pretty good at being aware of where I'm putting my attention. But still, suddenly my attention may go somewhere where it hasn't been. So, am I fooling myself by not wanting to go there?
Abraham: You've invested so much in this, you might as well have taken the test. And we want these to be quicker decisions. We don't want you to struggle, because the test, in and of itself, is a non-issue. The tests, or even what they might produce, in terms of results, are non-issues. Even if the tests said, you've got 14 things that people die from, it's a non-issue. Because all that is, is a registering of whether you're locked on or locked off, in the moment. If you have some negative emotion and you don't realize what it means -- so you don't reach for a thought that feels better and allow the Energy to flow -- don't worry about it, the negative emotion's going to get bigger. And if you still don't recognize it, it will get bigger. Until eventually there is something tangible, something measurable, that is still only an indication of being locked off your signal. It wouldn't matter to us; it wouldn't matter to you, either, if you'd come back and said, "I went to the most renowned doctor tester of physical bodies in the world and he's giving me these horrible, horrible, horrible results," we would say, "Well, what's that got to do with anything?" You say, "Well Abraham, don't you understand, according to these tests I'm really, really, really, sick." And we say, "No. According to these tests you're really, really, really, locked off your signal. Choose another thought, and get locked back on -- and all of that will go away." You say, "Oh, but I don't think I want to get locked on. I think I would rather study the results of these tests for a really long time, and continue to use them as my excuse..." You're getting the sense of what we are talking about? The health test, the snapshot in time, does not matter -- because in the next moment you can lock back onto your signal and allow the Well-being to flood back into your experience. Where you are is only the platform from which you desire and then allow. And that's why you can never get it wrong, because in the next moment you have a different desire, a more emphatic desire, a more specifically focused desire, which you have the ability to allow. You just have to get it that you have the ability to allow -- and that allowing always feels good. So then, all that other stuff that people are all worried about becomes inconsequential. The only question is, "Does it lock me on or does it lock me off?" Period. It's well intentioned. They have a business. They want to be of value to you. They've been taught by the society at large that the society at large does not understand their ability to be well, otherwise everybody would be. And that there are people that are wanting wellness and don't know how to get there. It's all co-creation. The doctor would not exist if it were not for the people who do not believe in their own ability to be well. The range of thought is the range of thought that you hold. And you do not have access to those bright happy fluffy thoughts over there when you are messing around in resistant thoughts that are depressing or angry in nature. So the best you can do is just reach for the least angry thought that you can find. But you're not going to find a joyful thought in your range. Law of Attraction says that it is not possible. So you reach for the best feeling thought that you can find, and it's not that much better than the worst feeling thought, in reality -- but there is a distinction between the worst thought and a better feeling thought. So as you find a better feeling thought and you deliberately focus upon it (or even put your brain on pause for a moment while your vibration catches up with the higher vibration) that better feeling thought will then be the mid-range thought, and the terrible thought, now, is slightly out of range, and a little bit better feeling thought is in range. So now you reach for the best feeling thought, and even though it's not all that great, it does feel better than that one over there -- so you hold it for as little as 17 seconds -- and now it becomes the mid-range vibration. Which means, that really uncomfortable thought is gone altogether -- and a much better feeling thought is coming into view. Can you see how the exact opposite of that happens when you're looking for trouble: You're a little unhappy; you've been locked off; you've got something that's bothering you; you're not allowing your Well-being. So, you don't feel as peppy as you usually do, or your joints are hurting, or something. And so, you begin thinking about it, you begin talking about it, and then somebody says you might go have that checked. Can you see how you're reaching for a less good thought and a less good thought, and a less good thought? And then they say, let's take some tests. So, which way is that going? How many days for the results of the test to come back, and what's the condition of your mind during that time? More locked on, or more locked off? It's really easy to see how, little by little, you teach each other, how to lock off your signal. You're looking at the statistics of the world of people whose vibrational patterns you know not, looking at the results of their vibrational patterns as manifestations, and then you're saying, "That could happen to me!" And we say, that is the symptom of being locked off. If you're not locked off, it could not happen to you. And you say, "Well, I worry about it." And we say, locked off. And you say, "And I know people that that's happened to." And we say, locked off. And you say, "Well, bad things do happen; there is a boogey man out there." And we say, locked off, locked off, locked off. You say, like Esther said, "But it's true!" as if speaking something that is true gives you a little latitude in your vibration. Finally you come to this place where you say, "True or not, other people experiencing it or not -- all of what everybody is living, and what everybody has always lived, has always been a combination of their locked on moments and their locked off moments." And every single time, if you're up close to somebody and you get to examine the content of their day in terms of their mood or attitude, you never, ever, under those conditions question what they're living. Because what they're living is so evident in what they're letting in or what they're not letting in. The more joyful you are, the more you thrive. It is just that simple. So we wouldn't spend too much time trying to scrutinize any particular sticking point. Get off of it. Go into a clear space, connect with Source Energy, and then if you want to revisit it from a better feeling place, that's fine. But we would not go looking for trouble at the doctor's office.
Guest: Well, I think what I'm going to do is probably not take the test, and then I'll loan him this tape and have him listen to it. See what he thinks.
Abraham: He won't like it. Here is the thing that we would say if you are really wanting to help someone that you care about who is in the medical profession. Ask this series of questions: Do you see different things happening to different people? "Yes." Do you see same solutions, medicines, surgeries, processes being offered to different people having different results? Answer is, of course, "yes". So can you see that there must be another underlying issue other than the face value of the behavior of the disease and the face value of the behavior of the solution? In other words, different people are getting different results from different things? "Yes, I can see that there must be some other factor." Are you among those who are coming to recognize that attitude has a lot to do with the healing process? Almost all would say, "yes". Is it logical to you that someone could find patterns of thought that hold them in such a place of resistance that no matter what you, as a physician, does for them, their illness still prevails? "Certainly, I've seen that," they would say. Can you accept that someone could have, by virtue of whatever they've been doing, a very powerful illness, and that somehow within the illness a strong desire could be born, and that somehow they could find a way of looking at it that would allow the wellness that defies all logic? "Yes, I've read of those things. I've seen those things." And then say, then I'd like you to hear this tape, because this tape is telling you why that happens.
Excerpted from the workshop in Los Angeles

