Comments on: Is Esther Hicks a Hypocrite? http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/ Life-Changing Personal Development - A Blog Dedicated to your Growth! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Erik http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24462 Erik Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:08:28 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24462 Erika made 2 points which I would like to comment on: 1) Erika says: “Who decided that the desire of the Nazi soldiers cancelled out the desires of the Jews who died in the Holocaust? Here we had thousands of soldiers thinking “We want you to die” and we had millions of Jews saying “We don’t want to die”. Whose free will and desires won out???” As you say, the millions of Jews were thinking “We don’t want to die”, and thereby focused on dying, instead of thinking “We do want to live” (a very different vibration). Note that plenty of others survived. 2) Erika says: “(ie if everyone is vibrationally attracting to themselves what they put out there, then what would be the point of helping anyone else?? If this is what they “deserve” or are creating- why should I interfere with another’s vibration?)- in fact, I can remember one of Abe’s teachings once that stressed we cannot interfere with another’s vibrational alignment anyways. So, why help anyone ever again?” As I understand Law of Attraction, what we attract often comes to us through another person. Whenever you find yourself helping another, it means that they have attracted the help, and if you don’t provide it then it will come to them by some other means. If helping them feels good to YOU (which it often does), then that IS the point. If it doesn’t feel good then there is no point. Also, Abraham say that although you cannot create in another’s experience, you can still influence another to change their point of attraction, if they allow it. Erika made 2 points which I would like to comment on:

1) Erika says: “Who decided that the desire of the Nazi soldiers cancelled out the desires of the Jews who died in the Holocaust? Here we had thousands of soldiers thinking “We want you to die” and we had millions of Jews saying “We don’t want to die”. Whose free will and desires won out???”

As you say, the millions of Jews were thinking “We don’t want to die”, and thereby focused on dying, instead of thinking “We do want to live” (a very different vibration). Note that plenty of others survived.

2) Erika says: “(ie if everyone is vibrationally attracting to themselves what they put out there, then what would be the point of helping anyone else?? If this is what they “deserve” or are creating- why should I interfere with another’s vibration?)- in fact, I can remember one of Abe’s teachings once that stressed we cannot interfere with another’s vibrational alignment anyways. So, why help anyone ever again?”

As I understand Law of Attraction, what we attract often comes to us through another person. Whenever you find yourself helping another, it means that they have attracted the help, and if you don’t provide it then it will come to them by some other means. If helping them feels good to YOU (which it often does), then that IS the point. If it doesn’t feel good then there is no point. Also, Abraham say that although you cannot create in another’s experience, you can still influence another to change their point of attraction, if they allow it.

]]> By: Alex http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24324 Alex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:49:29 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24324 The underlying logic to your article is that Esther Hicks isn't human and doesn't have feelings because she understands the law of attraction. Using that logic, should she be devoid of all other human emotion as well? I guess she can't cry at funerals or shed a tear from any mistreatment either. She's not a super hero. You demand perfection from a human being and that is why your logic falls flat The underlying logic to your article is that Esther Hicks isn’t human and doesn’t have feelings because she understands the law of attraction. Using that logic, should she be devoid of all other human emotion as well? I guess she can’t cry at funerals or shed a tear from any mistreatment either. She’s not a super hero. You demand perfection from a human being and that is why your logic falls flat

]]> By: Robert http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24274 Robert Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:47:55 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-24274 I began reading these comments because I happened to see the Secret then began to speed read through the comments here and realized that it has been about one year between the 1st comment and the last comment which tells me a lot about the Hicks. I didn't even know who Esther was until I saw the Secret but I would consider her an integral part of the film/documentary. Esther & Jerry entered into a contract with a producer to make a film that would allow Rhonda to market the movie in the manner "she" thought best. Rhonda had a great "product" and appears to have had the best of both worlds - she was promoting "subject" she may possibly have believed was true, and, it was a good product i.e. she was making money - good for her. Rhonda began to sell a lot of copies and then ran into a situation that affected the sale of the product. She made a simple request to Esther & Jerry and they had choices. Esther & Jerry made a simple choice - the path they took was not to sign over their IP - fair enough it was a choice. I'm sure it was a choice Rhonda wasn't pleased with based upon the comments posted here over a whole year. When a Producer is about to lose a market i.e. the money, they sometimes try to convince their client to change their mind and sometimes that convincing crosses the line with the client. It obviously did with Esther & Jerry hence the "not nice" comment. The vast majority of people don't want to give up their IP and in this situation Esther & Jerry merely made their choice. They most likely wanted to preserve their IP and avoid the possibility of their IP misrepresented like most people do in this situation. So regardless if she says makes reference to Abe or herselft in a sentence, it was a contract, and when something like this happens everybody takes a shot at someone. I don't seen any comments from Rhonda so...who cares? I still like what I'm hearing from the Hicks and Abe as do countless others. I'm actually going to see her in a few months. As far as the LOA goes- she makes its as obvious as the nose on your face - something her colleagues in the Secret did do deliver quite as well - which is probably the rub that Rhonda realized - the sales figures probably prove it I began reading these comments because I happened to see the Secret then began to speed read through the comments here and realized that it has been about one year between the 1st comment and the last comment which tells me a lot about the Hicks.
I didn’t even know who Esther was until I saw the Secret but I would consider her an integral part of the film/documentary.
Esther & Jerry entered into a contract with a producer to make a film that would allow Rhonda to market the movie in the manner “she” thought best. Rhonda had a great “product” and appears to have had the best of both worlds - she was promoting “subject” she may possibly have believed was true, and, it was a good product i.e. she was making money - good for her. Rhonda began to sell a lot of copies and then ran into a situation that affected the sale of the product. She made a simple request to Esther & Jerry and they had choices. Esther & Jerry made a simple choice - the path they took was not to sign over their IP - fair enough it was a choice. I’m sure it was a choice Rhonda wasn’t pleased with based upon the comments posted here over a whole year. When a Producer is about to lose a market i.e. the money, they sometimes try to convince their client to change their mind and sometimes that convincing crosses the line with the client. It obviously did with Esther & Jerry hence the “not nice” comment.
The vast majority of people don’t want to give up their IP and in this situation Esther & Jerry merely made their choice. They most likely wanted to preserve their IP and avoid the possibility of their IP misrepresented like most people do in this situation. So regardless if she says makes reference to Abe or herselft in a sentence, it was a contract, and when something like this happens everybody takes a shot at someone. I don’t seen any comments from Rhonda so…who cares?
I still like what I’m hearing from the Hicks and Abe as do countless others. I’m actually going to see her in a few months. As far as the LOA goes- she makes its as obvious as the nose on your face - something her colleagues in the Secret did do deliver quite as well - which is probably the rub that Rhonda realized - the sales figures probably prove it

]]> By: Jemille http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23702 Jemille Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:22:01 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23702 I think Abe's message is the among the most liberating ones that I have found in this life. I know od no Abe robots or people who huddle together only with other "Abers" I have been listening to Abe for about 12 years and I have changed my life a lot. I do think the LOA is like gravity. But like gravity many people do not consciously think about it or consciously learn to use it to expand their experience in delightful ways. I think Abe’s message is the among the most liberating ones that I have found in this life. I know od no Abe robots or people who huddle together only with other “Abers” I have been listening to Abe for about 12 years and I have changed my life a lot. I do think the LOA is like gravity. But like gravity many people do not consciously think about it or consciously learn to use it to expand their experience in delightful ways.

