The Law Of Attraction By Esther And Jerry Hicks

A book review on the law of attraction, how to make it work for you and the teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

It took me quite a while before I decided to purchase and read this book on the secret behind the secret. The main reason was because of the "channeling" idea that I heard and read about. It was something that my mind couldn't fathom. The other reason that made me hesitate was because I was afraid that it would contradict my religious belief.

But somehow, each time I went to the bookstore and browsed through the self help section, I seemed to notice this book. So I decided to go against my view and fear and satisfy my curiosity. Only after reading this book the second time ten months later that I opened my mind and found that some the suggestions are applicable.

In Part 1 of the law of attraction book, Jerry Hicks wrote about his background and his experiences. His interest in the "non-physical being" started after he played the Ouija board game. I have tried this game once with some friends when I was a kid. Unlike Jerry Hicks, I was scared with my first experience and never did it again.

From the Ouija board, he moved on to read books by Albert Schweitzer and Think and Grow Rich. The Napoleon Hill's book improved his thinking and his life but did not answer his long list of questions. Only after he chanced upon the book titled Seth Speaks by Jane Roberts did he find some answers to the non-physical being idea that intrigued him. This led him to actually meeting up with Theo, an entity who spoke through another person and the beginning of his understanding on "channeling." And Jerry related how he was introduced to the teachings of Abraham through Esther Hicks.

Part 2 through Part 5 are where you'll find most of the information about the law of attraction and how to make it work for you. It is presented in a questions and answers or interview format, where Jerry asked questions and Abraham answered through Esther. Some of the questions are; why do people experience negative experiences and pain, what's behind religious and racial prejudices and what causes worldwide waves and unwanted events.

This book explains the meaning of the law of attraction, the science of deliberate creation and the art of allowing and how the combination of these three will produce the results that you want. If you have read self help books before, you would already have heard many times that all people, circumstances and events happen in your life through your thoughts.

The deliberate creation process is where you spend 15 to 20 minutes each day by sitting quietly, undisturbed and intentionally bringing your thoughts together into a sort of vision of what you want to experience in your life. You don't have to go into a meditative state when you do this. What's important is that you put yourself in a joyful and happy state.

An example on how to assist in your deliberate creation is to take two separate papers and write down you goal on each and then write the reasons why you want what you want on one and why you believe you can have what you want on the other.

One of the most useful information that I gathered is on the segment intending process. The explanation to it is to simply recognize that you are moving into a segment where what you are intending is different from your last, and to stop and identify what you are now wanting.

What I think it implies is to be aware of how you are feeling and reacting when you move from one state of mind to another and to consciously decide and set a new intention on how and what you want to feel. This is especially effective if you are going through an unpleasant and uncomfortable experience and to stop it from lingering in your mind and bring about further negative emotions and react by default. The law of attraction book suggests you ask. "What do I want to feel right now?" to get you out of your present state. When you ask this question, you change your focus and attention.

It is still difficult for me to understand how this "channeling" thing works and why it seems so easy for Esther Hicks to have Abraham speaks through her. But since my main interest is on the subject on the law of attraction and due to my lack of interest to delve deeper into the non-physical world, I'll take in the information that's useful and leave the rest as it is.