A Perfect Me Would Look Like....?

2009-04-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

Question: So, basically, we can have whatever we want?Abraham: Yes, not basically, absolutely, undeniably, unequivocally, yes. Question: So, I'm wondering if you were physical... Abraham: We are. We've never stopped being physical. [You are?] Esther is alive. Jerry is alive. You are alive. In other words, we are Source Energy pouring through physical all of the time. Question: I was just wondering what it would look like if, if we had these skills perfectly down, if we were evolved to create deliberately, and we had the Art of Allowing down, what would it look like? Abraham: You would be someone who is fresh and light all of the time. You would be someone who others, who know you, would say, this person is always smiling and always happy. You would be someone who others would say, it seems like all she has to do is lightly suggest something, and next time I turn around it's in her experience. It would be like passion and adventure, and eagerness just rotating in your experience. You would vacillate between joy and contentment and exhilaration and love and satisfaction, and eagerness. It's a wonderful state of being. You would feel confident. In other words, as we would say, what's your dominant vibration? Are you secure or insecure? Secure. Are you happy or sad? Happy. Are you exhilarated or defeated? Exhilarated. Are you flexible or tense? Flexible. In other words, your answers would all reflect the joyful state of being that you found. In other words, when you are allowing, all the time, the Pure Positive Energy that is You flowing through, you would feel great.Do I have all of the answers to all of the questions? Or am I still seeking? Still seeking. Am I frustrated that I don't know everything right now? No, I'm happy to allow it to unfold. Because I understand that I can't get it wrong, and I never get it done. And the reason I can't get it wrong is because I never get it done. Because if I stand in a place that doesn't feel right, all I have to do is conjure a Virtual Reality that feels righter, and it becomes that. It feels like appreciation of what I see. It feels like the world revolves around me. It feels like everywhere I go, there are people that are a vibrational match to the best of that which I've conjured. It feels like joy abounding. It feels like, things that others worry about is in some other Universe altogether, because I see no evidence of it. I'm so in alignment with who I am, and so in alignment with who I really am from Source--and so eager about unfolding. So, would I only be standing in a place that has been perfected, by others' standards? No, I would not ever be standing in any perfect place. I'd be standing in a diverse place where I am evoking the perfection that is pleasing me. It's like the chef in a well-stocked kitchen would not say (a Virtual Reality chef, in a Virtual Reality well-stocked kitchen) in other words, this Source Energy chef would not say, "I don't want those things in my pie, so get them out of the kitchen." He would say, "Allow all things that anybody might like in any pie, and I'll just select from this well-stocked kitchen the things that please me in my pie. And who knows? My taste in pies may evolve. So it may serve me some day that that other stuff is there. For I am a growing chef," he would say. "I am never stagnant or dormant, I'm always reaching for something new." Actually, it would not be so different from that which you are already knowing. You are so close to this connected Being. It's not a big stretch for any of you. It's just a little tweaking of the mindset, that's all. What we notice is, you come wanting things manifested that you do not have. And then you line up your Energy and they begin manifesting. And then, in the near future, we will have classes on demanifestation, or on sorting it, at least: "How to sort and catalog my manifestations so that they do not overwhelm me." That will be the subject of the next series of workshops. Good.
Excerpted from the workshop in El Paso, TX