]]> By: GypsyAnna http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23701 GypsyAnna Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:06:06 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23701 Abraham is not a religious teaching........ Unfortunately it is in our nature to blame something or someone else for our own failures, mistakes and plunders... The best thing to do is take responsibility for yourself and your own actions. I don't see the Abraham teachings as powerful enough to disolve marriages or relationships. There must be other issues beyond what some stranger says to do that........ But the teachings could be a good excuse if one were looking for a way out already....... Once you quit blaming others for your desicions, then you can really get a grip on how to manage your life. NO ONE manages my life for me. NO ONE. Unless I decide to allow that. Paranoia can be a tricky thing when someone who has it tries to do something 'unconventional' or tries to make changes in their life. Evolvement in spiritual teachings is a natural occasion. The teacher should be evolving along with the listener, including style in speach and appearance....... Seeking guidence and resources from others is also natural. It is Human Nature. It's up to each individual to decide what is proper for them..................... I may not have high regard for Christian leaders on television, with the different VOICES that they put on, however, that is not going to make me go around in a crusade or WITCH HUNT to get the followers to turn their backs on something they believe in. It is their own choice. There is nothing hidden here. Open your eyes and take responsibility for yourself and quit blaming the world for your woes...and get on with your life............ There will always be something perceived as 'wrong' with anything that is great. Someone will always find fault if they were not able to get grounded or find peace with life. They tend to find fault anywhere but within themself........... There are lots of things in this world that are horrible and terrible. Find something worth fighting against to put all this energy into. Abraham is not a religious teaching……..
Unfortunately it is in our nature to blame something or someone else for our own failures, mistakes and plunders…

The best thing to do is take responsibility for yourself and your own actions. I don’t see the Abraham teachings as powerful enough to disolve marriages or relationships. There must be other issues beyond what some stranger says to do that……..

But the teachings could be a good excuse if one were looking for a way out already…….

Once you quit blaming others for your desicions, then you can really get a grip on how to manage your life. NO ONE manages my life for me. NO ONE. Unless I decide to allow that. Paranoia can be a tricky thing when someone who has it tries to do something ‘unconventional’ or tries to make changes in their life. Evolvement in spiritual teachings is a natural occasion. The teacher should be evolving along with the listener, including style in speach and appearance…….

Seeking guidence and resources from others is also natural. It is Human Nature. It’s up to each individual to decide what is proper for them…………………

I may not have high regard for Christian leaders on television, with the different VOICES that they put on, however, that is not going to make me go around in a crusade or WITCH HUNT to get the followers to turn their backs on something they believe in. It is their own choice. There is nothing hidden here. Open your eyes and take responsibility for yourself and quit blaming the world for your woes…and get on with your life…………

There will always be something perceived as ‘wrong’ with anything that is great. Someone will always find fault if they were not able to get grounded or find peace with life. They tend to find fault anywhere but within themself………..

There are lots of things in this world that are horrible and terrible. Find something worth fighting against to put all this energy into.

]]> By: Giulia http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23686 Giulia Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:06:35 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23686 Erika, many thanks for your second explanatory post, I now see where you are coming from and that you are well acquainted with the matter. The idea of people leaving behind their families and speaking in robot-like ways is rather threatening, and it is typical of cult-like brainwashing. I feel it is extremely important to preserve one's critical perspective, and - as far as I know - Abraham's teachings do not suggest robbing you of your own point of you (which you clearly expressed). Having only read 2 books (one of which in Italian) and watched the two versions of the Secret (with and without Esther Hicks), I would say that the problem lies with humans interfering with the basic spiritual principles coming from Abraham. I feel you are perfectly entitled to speak your mind as you have done, and see no reason for mocking you about it. In fact, I thank you for the details of your own personal experience, which I would not have been able to know without being personally involved in conferences etc, as you have, since I do not live in the USA. Again, I believe the problem lies with how humans filter the spiritual message through their personal perception lens. I agree life cannot be under our control, only what we personally make of our own experiences at an emotional level can. But that is the area where the law of attraction works, so I feel personal work in that area without interferences coming from others is critical in order to see any results. I assume that, by listening to the conferences and to the Hicks' fans you get to hear extreme, contradictory and even ridiculous conclusions, which Abraham as a spiritual group of entities would not have meant. As to the possibility of humans making a business out of optimistic philosophies, I am quite sure this happens all the time, and it is up to the people involved to decide how “selfish” they need to be in order to feel well about themselves and possibly make this world a better place. I am sure that Abraham's reference to selfishness was not meant to be against the Golden Rule, but it is up to the individual to make the critical choice among the various degrees of selfishness that can be experienced in order to help rather than harm others. Again, your description of the cult-like fanaticism behaviours you have come across is a danger signal, and I feel responsible action should be taken not to encourage such things. Of course the same happens with any religious beliefs when belonging to one church or another. The reason people discuss such things over the Internet, rather than walking into a church screaming and turning the place upside down is quite obvious. By the way, I wonder why no books exist to teach the law of attraction to small children. Once we are brought up to believe ridiculous stories about our purpose in life, the way we are supposed to lead our lives and what we must not do in order not to go to hell, it becomes a great struggle to allow ideas such as the law of attraction into one’s life. The reason I would not join the Hicks’ discussion forum is that I have the feeling I would end up being banned or at least prevented from freely expressing my point of view. I have seen the sweet look in Esther eye’s throughout The Secret and was rather uncomfortable with the look in Abe’s eyes in the video referenced here. I did not even realise it was the same person speaking until I read through a few posts here. I’d love to correspond with you privately if you wish. My e-mail address is giulia.devivo@fastwebnet.it. Erika, many thanks for your second explanatory post, I now see where you are coming from and that you are well acquainted with the matter.

The idea of people leaving behind their families and speaking in robot-like ways is rather threatening, and it is typical of cult-like brainwashing.

I feel it is extremely important to preserve one’s critical perspective, and - as far as I know - Abraham’s teachings do not suggest robbing you of your own point of you (which you clearly expressed).

Having only read 2 books (one of which in Italian) and watched the two versions of the Secret (with and without Esther Hicks), I would say that the problem lies with humans interfering with the basic spiritual principles coming from Abraham.

I feel you are perfectly entitled to speak your mind as you have done, and see no reason for mocking you about it. In fact, I thank you for the details of your own personal experience, which I would not have been able to know without being personally involved in conferences etc, as you have, since I do not live in the USA.

Again, I believe the problem lies with how humans filter the spiritual message through their personal perception lens. I agree life cannot be under our control, only what we personally make of our own experiences at an emotional level can. But that is the area where the law of attraction works, so I feel personal work in that area without interferences coming from others is critical in order to see any results.

I assume that, by listening to the conferences and to the Hicks’ fans you get to hear extreme, contradictory and even ridiculous conclusions, which Abraham as a spiritual group of entities would not have meant.

As to the possibility of humans making a business out of optimistic philosophies, I am quite sure this happens all the time, and it is up to the people involved to decide how “selfish” they need to be in order to feel well about themselves and possibly make this world a better place.

I am sure that Abraham’s reference to selfishness was not meant to be against the Golden Rule, but it is up to the individual to make the critical choice among the various degrees of selfishness that can be experienced in order to help rather than harm others.

Again, your description of the cult-like fanaticism behaviours you have come across is a danger signal, and I feel responsible action should be taken not to encourage such things.

Of course the same happens with any religious beliefs when belonging to one church or another.

The reason people discuss such things over the Internet, rather than walking into a church screaming and turning the place upside down is quite obvious.

By the way, I wonder why no books exist to teach the law of attraction to small children. Once we are brought up to believe ridiculous stories about our purpose in life, the way we are supposed to lead our lives and what we must not do in order not to go to hell, it becomes a great struggle to allow ideas such as the law of attraction into one’s life.

The reason I would not join the Hicks’ discussion forum is that I have the feeling I would end up being banned or at least prevented from freely expressing my point of view. I have seen the sweet look in Esther eye’s throughout The Secret and was rather uncomfortable with the look in Abe’s eyes in the video referenced here. I did not even realise it was the same person speaking until I read through a few posts here.

I’d love to correspond with you privately if you wish. My e-mail address is giulia.devivo@fastwebnet.it.

]]> By: Tanya http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23679 Tanya Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:59:35 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23679 Hey ERIKA I figure while I'm right there upstream, I'm gonna go for broke before I let go of those oars again ;) ROFLMAO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POINTING OUT OLD "TOM RUTLEDGE"...! I OPENED MY MIND AS YOU SO ELEQUENTLY PUT IT ;) LOL IT WAS SOOO FUNNY TO ME RIGHT NOW READING, IT, GO ON PEOPLE, CHECK OUT HIS LINK: http://www.thesecretantidote.com/ THE MAN CLAIMS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHARLATANS, THUS ***************** HE IS SELLING THE SECRET ON HIS SITE **************** AND HIS OWN BOOK FOR $$$$ MONEY $$$$! BUT ALAS """NO""" HE IS NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY EITHER!!! ;) ;) ;) ROFLMAO I ask you, WHY would you mention "The Secret, Esther / Jerry Hicks / Abraham) UNLESS YOU ARE RIDING ON THE COAT-TAILS OF THE ONES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS!!! QUICK, HERE COMES THE GRAVY-TRAIN THOM, HURRY OR YOU WILL MISS IT ;) LOLOLOLOL Which is EXACTLY what Thom Rutledge in a RUT-(on the) EDGE is, kinda' like a seagull, always after the scraps left behind!!! OMG, if he is your source of inspiration, you're in big trouble kitty... LMAO ANYONE READING THIS STUFF, GO FOR WHAT FEELS GOOD IN YOUR GUT, AND THROW THE REST AWAY!!! :) I'm good now, Thank You for that laugh I had been looking for :) xox Hey ERIKA

I figure while I’m right there upstream, I’m gonna go for broke before I let go of those oars again ;) ROFLMAO

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POINTING OUT OLD “TOM RUTLEDGE”…! I OPENED MY MIND AS YOU SO ELEQUENTLY PUT IT ;) LOL IT WAS SOOO FUNNY TO ME RIGHT NOW READING, IT, GO ON PEOPLE, CHECK OUT HIS LINK: http://www.thesecretantidote.com/

THE MAN CLAIMS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHARLATANS, THUS ***************** HE IS SELLING THE SECRET ON HIS SITE **************** AND HIS OWN BOOK FOR $$$$ MONEY $$$$! BUT ALAS “”"NO”"” HE IS NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY EITHER!!! ;) ;) ;) ROFLMAO

I ask you, WHY would you mention “The Secret, Esther / Jerry Hicks / Abraham) UNLESS YOU ARE RIDING ON THE COAT-TAILS OF THE ONES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED SUCCESS!!! QUICK, HERE COMES THE GRAVY-TRAIN THOM, HURRY OR YOU WILL MISS IT ;) LOLOLOLOL Which is EXACTLY what Thom Rutledge in a RUT-(on the) EDGE is, kinda’ like a seagull, always after the scraps left behind!!!

OMG, if he is your source of inspiration, you’re in big trouble kitty… LMAO

ANYONE READING THIS STUFF, GO FOR WHAT FEELS GOOD IN YOUR GUT, AND THROW THE REST AWAY!!! :)

I’m good now, Thank You for that laugh I had been looking for :) xox

]]> By: GypsyAnna http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23675 GypsyAnna Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:53:33 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23675 Almost forgot... Thank you Jody... For the most part I like the Abe Forum site. People are 'people'. Some do great things and become great people. It is inevitable, there will probably always be some kind of controversial contrast regarding great things. (see above for example) Life is always in motion and always changing. We can make choices in life as to what changes we want to allow ourselves to flow into. But there is no guarentee as to the exact results of any given choice. So just choose which wind to carry your sail and go with the flow. Almost forgot… Thank you Jody… For the most part I like the Abe Forum site. People are ‘people’. Some do great things and become great people. It is inevitable, there will probably always be some kind of controversial contrast regarding great things. (see above for example)

Life is always in motion and always changing. We can make choices in life as to what changes we want to allow ourselves to flow into. But there is no guarentee as to the exact results of any given choice. So just choose which wind to carry your sail and go with the flow.

]]> By: Tanya http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23674 Tanya Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:50:11 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23674 WOW, GOLLY, GEESH AND YIKES back at ya ;) I had fun co-creating with you too Erika, however, anything more is totally upstream :) xox You're right on the money with that Gypsy Anna "And with that, this will probably be the last time I will post. This is not where I really want to put my focus at this time.", after I posted I figured I should end on that very note also! LOVE TO YOU ALL TANYA :) :) :) WOW, GOLLY, GEESH AND YIKES back at ya ;) I had fun co-creating with you too Erika, however, anything more is totally upstream :) xox

You’re right on the money with that Gypsy Anna “And with that, this will probably be the last time I will post. This is not where I really want to put my focus at this time.”, after I posted I figured I should end on that very note also!