To Deactivate Unwanted Vibrations?

2009-04-05T23:39:00.000-07:00

So the word, Dominant, is a word we want you to hook up with here today. "What is my Dominant Vibration?" Another word is activated. So, there is this thing I do not want, and I say, "I don't want you in my experience." But as I give my attention to this thing that I do not want, I have activated it--because attention to it activates the vibration of it in me.So I say, "I'm going to deactivate you." You can't do it. You can't deactivate something, because the whole time your attention is focused on this thing you want to deactivate, you are activating it. The only way you can deactivate something is by withdrawing your attention from it, because as long as it's got your attention, it's activated. To deactivate unwanted, just activate wanted. That's the point of a Virtual Reality in which you activate things that feel good. You activate vibrations that feel good, until those are the activated, Dominant Vibrations within you, which makes it less likely that you will activate one of those others. What becomes dominant within you becomes dominant within you. That's not to say that you don't have some old issues that you've been dragging around that are not activated all the time--but when they come up, you know they've come up. Often, you say, "Well, I've got this issue. I'm going to wrestle it to the ground and kill it." And we say, "No you're not; you're going to make it more alive in your vibration. You're going to give it your attention; you're going to activate it within you, and then, what is Law of Attraction going to do? It's going to help you remember more things just like it. It's going to bring to you other people that have that same issue activated. It's going to rendezvous you with magazine articles, television programs; it's going to hook you up with all kinds of things like that that are already activated--and you're going to have the experience that you do not want, because you cannot deactivate something that you are trying to deactivate." Trying to deactivate it--activates it. Nice to know, isn't it? So, how do you deactivate this thing you do not want? By activating something else. So if I have sickness that I want to deactivate, should I focus upon the subject of a well body? We wouldn't, because when you focus upon the subject of a well body, you're going to activate your Dominant Vibration. When you pick up on the subject of my body, or my health, and the Dominant Vibration is one of worry and concern, then whenever you try to work on feeling better, you just activate the vibration right where it is. So that's why we don't want you to go to Hawaii and work on your body. Because if, in the Virtual Reality, you go there, you're on the beach, the sun is shining, you're taking a walk, you feel wonderful. But then, as soon as you think, "I'm going to get my body back in shape," your visualization goes south--because what you've just done is reactivated the already troublesome vibration. So that's why we say, "Get in, feel good, and get out. Get in, feel good, get out. Get in, feel good, get out" So you string enough of that "get in, feel good," together, and you feel so good that you have, for a period of time, deactivated whatever it is that's been troubling you--and then you begin to get improvement. But then when people say, "What are you doing? How did you achieve this improvement?" And then you think about the issue, and the improvement begins to wane, right away, because your old friends have helped you activate the very thing that you do not want. So you just keep practicing and practicing, and practicing, until you're sure-footed. You can get so you can smell it coming from a mile away. You get so you can feel it coming in a conversation. You get so you head things off. And just as you get in, feel good, and get out in your visualizations, you begin to do that with phone calls, too. Your meetings with one another become briefer. You get in, you feel good; if the conversation starts taking you someplace you don't want to go--you get out. You become addicted to your Source. You become so enlivened with feeling the way that is natural to you, that then, all that other stuff becomes a non-issue. You don't have to protect yourself from it. You couldn't if you tried. You've just deactivated it, and it is a non-issue for you. So things that are troubling others... and they try to trouble you... They send you pictures in the mail, troubling things about the environment or about animals or about children, or about anthrax. In other words, they send you worrisome things. And you don't take them and tear them up in little pieces and set them on fire, and activate them. They're a non-issue. They don't have anything to do with you. They don't fire you up. They don't worry you. They are a non-issue, because the issues that matter to you are so activated. You don't push against anything--because pushing against it activates it within you.
Excerpted from the workshop in Chicago, IL