LOVE TO YOU ALL
TANYA :) :) :)

]]> By: GypsyAnna http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23673 GypsyAnna Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:38:06 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23673 Thank you Tanya! I was trying to figure out how to put this all into words. You did the work for me. It is exactly as you put it... Why all the jumping hoops hubbub of trying to convince others why to not listen to Abraham? Other than some people always feel the need to go from one extreme to another. We have all been disappointed in life. That is why we seek things that make us feel good. And if Erika feels good in her creative writing, then go for it. However, if the creativity is trying to take someone else down, there will be concequences of being doubted. Although I can empathize a little, as I used to think I had to attend church every Sunday to get to heaven. Took a longer time to get over that one. My experience with Abraham?? I wanted to go to Scotland and spend time there getting to know the geography and the people and a few other personal issues. I focused on that and I ended up experiencing over six weeks of Scottish bliss over there recently. I did not focus on getting the money, I focused on the experience. And I had the experience of a lifetime. I have also focused on other things that I have had leaps and bounds in experiences with. (career, education, relations, etc) and have learned a lot of what I don't want along with the goodies too. It works for me. Best of all, I finally quit blaming outside sources for my life experiences. Thank goodness, I got it, that I am responsible for my life now. It gives me a great sense of "I can be or do or have whatever I want" And no one else is responsible for the experiences or outcome but ME. A bit difficult to put into words how that has made such a change in my outlook of life, but just know that this is as sincere as it gets. I will not ever say that every day is perfect, nor that I don't have down times or even experience feelings of depression. But I do know that life is better with the knowledge of the Abraham teachings. Better than it was before. Thank you Esther, for being and doing and having your stuff, and putting yourself out there (in spite of the Erikas who so sadly need to do 'whatever') so that I get to make a choice. Listen...OR... Don't listen.... And with that, this will probably be the last time I will post. This is not where I really want to put my focus at this time. Thank you Tanya! I was trying to figure out how to put this all into words. You did the work for me. It is exactly as you put it… Why all the jumping hoops hubbub of trying to convince others why to not listen to Abraham? Other than some people always feel the need to go from one extreme to another. We have all been disappointed in life. That is why we seek things that make us feel good. And if Erika feels good in her creative writing, then go for it. However, if the creativity is trying to take someone else down, there will be concequences of being doubted. Although I can empathize a little, as I used to think I had to attend church every Sunday to get to heaven. Took a longer time to get over that one.

My experience with Abraham?? I wanted to go to Scotland and spend time there getting to know the geography and the people and a few other personal issues. I focused on that and I ended up experiencing over six weeks of Scottish bliss over there recently. I did not focus on getting the money, I focused on the experience. And I had the experience of a lifetime.

I have also focused on other things that I have had leaps and bounds in experiences with. (career, education, relations, etc) and have learned a lot of what I don’t want along with the goodies too. It works for me. Best of all, I finally quit blaming outside sources for my life experiences. Thank goodness, I got it, that I am responsible for my life now. It gives me a great sense of “I can be or do or have whatever I want” And no one else is responsible for the experiences or outcome but ME. A bit difficult to put into words how that has made such a change in my outlook of life, but just know that this is as sincere as it gets.

I will not ever say that every day is perfect, nor that I don’t have down times or even experience feelings of depression. But I do know that life is better with the knowledge of the Abraham teachings. Better than it was before.

Thank you Esther, for being and doing and having your stuff, and putting yourself out there (in spite of the Erikas who so sadly need to do ‘whatever’) so that I get to make a choice. Listen…OR… Don’t listen….

And with that, this will probably be the last time I will post. This is not where I really want to put my focus at this time.

]]> By: Erika http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23672 Erika Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:22:42 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23672 Wow! You sound pretty darn happy yourself! Yikes! Your ridiculous post is exactly why I stay away from Abe fanatics. There is so much more I could have said, but again, it would have been lost on fundamentalists such as yourself. The only thing you and I agree on seems to be "Live and let live". I was merely stating my views and opinions on Abraham like you have..... One does not have to be an Abe follower, or shy away from visiting sites to share opinions, to be happy! Jeesh!! Actually, Thom Rutledge, who posted here said it all far more eloquently than I did in his brilliant article "The Antidote". Check it out if you can open your mind long enough. Again- yikes. I wish you "clarity" someday too, my friend. Wow! You sound pretty darn happy yourself! Yikes! Your ridiculous post is exactly why I stay away from Abe fanatics.
There is so much more I could have said, but again, it would have been lost on fundamentalists such as yourself.

The only thing you and I agree on seems to be “Live and let live”. I was merely stating my views and opinions on Abraham like you have…..

One does not have to be an Abe follower, or shy away from visiting sites to share opinions, to be happy! Jeesh!!

Actually, Thom Rutledge, who posted here said it all far more eloquently than I did in his brilliant article “The Antidote”. Check it out if you can open your mind long enough.

Again- yikes.

I wish you “clarity” someday too, my friend.

]]> By: Tanya http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23670 Tanya Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:59:08 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23670 Dear Erika I have been reading these comments without replying myself because I feel it relates to communicating with a brick wall...! Having said that, your last post stirred a feeling of wanting to ask.... *** Who are you trying to convince here, me OR you??? *** Should Esther's work bother you, WHY do you continue to come onto sites "looking" for something to whinge about? I'd say your LOA work is working out just perfectly!!! SO WHAT, you met with them for a "few hours"... As the old saying goes, "you can park a bicycle in a garage.... Doesn't make it a Ferrari"... ;) In other words, I'd hardly equate you as being an expert on them! Should I choose to believe in your "theory", will you promise I will be as happy and content as YOU??? lol I don't force my beliefs onto others and expect the same in return! I have never left any loved-ones in the course of studying Abe's teachings nor do I intend to. I remember Abe talking about NOT leaving anyone (or situation) for the sake of trouble or blame, only to work out your struggles within that very environment THEN in your better-feeling place make a decision! Did you get a different tape program to me??? The people you know who have left others / loved ones has not been by Abe persuading them to do so!..... So, you have friends that are a little slow, I understand! Personally, I wouldn't be the one bragging about it on here!!! For some time when I first came across Esther & Jerry, I found myself looking for anything that would put holes in their credentials, and this site was about the worst thing I could find, however, reading your stories make me laugh and it just cements the fact that they are more in-tune with the true nature of our being than anyone I have come across! Regarding your "interview" link... We all know how true and just journalist are!!! "NEVER LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY";) LOL On a personal note, years before I even discovered Esther, I meditated on a daily basis and started getting the exact same sensations she spoke of. From the head movement to twitches and that disconnected feeling, even astral-travelling! THAT was what made me know in my gut that they are the real-thing! You can only ever know what works for you on a personal level and even though I could scour your last post with a fine tooth comb and explain my beliefs on it all, it would do you no good because you're not interested! So.... DON'T be, do your own thing, I just ask you once more, who are you really trying to convince? Does it hurt you that others have beliefs that you don't? Do you go to churches and convince them that their theories are all incorrect also? Do you go to places of medical assistance and tell them their theories are incorrect? WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS CHOOSE TO DO SO LONG AS THEY ARE HAPPY DOING IT! May I suggest if you don't like Esther's theories, you try and find something that works for you because clearly you're not a happy camper! As "upbeat" as you protest!!! I believe you, 1,000's wouldn't ;) LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR CLARITY:) Dear Erika

I have been reading these comments without replying myself because I feel it relates to communicating with a brick wall…!

Having said that, your last post stirred a feeling of wanting to ask….

*** Who are you trying to convince here, me OR you??? ***

Should Esther’s work bother you, WHY do you continue to come onto sites “looking” for something to whinge about? I’d say your LOA work is working out just perfectly!!!

SO WHAT, you met with them for a “few hours”… As the old saying goes, “you can park a bicycle in a garage…. Doesn’t make it a Ferrari”… ;) In other words, I’d hardly equate you as being an expert on them!

Should I choose to believe in your “theory”, will you promise I will be as happy and content as YOU??? lol

I don’t force my beliefs onto others and expect the same in return! I have never left any loved-ones in the course of studying Abe’s teachings nor do I intend to.

I remember Abe talking about NOT leaving anyone (or situation) for the sake of trouble or blame, only to work out your struggles within that very environment THEN in your better-feeling place make a decision! Did you get a different tape program to me???

The people you know who have left others / loved ones has not been by Abe persuading them to do so!….. So, you have friends that are a little slow, I understand! Personally, I wouldn’t be the one bragging about it on here!!!

For some time when I first came across Esther & Jerry, I found myself looking for anything that would put holes in their credentials, and this site was about the worst thing I could find, however, reading your stories make me laugh and it just cements the fact that they are more in-tune with the true nature of our being than anyone I have come across!

Regarding your “interview” link… We all know how true and just journalist are!!! “NEVER LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY”;) LOL

On a personal note, years before I even discovered Esther, I meditated on a daily basis and started getting the exact same sensations she spoke of. From the head movement to twitches and that disconnected feeling, even astral-travelling! THAT was what made me know in my gut that they are the real-thing! You can only ever know what works for you on a personal level and even though I could scour your last post with a fine tooth comb and explain my beliefs on it all, it would do you no good because you’re not interested! So…. DON’T be, do your own thing, I just ask you once more, who are you really trying to convince? Does it hurt you that others have beliefs that you don’t? Do you go to churches and convince them that their theories are all incorrect also? Do you go to places of medical assistance and tell them their theories are incorrect? WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS CHOOSE TO DO SO LONG AS THEY ARE HAPPY DOING IT!

May I suggest if you don’t like Esther’s theories, you try and find something that works for you because clearly you’re not a happy camper! As “upbeat” as you protest!!! I believe you, 1,000’s wouldn’t ;)

LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR CLARITY:)