An Emotional Journey From Fear to Hope

2009-04-05T23:20:00.000-07:00

Abraham: It is good to come together for the purpose of co-creating, do you agree? You are knowing what you are wanting? An evolving thing? Are you enjoying the expansion and clarification of your own desire?
It's the most important question that you want to be able to sincerely answer yes to, because expansion is what we are all about… We cannot cease expansion. The variety will always inspire within you the new idea, and that new idea will always generate a vibration in you—it always will. And so, as that new idea is vibrating within you, you could call it preference, or a desire, or a thought, but as it begins its own expansion, its vibration causes within you something that belongs to you; it's something that you must align with because if you don't, there will be discord in your vibration. And so, you just can't run around in your physical world and look here, there and everywhere—taking no deliberate care to vibrate purposefully—and be assured that it will cause you perfect alignment with your Source Energy, because your Source Energy has specific characteristics: Your Source Energy is non-resistant in nature. Your Source Energy doesn't push against anything. Your Source Energy is a high frequency, non-resisted, Pure Positive Energy vibration. So, when you get crossways of your Source Energy, you feel it, and that is what negative emotion is. Negative emotion is your indicator that somehow you got crossways of your Source Energy vibration. We want you to understand the vibrational content of the thoughts that cause different feelings within you. And we want to show you how, with far less effort than it takes you to learn Quick Books on your computer, you can remember your alignment with who-you-are, and utilize it on a day-to-day, moment-to-moment, basis, and bring yourself consistently into alignment with that steady stream of Well-Being that is offering itself to you and through you in every moment of your life. We want you to let that be not only something that you are aware of, but the most important thing that you are aware of. Because when you begin to feel your way through your thoughts, when you begin to realize that you have options about the thoughts that you activate and entertain—then you will be the Deliberate Creator of your own experience.
As long as you think you don't have a choice about what you think because you don't have a choice about the circumstances that surround you, then you are like a cork bobbing on a raging sea, going wherever it bounces you. But when you understand that you have options, choices in every moment, on every subject, then you begin to make those choices because of the way those choices feel as you make them. And now, you are using the Guidance that comes forth from within you to guide you to the Well-Being; to the prosperity; to the love of self and others; to the experience that you knew you would have—the experience that is possible for all—to the experience that really is only experienced by those who come to understand the Art of Allowing.
So, it is good for you to reach for some thoughts that give you some relief from the discord or resistance that you have presently going on, for with each attempt at reaching for a thought that feels better, you release more resistance. And as you release more resistance, you fill back up with who-you-are, and your thriving resumes. And we want to really emphasize the word "resumes," because thriving is always the dominant part of your experience. But, we will acknowledge that some of you are going to have to croak before you resume thriving, (Fun!) because some of you have pinched it off pretty good. Some of you have developed some powerful habits of thought. Some of you have developed some strong enemies that you take great delight in every day pushing very hard against. And some of you thrive on some subjects and suffer on others. You have different vibrational frequencies, depending upon the subject at hand that is activated. But we want you to know that you have access to Guidance that will lead you always in the direction of your thriving on all subjects. But you've got to figure out which direction is going toward your objective, and which direction is going away from your objective. And before you can do that, you've got to figure out what your objective is. So many of you have come to the place where you think if it feels good, there might be something wrong with it. (Fun!) And if there's a lot of struggle and suffering in it, then it's virtuous. And we say, you must have been allowing yourself to be guided by someone else who would benefit by your doing whatever they ask you to do in your struggle. Because it is our promise to you that you cannot have a happy ending to an unhappy journey; it cannot be. It is illogical. It defies the Laws of the Universe.