]]> By: Erika http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23665 Erika Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23665 Boy, oh boy. Where should I begin? I see that most of you seem to be devout "Abers", so while there likely isn't much point in posting again, I will make one attempt at explaining my concerns and then I'll be gone. I, like most of you, was once a strong follower of the Abe/Hicks teachings- yes, I read the books and bought copies for others, listened to the DVDs, attended a workshop, I also had close friends who worked for the Hicks and were part of their entourage. Heck, I even spent a few hours with the Hicks themselves on their bus one evening. I considered myself a New Ager, I guess, and did every course from here to Timbuktu on the magical, alluring LOA. But then one day, I kind of "woke up" and suddenly felt very uncomfortable with it all. It was like I had been living in some kind of deluded fog- I had become totally credulous! When did this happen? When did I lose my ability to use discernment and critical thinking? As a New Ager, I always believed that I was totally open-minded, that it was the skeptics who were narrow and close-minded. Now, I see things completely the other way round and I have never felt so free to have rid myself of all the trappings of the LOA brainwashing, if you will. I started to realize that myself and other Aber friends I had couldn't utter a sentence without issuing some robotic, feel good Abe quote like "all is well", "change your vibration"! When did we stop thinking for ourselves? How did I get to the point that I couldn't utter a sentence without first asking myself what I thought Abraham would say? I'm sure people around me thought I was half nuts, now that I look back, but I was convinced that this was an infallible, mystery of the universe unlocked! Now, this is what makes the Abe teachings so alluring: they bait you with magical notions like: "There is nothing you cannot be, do or have and we want to assist you in achieving it". Who doesn't want to hear that?? But, any rational, intelligent person knows that that very promise is completely false. Come on guys, surely you know that something rings untrue about it to you as you utter the words? I realize now that even as I was spewing forth all the lovely, sugar-coated Abe phrases, there was something inside me that didn't feel right, that felt like a sad lie. Furthermore, I began to notice that friends I had- who were die hard Abers, slowly began to distance themselves from friends and even family members who did follow the teachings. And it wasn't just my friends- it was other Abers on the forums, etc- beware people! There were many a posting from devout fans suggesting that people leave their non-following partners, family members and friends. It was almost as if they felt that by simply being around these non-believers, they were at risk of attracting the negative to themselves! It was becoming a little much for me. I found myself, as they were, terrified to think a "negative" thought. What was I going to attract by thinking that negative thought?? The possibilities were so frightening, as we had been told that there is absolutely nothing that comes into your experience that you did not attract with thought. My God. I was literally exhausted trying to train my mind on purely positive, abundant thought- and I have always considered myself a fairly upbeat, positive person! But as with anyone who is only human, I had periods of low from time to time, which led to pessimism and really- human thinking. Anyways, as I started to question this strange and so-called absolute law, I realized that there were many times in my life where I was feeling crappy and pessimistic about how things were going and then suddenly, out of the blue- bam! Something wonderful happened to bring me out of the doldrums. Now, how can this happen if I had only been thinking the worst, most bleak of thoughts?? And conversely, what about all those times when things were going so incredibly well and I was feeling on top of the world about school, love life, etc and then something horrible happened - again out of the blue? How was this to be explained? Another thing to ponder: what of the fact that Abe teaches us that we are absolutely in control of our lives- absolutely. After all, we are Source (God)- we are the co-creators of our own realities and experiences? If this is true, then at what point does my free will override another person's? Ie: My choice to get in my car and drive down the road, while at the same time someone else, also exercising their own free will and Source-like creativity decides to get into their car drunk and hit me head on? Do you really think that because I am in my full on Abe mode, thinking positively and cheerily, it will prevent the car accident?? If you think so, dear friends, you are really living in a deluded, dangerous fog. Let me put it to you this way: Who decided that the desire of the Nazi soldiers canceled out the desires of the Jews who died in the Holocaust? Here we had thousands of soldiers thinking "We want you to die" and we had millions of Jews saying "We don't want to die". Whose free will and desires won out??? The problem with the vapid, Pollyanna-esque Aber is that they only speak of attracting lovely things- money, good relationships, good health, etc. But if you really stop to think about it, if the LOA is absolutely true all the time as Abe and the Secret claim, then the social, moral implications would be unthinkable. Because, not everyone out there is sending out good, or causing good happy things to happen! And you can't suspend the LOA for only happy, perfect situations, people. In her article The Secret Behind the Secret, Ingrid Hansen Smythe couldn't have said it any better: "Pity the believer in the LOA, therefore, who is in the unenviable position of having both to congratulate a little boy on attracting a bike, and also explain to all those other unfortunate ones that, due to their negative feelings, they attracted an airplane piloted by terrorists, a tsunami, multiple sclerosis, cancer, genocide". I don't think anyone can argue, and I certainly don't, that thinking positively is better than thinking negatively. If I constantly get down on myself, believe that I am no good, will never get that job, etc, I likely won't ever get up the initiative to get out of bed, rewrite my resume, find the confidence and motivation to apply for that winning job. This is common sense. What is dangerous thinking is that merely thinking or feeling (positively or negatively) creates our every waking moment of reality and causes things to happen to us. It is very dangerous. Not to mention victim blaming, creating apathy (ie if everyone is vibrationally attracting to themselves what they put out there, then what would be the point of helping anyone else?? If this is what they "deserve" or are creating- why should I interfere with another's vibration?)- in fact, I can remember one of Abe's teachings once that stressed we cannot interfere with another's vibrational alignment anyways. So, why help anyone ever again? Oh- I forgot- we are supposed to be being Selfish! Selfish is a gooooood thing! Right. I guess I just believe that there will always be things that happen which are totally, unequivocally OUT of our control. No matter who we are, where we go or how happy and positive our "vibrational alignment" is. There will always be things that happen that will leave us wondering why- and we will certainly not always be privy to the answers......some things just aren't meant for us to know. We just live our lives, being the best people we can be- helping others whenever we can. I leave you with another bit of reading if you choose: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/interview-the-couple-who-claim-they-can-make-you-rich-beyond-your-wildest-dreams-456087.html This is an interview with the Hicks that, if you have half an intelligence- which I know you all have, will leave you shaking your head and running the other way. Best regards, Erika Boy, oh boy. Where should I begin? I see that most of you seem to be devout “Abers”, so while there likely isn’t much point in posting again, I will make one attempt at explaining my concerns and then I’ll be gone.
I, like most of you, was once a strong follower of the Abe/Hicks teachings- yes, I read the books and bought copies for others, listened to the DVDs, attended a workshop, I also had close friends who worked for the Hicks and were part of their entourage. Heck, I even spent a few hours with the Hicks themselves on their bus one evening.
I considered myself a New Ager, I guess, and did every course from here to Timbuktu on the magical, alluring LOA. But then one day, I kind of “woke up” and suddenly felt very uncomfortable with it all. It was like I had been living in some kind of deluded fog- I had become totally credulous! When did this happen? When did I lose my ability to use discernment and critical thinking? As a New Ager, I always believed that I was totally open-minded, that it was the skeptics who were narrow and close-minded. Now, I see things completely the other way round and I have never felt so free to have rid myself of all the trappings of the LOA brainwashing, if you will.
I started to realize that myself and other Aber friends I had couldn’t utter a sentence without issuing some robotic, feel good Abe quote like “all is well”, “change your vibration”! When did we stop thinking for ourselves? How did I get to the point that I couldn’t utter a sentence without first asking myself what I thought Abraham would say? I’m sure people around me thought I was half nuts, now that I look back, but I was convinced that this was an infallible, mystery of the universe unlocked!
Now, this is what makes the Abe teachings so alluring: they bait you with magical notions like: “There is nothing you cannot be, do or have and we want to assist you in achieving it”. Who doesn’t want to hear that?? But, any rational, intelligent person knows that that very promise is completely false. Come on guys, surely you know that something rings untrue about it to you as you utter the words? I realize now that even as I was spewing forth all the lovely, sugar-coated Abe phrases, there was something inside me that didn’t feel right, that felt like a sad lie.
Furthermore, I began to notice that friends I had- who were die hard Abers, slowly began to distance themselves from friends and even family members who did follow the teachings. And it wasn’t just my friends- it was other Abers on the forums, etc- beware people! There were many a posting from devout fans suggesting that people leave their non-following partners, family members and friends. It was almost as if they felt that by simply being around these non-believers, they were at risk of attracting the negative to themselves! It was becoming a little much for me. I found myself, as they were, terrified to think a “negative” thought. What was I going to attract by thinking that negative thought?? The possibilities were so frightening, as we had been told that there is absolutely nothing that comes into your experience that you did not attract with thought. My God. I was literally exhausted trying to train my mind on purely positive, abundant thought- and I have always considered myself a fairly upbeat, positive person! But as with anyone who is only human, I had periods of low from time to time, which led to pessimism and really- human thinking.
Anyways, as I started to question this strange and so-called absolute law, I realized that there were many times in my life where I was feeling crappy and pessimistic about how things were going and then suddenly, out of the blue- bam! Something wonderful happened to bring me out of the doldrums. Now, how can this happen if I had only been thinking the worst, most bleak of thoughts?? And conversely, what about all those times when things were going so incredibly well and I was feeling on top of the world about school, love life, etc and then something horrible happened - again out of the blue? How was this to be explained?
Another thing to ponder: what of the fact that Abe teaches us that we are absolutely in control of our lives- absolutely. After all, we are Source (God)- we are the co-creators of our own realities and experiences? If this is true, then at what point does my free will override another person’s? Ie: My choice to get in my car and drive down the road, while at the same time someone else, also exercising their own free will and Source-like creativity decides to get into their car drunk and hit me head on? Do you really think that because I am in my full on Abe mode, thinking positively and cheerily, it will prevent the car accident?? If you think so, dear friends, you are really living in a deluded, dangerous fog. Let me put it to you this way: Who decided that the desire of the Nazi soldiers canceled out the desires of the Jews who died in the Holocaust? Here we had thousands of soldiers thinking “We want you to die” and we had millions of Jews saying “We don’t want to die”. Whose free will and desires won out???
The problem with the vapid, Pollyanna-esque Aber is that they only speak of attracting lovely things- money, good relationships, good health, etc. But if you really stop to think about it, if the LOA is absolutely true all the time as Abe and the Secret claim, then the social, moral implications would be unthinkable. Because, not everyone out there is sending out good, or causing good happy things to happen! And you can’t suspend the LOA for only happy, perfect situations, people.
In her article The Secret Behind the Secret, Ingrid Hansen Smythe couldn’t have said it any better: “Pity the believer in the LOA, therefore, who is in the unenviable position of having both to congratulate a little boy on attracting a bike, and also explain to all those other unfortunate ones that, due to their negative feelings, they attracted an airplane piloted by terrorists, a tsunami, multiple sclerosis, cancer, genocide”.
I don’t think anyone can argue, and I certainly don’t, that thinking positively is better than thinking negatively. If I constantly get down on myself, believe that I am no good, will never get that job, etc, I likely won’t ever get up the initiative to get out of bed, rewrite my resume, find the confidence and motivation to apply for that winning job. This is common sense. What is dangerous thinking is that merely thinking or feeling (positively or negatively) creates our every waking moment of reality and causes things to happen to us. It is very dangerous. Not to mention victim blaming, creating apathy (ie if everyone is vibrationally attracting to themselves what they put out there, then what would be the point of helping anyone else?? If this is what they “deserve” or are creating- why should I interfere with another’s vibration?)- in fact, I can remember one of Abe’s teachings once that stressed we cannot interfere with another’s vibrational alignment anyways. So, why help anyone ever again? Oh- I forgot- we are supposed to be being Selfish! Selfish is a gooooood thing! Right.
I guess I just believe that there will always be things that happen which are totally, unequivocally OUT of our control. No matter who we are, where we go or how happy and positive our “vibrational alignment” is. There will always be things that happen that will leave us wondering why- and we will certainly not always be privy to the answers……some things just aren’t meant for us to know.
We just live our lives, being the best people we can be- helping others whenever we can.
I leave you with another bit of reading if you choose:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/interview-the-couple-who-claim-they-can-make-you-rich-beyond-your-wildest-dreams-456087.html

This is an interview with the Hicks that, if you have half an intelligence- which I know you all have, will leave you shaking your head and running the other way.
Best regards,
Erika

]]> By: Jody http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23625 Jody Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:50:46 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23625 For those of you who are attracted to the Teachings of Abraham and would like to discuss them with like-minded folks in an atmosphere of FUN, Love, and respect for the Teachings as well as for Jerry and Esther and Abraham, I warmly invite you to our Forum: www.TheAbeForum.com I am the moderator of the forum. Please come if you have read, heard, or watched some of the Abraham material already and would like to have a place in cyberspace to meet other "Abers" and talk about how we're using these teachings in our lives. As for Mark's original comments - others have already brought clarity to the "issues" he brings up, and there seems not much utility in reiterating that Esther is a human being that chose to come here and experience contrast just like the rest of us... so I'll leave it at that. See you on the Forum! Jody For those of you who are attracted to the Teachings of Abraham and would like to discuss them with like-minded folks in an atmosphere of FUN, Love, and respect for the Teachings as well as for Jerry and Esther and Abraham, I warmly invite you to our Forum:

http://www.TheAbeForum.com

I am the moderator of the forum. Please come if you have read, heard, or watched some of the Abraham material already and would like to have a place in cyberspace to meet other “Abers” and talk about how we’re using these teachings in our lives.
As for Mark’s original comments - others have already brought clarity to the “issues” he brings up, and there seems not much utility in reiterating that Esther is a human being that chose to come here and experience contrast just like the rest of us… so I’ll leave it at that.

See you on the Forum!
Jody

]]> By: GypsyAnna http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23614 GypsyAnna Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:14:09 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23614 Erika... Get a grip. If you keep going around judging things that you don't even understand, you will never learn anything from that. Abraham has been speaking publicly since some time in the late 1980's I do believe. I began listening to Abraham a couple of years ago, and I have also investigated the Secret. The Secret message seems weak in comparison to Abraham. Not that it matters though. Because.... If you keep focusing on the negative, no matter which one you are involved in, the fact is you will only experience more of the same. Give it a try to prove me wrong. Take a month off and only focus on one purely selfish desire or want. There will be changes in your life as a result. And the results will surprise you. If you are not blind. There will be change. It's inevitable. Erika… Get a grip. If you keep going around judging things that you don’t even understand, you will never learn anything from that. Abraham has been speaking publicly since some time in the late 1980’s I do believe. I began listening to Abraham a couple of years ago, and I have also investigated the Secret. The Secret message seems weak in comparison to Abraham. Not that it matters though. Because…. If you keep focusing on the negative, no matter which one you are involved in, the fact is you will only experience more of the same. Give it a try to prove me wrong. Take a month off and only focus on one purely selfish desire or want. There will be changes in your life as a result. And the results will surprise you. If you are not blind. There will be change. It’s inevitable.

]]> By: Giulia http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23594 Giulia Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:57:53 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23594 Erin, I absolutely agree with you. The Law of Attraction just dropped into my hands (having been translated into Italian as a result of the Secret), and led me to purchase Ask and it is Given when I travelled to England a month later [Law of Attraction in action, I would say]. Abraham exlains it all very well, and makes me feel better, and I know other people have felt better too, as a result of listing to the CDs. I agree about everything else you have said. Erin, I absolutely agree with you. The Law of Attraction just dropped into my hands (having been translated into Italian as a result of the Secret), and led me to purchase Ask and it is Given when I travelled to England a month later [Law of Attraction in action, I would say]. Abraham exlains it all very well, and makes me feel better, and I know other people have felt better too, as a result of listing to the CDs. I agree about everything else you have said.

]]> By: Giulia http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23592 Giulia Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:23:10 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23592 Dear Erika, I see your point about the difference between the law of gravity and the law of attraction. I feel it was wrong to compare the two. It is as though the law of gravity is a two-dimensional law, as it involves earth and whatever is falling towards the earth. With the law of attraction, there are three elements in the equation: the point of attraction, feel well and feeling bad. We were raised not to understand this point, even though it is mentioned in the Gospels and by other major spiritual masters. But the point is that energy flows where attention goes. So if you focus on what you do NOT want you will get what you do NOT want, it you focus on what you DO want, you will get what you DO want. These ideas where channeled and brought to the word by the Hicks thanks to Abraham long before the Secret movie was ever conceived. In my opinion it is just a matter of having the sensitivity and patience to explain it to people, and let alone those who are not interested about finding ways of feeling better. Same goes with the Secret. Some will be excited about watching it and will watch it many times, because they are ready to hear it. Others will not find the time to watch it, because they have either already found out how things work, or do not wish to find out, at this stage of their lives, or cannot even conceive of finding out, because they are too distressed with what life has delivered to them so far. Dear Erika,

I see your point about the difference between the law of gravity and the law of attraction.