Law of Attraction says, that which is like unto itself is drawn. Which means, you cannot achieve a vibrational frequency with something unwanted (which is evidenced by the negative emotion that you feel as you embrace the thought) and be on your way to something that you want—it's not possible —it defies all logic and all Law.
So, as you begin to pay attention to your emotions—as you begin to reacquaint yourself consciously with your own Guidance System—what begins to happen to you is, you not only consistently reconnect with the Source Energy that is You, but you begin to take what we call the Emotional Journey. You begin to discover the art of shifting vibration, and therefore shifting the way you feel, which is delicious because you feel good all the time. And then, the big bonus (not from ours, so much, but from your point of view) is, manifestation acquiesces around the vibration that you've discovered. So, let us clarify the difference between the Action Journey that so many of you seem to be embarking upon, and the Emotional Journey, which is guidance from within: If someone is sick, really sick, (they've got one of those big labels "incurable" attached to them, maybe more than one) and of course they want to be well. The Action Journey goes something like this… "I have to find out what's wrong with me. I have to find a specialist who has done the most leading edge research, because the research that exists says that this is not curable. So, I need a specialist who's willing to take some risks and be out there on the leading edge, and that's going to take a lot of money. So, I need to get together with large groups that can gather resources. But I need to get involved in the political format so that I can get the laws passed that will allow the research and attract the funding that I need in order to discover the cure to this thing that I've got. "And then, I have to find a doctor who has learned the skill and is capable of administrating it. And then, I need the resources so that I can apply this specific medical procedure to me, and I need the resources so that I can stop doing whatever I've been doing that makes the money I've been making, that makes my life go 'round." And we say, oh, just shoot me in the head now. (Fun!) In other words, there is so much that needs to be done, and so many obstacles and so many reasons to feel defeated, and so many reasons to realize that it's not going to happen fast enough… Oh, and then, by the way, you've only got six months to live, anyway. (Fun!) That's the Action Journey. Now, granted, we did tilt it so that you wouldn't want to take that journey because we have a much better plan for you, and that is the Emotional Journey. An Emotional Journey says: I want to travel from fear to hope. That's it!
The Emotional Journey you can achieve in ten minutes with the right application of thought. The Emotional Journey is the journey where you just try to find a thought that feels better, and when you feel a little better, you have traveled a distance toward where you want to go. The Emotional Journey quantifies your journey. The Emotional Journey lets you know whether you're headed toward or away from your objective. Many people who are on their way to wellness get half-way there, and get discouraged because there is not manifestation, and turn around and head back toward illness. Many people on their way from financial disaster get nearly to where they want to be, where the manifestation is nearly about to show up, but because they take score about the manifestation, they get disoriented and discouraged and turn around and go back to not enough money. In every moment of your experience, as you have been banging around in this contrast, you have been launching preferences, and as these preferences are radiating from you, they are prepaving your future experience; they are going out like a heavenly rocket into your future experience, and Law of Attraction is lining up around them. And your future experience is being made for you before you approach it—that's why 99% of all creation is complete before you begin to see the physical evidence of it. So, most of what you're doing is an Emotional Journey. And if you're taking the Emotional Journey that feels lovely as you're taking it, not only do you enjoy the desert, and enjoy the journey, and see the vistas, and have a wonderful conversation and a very good time; but when you get there, you recognize it as that which you have been in alignment with all along. (That was good!)
It is our desire to show you how to take your Emotional Journey. We want to show you that if you are in depression, and you find anger, that you are on the right path because there is less resistance in anger than there was in depression. If you're in fear and you find anger, that relief—that your anger gives you—means you're headed in the right direction because there is less resistance in anger than there is in fear.
And even though much of the world would tell you that your anger is misplaced, (they would tell you that you should not be angry) you want to say to them, "You should be in here where I am! And if you were, you would know that this anger is better than where I was." And then they might say to you, "Yes, but you should have love in your heart." And then we want you to say to them, "I would like to have love in my heart, but right now, this anger is serving me fine, thank you. Because there's a big vibrational difference between anger and love, and I can't make that jump right now just because you tell me I should. I made the jump from despair or fear to anger, so I am on the right path. So, if you'll just excuse me, I wouldn't get around me too much for a few days because this anger is feeling pretty good. I might milk it. (Fun!) I'm going to move as quickly as I can into frustration and overwhelment. And from there, there's a possibility I could jump into humor and hope, and maybe even love… But for now, I'm doing the best I can."
You can't tell someone else the direction of their journey, because you don't know the details of the pre-paving that is calling them forth. You can't understand the vibrational mix of anyone but you. And when you try to guide someone from your vantage point, you are disallowing them their vantage point. You do not have to control conditions, nor can you—but you can feel better. And when you do feel better, you've shifted your vibrational point of attraction. And when you've shifted your vibrational point of attraction—you've shifted your life. So, are there problems in your future? Undoubtedly. But there are solutions right on the heels of them. You could close the gap between the problem and the solution so tightly that you would never even know there was a problem; your problems can be solved before they manifest—when you clean up your vibration. When you make it an Emotional Journey, you're solving problems today that could be in your future experience, and as you feel good now, you never have to walk through the problem—you just go from solution to solution, to solution. It doesn't matter if you're looking past, present or future—you're doing it now. There are people on the other side of the planet that are sleeping maybe, but it's still now. There are Non-physical Beings like us who have no time, but it's still now. In other words, now is now, is now, is now. And all of the Energy of all of the Planets, of all of the Universes, of all of the decades, of all of the centuries, of all of the years, of all of the beingness, of all of the consciousness, it is culminated into this now. It is a huge source and stream of knowledge and Energy and Well-Being, and it is all available to you now, now, now. So, the question that we want to put to you, is, what are you doing in your now? And you can tell by the way you feel: If you're angry, if you're frustrated, if you're petty, if you're jealous; if you're pushing against, if you're blameful, if you're critical—you are not in alignment with the resources of the Universe now.
So, as you make a decision: Nothing is more important than that I feel good, what begins to happen to you is, you begin to guide your thought, your every word, and your action. You guide your memory, you don't say, "This is how I grew up and therefore I have to deal with it and dig it up every day and suffer over it." You say, There were things in my past that were unpleasant, but there were things in my past that were pleasant—I will choose those that feel pleasant. Or, There are things in my now that I have imagined into the future that are awful, or there are things that I imagine in the future that are wonderful—I will focus upon those that are wonderful. But you can't jump vibrations all at once. So, stop beating up on yourself.
We want you to be willing and happy to make the jumps incrementally; we want your journey to be about the improvement about the way you feel. There's relief everywhere you go, and there's reward for you everywhere you go. Do not equate how you feel about something with how anybody else feels, because they're not in on your equation. You're not being compared to anyone. But there is an absolute comparison between the vibration of who-you-really-are, and the vibration of your moment. And it's your job, and only your job, to bring harmony to that.
You have to take the Emotional Journey, first. And when you decide to take the Emotional Journey on every subject that's important to you, you're going to discover—by tomorrow—how much better you can feel about things that you haven't been feeling good about, and in the moment that you change the way you feel, even the slightest bit, everything related to you, related to that subject, will begin to shift—and there will be evidence on your doorstep by the weekend. We have enjoyed this interaction immensely.
Excerpted from Abraham-Hicks Workshop Washington, DC