I feel it was wrong to compare the two.

It is as though the law of gravity is a two-dimensional law, as it involves earth and whatever is falling towards the earth.

With the law of attraction, there are three elements in the equation: the point of attraction, feel well and feeling bad. We were raised not to understand this point, even though it is mentioned in the Gospels and by other major spiritual masters. But the point is that energy flows where attention goes. So if you focus on what you do NOT want you will get what you do NOT want, it you focus on what you DO want, you will get what you DO want.

These ideas where channeled and brought to the word by the Hicks thanks to Abraham long before the Secret movie was ever conceived.

In my opinion it is just a matter of having the sensitivity and patience to explain it to people, and let alone those who are not interested about finding ways of feeling better.

Same goes with the Secret. Some will be excited about watching it and will watch it many times, because they are ready to hear it. Others will not find the time to watch it, because they have either already found out how things work, or do not wish to find out, at this stage of their lives, or cannot even conceive of finding out, because they are too distressed with what life has delivered to them so far.

]]> By: Erika http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23580 Erika Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:07:21 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23580 People can sugar coat this all they like, but Jerry and Esther, like all the other "Law" of Attraction peddlers are nothing but modern day snake oil salesmen. I place Law in quotation marks because it drives me crazy that people have coined attraction as such. It can't be a law, because it does not work every time- actually, it probably doesn't work most of the time! Law of Gravity- now, there's an actual law! Anyways, Jerry Hicks is a former Amway salesman who got bored of that and then got into doing "get rich quick" seminars. Got bored of that and suddenly his wife (also of the Amway circuit) starts channeling a group of entities of infinite wisdom? Give me a break! My best guess is that the Hicks saw how lucrative The Secret was becoming and decided to pull their section so that they could later bring out their own version. And if you disagree with me, just take a look at what they ended up calling their DVD: The Secret Behind the Secret! Talk about riding on the coattails of another. Must have really burned Rhonda's butt when she saw that one! Wake up people! The Hicks are literally feeding of the incredulity of the masses!! Get back to your critical thinking. People can sugar coat this all they like, but Jerry and Esther, like all the other “Law” of Attraction peddlers are nothing but modern day snake oil salesmen. I place Law in quotation marks because it drives me crazy that people have coined attraction as such. It can’t be a law, because it does not work every time- actually, it probably doesn’t work most of the time! Law of Gravity- now, there’s an actual law!
Anyways, Jerry Hicks is a former Amway salesman who got bored of that and then got into doing “get rich quick” seminars. Got bored of that and suddenly his wife (also of the Amway circuit) starts channeling a group of entities of infinite wisdom? Give me a break!
My best guess is that the Hicks saw how lucrative The Secret was becoming and decided to pull their section so that they could later bring out their own version. And if you disagree with me, just take a look at what they ended up calling their DVD: The Secret Behind the Secret! Talk about riding on the coattails of another. Must have really burned Rhonda’s butt when she saw that one!
Wake up people! The Hicks are literally feeding of the incredulity of the masses!! Get back to your critical thinking.

]]> By: Erin http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23506 Erin Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:22:21 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-23506 I was in a "boring" place in my life. Went to the bookstore, not sure what I was looking for, but feeling in my gut I would find what I was supposed to. Pulled "Ask and it is Given" off the shelf and brought it home. I would not consider myself a person easily influenced. I am a skeptic, although I am also quite spiritual. I loved the reading, and ordered one of Esther and Jerry's inexpensive CD's, which I also enjoyed. I've come to the conclusion that their teachings make me FEEL GOOD. It has made me more positive, happier, and most importantly I feel motivated about my life again. So many people are one religion or another, Democrat or Republican, or define themselves by a race, or whatever it is that they idenitfy with. I feel I am...Who I am...and if the writings of "Abraham" makes me feel happy and positive, why would I ignore that? It can cause no harm...only good to go through life viewing the glass half FULL. I don't care how much *money* the Hicks make from making me feel GOOD. Afterall, there is plenty to go around, and some things you just can't put a price tag on. I was in a “boring” place in my life. Went to the bookstore, not sure what I was looking for, but feeling in my gut I would find what I was supposed to. Pulled “Ask and it is Given” off the shelf and brought it home. I would not consider myself a person easily influenced. I am a skeptic, although I am also quite spiritual. I loved the reading, and ordered one of Esther and Jerry’s inexpensive CD’s, which I also enjoyed.

I’ve come to the conclusion that their teachings make me FEEL GOOD. It has made me more positive, happier, and most importantly I feel motivated about my life again. So many people are one religion or another, Democrat or Republican, or define themselves by a race, or whatever it is that they idenitfy with. I feel I am…Who I am…and if the writings of “Abraham” makes me feel happy and positive, why would I ignore that? It can cause no harm…only good to go through life viewing the glass half FULL. I don’t care how much *money* the Hicks make from making me feel GOOD. Afterall, there is plenty to go around, and some things you just can’t put a price tag on.

]]> By: Tania http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-22776 Tania Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:00:37 +0000 http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/is-esther-hicks-a-hypocrite/#comment-22776 several hundred thousand copies of the dvd were sold with ester hicks in it before the production company decided market the secret more aggressively. the way in which they marketed it didn't agree with the contract the hicks had with "the secret". so the hicks had a choice to be edited out or be on board with the aggressive marketing. the hicks decided to be edited out. with an ending there is a natural tendency to grieve. and i read and heard from ester herself that she was upset. she is human after all. i don't think, however she is in anyway a hypocrite. the hicks have millions and then some and are still reaping the benefits from the secret after all. another point, they don't care if you believe that "abraham" is channeled. their goal is to get folks to be happy. several hundred thousand copies of the dvd were sold with ester hicks in it before the production company decided market the secret more aggressively. the way in which they marketed it didn’t agree with the contract the hicks had with “the secret”. so the hicks had a choice to be edited out or be on board with the aggressive marketing. the hicks decided to be edited out.
with an ending there is a natural tendency to grieve. and i read and heard from ester herself that she was upset. she is human after all.
i don’t think, however she is in anyway a hypocrite. the hicks have millions and then some and are still reaping the benefits from the secret after all.
another point, they don’t care if you believe that “abraham” is channeled. their goal is to get folks to be happy.

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