Why my life doesn't change?

2009-04-05T11:41:00.000-07:00

You keep beating this drum of where you are which holds you in vibrational harmony with the absence of things that you want - and then the things that you want can't come in because your vibrational offering is so much about what you don't want and not as much about what you do want.you become very good observers of what is and as you look around at what is you become very good historians of what is. You become documenters of what is, and regurgitators of what was so often you hold yourself in vibrational alignment with the past that you prefer, and with the past that you do not prefer.now is only the basis by which you determine what you want next and as you turn your attention to where you are going, rather than toward where you are and where you've been, then you stop beating the drum of WHAT IS so much and then things can change.

Why Your Life Sucks by Alan Cohen

2009-04-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

One afternoon an official-looking fellow showed up at my door and flashed an I.D. from the water department. “I just read your water meter,” he told me, “and I have to inform you that you have an unusually high usage this month.”
"High usage?”
“Yes, sir — about four times the usual amount.”
“Four times?”
“That’s right. Here are the numbers.”
I looked at the numbers. He wasn’t kidding.
“It’s our policy to let you know about this in case you have any leaks in your water system.”
Hmmm. No leaks I knew of. Maybe my tenant has been taking a lot of showers, I wondered. But 80,000 gallons of showers? Nope, he doesn’t even wash his dishes. I thanked the waterman and told him I’d try to conserve this month and hope the bill would come down next month.
A few days later I was sitting on my back porch when I noticed a puddle in the corner of the yard. That puddle had been there for a while, but I figured it was due to some heavy rain we’d had. But the rest of the lawn had dried up. The puddle was still there.
I poked my hand into the puddle. There was a pipe beneath it, and it was leaking. I can tell you exactly how much it was leaking: 80,000 gallons a month. If you are losing energy in the form of joy, health, money, or love, you have a leak in your system. There is no malevolent parasite that has invaded your world and is undermining you. Your leak is on your property, and as such you have access to repair it.
The entire game of life is about making the best use of your energy. The question is not, “Is there life after death?” The question is, “Is there life before death?” To answer this for yourself — and live it — you must quit doing things that deplete your energy and start doing things that expand it. Moses delivered Ten Commandments that point out how to accomplish this, but (a) Nobody wants to be commanded; (b) Charlton Heston’s bad makeup job undermined Moses’ credibility; and (c) Nobody has enough patience on the Internet to wait for ten commandments to download.
So here is everything you need to know to relocate from Suckville: Do what brings you life. Do not do what deadens you.
The reason you are not where you want to be is that you are doing things you do not want to do. If that sounds simple, it is. (One of the most popular tricks of power and control freaks is to hide in complexity. But the best answer to a problem is usually the simplest.) Sure, there are some things you have to do that you don’t want to do, but not as many as you are doing. Give yourself a break.If you took the energy you are wasting on things that suck and used it for things you love, what would you be doing differently?
When you invest your time and energy in stuff that drags you down, you die a little bit every day. Then your life force reduces to a dribble and you croak. Yet the Bible documents people who lived for hundreds of years, and there are people in remote regions today who live far past 100. Their lives are simpler and they do not fritter away their life force watching people hit each other over the head with chairs on Jerry Springer. They just live close to nature, eat yogurt, and develop meaningful relationships with llamas. So open your heart to a critter who won’t dump you on national television and you will live long enough to get a birthday card from the President.
While you may be very careful about what you pay for with your money, you are probably less careful about what you pay for with your attention. In the long run, how you spend your attention affects your life far more profoundly than how you spend your money.
Your attention is the strongest currency at your disposal.†If you squander it, your life will result in one big overdraft. If you invest it in things you value, you will collect interest big time æ and be interested along the way. Everything you do is an investment in more of the same. The illusion is that if you do something you don’t like long enough, it will go away. But the truth is that the more you get involved in something, the more involvement it leads to. (Ever own a boat?) If you truly enjoy something, dive in. If not, have the guts to walk away from what doesn’t serve you. There is no redeeming value in misery (unless you do timeshare presentations).
The hell you worry about going to is not nearly as bad as the fear of it that drives you to do things alien to your spirit. If you live from fear, you already are in hell. If you live from love, you create the meeting point of heaven and earth.

Why isn't the money here yet?!

2009-04-03T23:31:00.000-07:00

So as you are moving through your day and you notice that you have more desire or need for money than you actually have money and a big bill has come so you have this conflicting feeling where you want to spend it for this but you should spend it for this and even if you do pay it where it belongs there is not enough to really go around in the way you are wanting to. And in this frustrating moment of weighing the pros and cons of your experience, you fire off a rocket of desire big time. You've asked in a very powerful way but the answer, even though its given, is not received because you are more aware of not having enough money then you are of having enough money. In your anxiety you are not in the receiving mode, in your anger or blame or guilt you are not in the receiving mode. In your awareness of not enough money you are not in the receiving mode for enough money so more money cannot come, not right now, nothing can change. Now, you've asked, Source Energy hears you clearly, adores you fully, understands your worthiness entirely, and answers swiftly. So the answer is not just on the way, it is given. In other words, everything is lined up; the money SHOULD be there NOW. Why isn't it! Because you're ornery. (laughter) You're worried, you're frustrated. You've got your receiver set to a whole different channel. And so even though the circumstances are lined up, everything is there for you, you're zigging while your stuff is zagging, and you say "nobody ever answers my request." And we say oh yes, your request is fully answered but you have just been confused about step 1(asking) and step 3 (allowing). So the key is, once you become consciously aware that you want something different than what is, you have to through the power of your mind practice until you achieve a different vibration about that subject.

Is debt a bad thing?

2009-04-03T23:30:00.000-07:00

Debt is not a bad thing. The largest corporations in the world are operating under huge debt--much more debt than you would even ever want to contemplate. And if debt were to evaporate from your world economy, your world economy would collapse. And so it's time to stop feeling negative about debt. Debt is not a bad thing. It's a promise of the future.