Refers to Esther Hicks, an American author and speaker who claims to channel a group of spiritual entities called ‘Abraham’. Together with her late husband Jerry Hicks, she developed the ‘Law of Attraction’ teachings that have become popular in self-help circles.
Esther Hicks gives workshops and seminars in which she claims to act as a medium for Abraham, whom she describes as a group of non-physical teachers. Their main message revolves around the ‘law of attraction’ – the idea that your thoughts and feelings create your reality and attract positive or negative experiences.
Some key concepts from their teachings are:
You are the creator of your own reality through your thoughts
Emotions are your ‘navigation system’ that indicate whether your thoughts are in line with your desires
By focusing on what you want (rather than what you don’t want), you attract positive experiences
Their work has a large following, but is also criticised by sceptics who question the scientific basis of their claims and the channelling aspect. The Abraham Hicks publications and seminars have become commercially very successful within the New Age and self-help industry.
Esther Hicks. Photo: wikipedia.org
The entire universe is conspiring to give you everything what you want.
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The Law of Attraction says that that which is like unto itself is drawn. In other words, that which you think, at any moment, attracts unto itself other thoughts that are like it.
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Look around less, imagine more.
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When you focus on the good, the good gets better.
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People will love you, people will hate you, people will hate you, and none of it will have anything to do with you.
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The greatest gift you can give someone else is your own happiness.
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A belief is just a thought that I keep thinking.
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Life is always in motion, so you cannot be stuck.
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Alignment trumps everything. Stay away from the subject that disrupts your alignment, and everything you care about will fall into place.
Photo: Use at your Ease. Meaning: By no longer resisting what you do not want, and focusing your energy on what you do want, everything you care about will naturally come into harmony or alignment, and the universe will support you.
If you want it and you wait for it, it will be yours very soon.
Image: Garuda Somanna AI. Meaning: By asking the universe. By persevering and remaining patient, the things you want will eventually come to you.
You are joy, you are looking for a way to express yourself.
Image: Arnie Bragg AI. Meaning: Your inner joy wants to come out, but is (still) searching for a form. For example, through art, music, writing, dance, speaking or other creative or personal expression.
You cannot pay attention to bad things and allow good things at the same time. It is impossible vibration.
Image: Pete Lintforth. Meaning: You cannot be focused on negative things and make positive things happen at the same time – it is vibrationally impossible according to Abraham’s teachings.
Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change.
Photo: Republica. Meaning: Our inner vibration – that is, the thoughts, feelings and beliefs we constantly emit – attracts what we focus on. When we focus on fear, lack or criticism, we resonate with experiences that confirm that same energy. By choosing gratitude, curiosity and positive expectation, we ‘tune in’ to other possibilities. Origin: Work of Abraham Hicks, a series of channelled teachings that focus on the Law of Attraction and creating a conscious, intentional lifestyle.
It’s not just that your goal is joy, it’s that you are joy. You are the expression of love, joy, freedom and clarity. Energy-filled and eager. That’s who you are.
Photo: pixabay. Meaning: The realisation that joy, love and clarity do not need to be sought outside yourself, but that this is your origin, helps you to live your life in line with your highest potential. Origin: The Emotion Ladder is a concept introduced by Esther and Jerry Hicks, based on the teachings of Abraham Hicks. The model describes 22 emotional levels, ranging from the highest vibrations such as joy and love, to the lowest such as fear and depression. The idea is that people can move through these emotions, up or down, and that becoming aware of your position on this ladder can help you to gradually climb to higher, more positive emotions.
Everything you believe affects everything that comes to you.
Photo: Iris Helen Silvy. Meaning: Your beliefs act as a magnet that determines the circumstances, opportunities or problems you encounter in your life. This is known as the Law of Attraction.
Stop asking others to be the change you need to feel better. It is freedom that you are seeking.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: You are your own source of well-being and you do not need to change others in order to experience inner peace. Origin: Abraham Hicks (Law of Attraction).
You are constantly pre-paving your future experiences… You are continually projecting your expectations onto your future experiences.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: Your inner world (expectations, beliefs, feelings) has a direct influence on the outer world you attract. By consciously guiding your expectations, you can actively shape the quality of your future experiences.
You can get where you want to be from wherever you are, but you have to stop spending so much time noticing and talking about what you don’t like where you are.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: Everything revolves around the principle of attention and vibration. You cannot vibrate to a better place as long as you remain energetically focused on what you reject. Change your attention, and you change your direction. Origin: A core idea within Abraham Hicks’ Law of Attraction philosophy.
You do not manifest; you create the environment that allows manifestation to occur.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: Stop trying to force things. Instead, focus on feeling the joy, gratitude and anticipation as if your desire has already been fulfilled. Those feelings are the ‘fertile ground’, and manifestation is the natural outcome. Origin: This is the core of the Law of Attraction as taught by Abraham Hicks.
It is not your job to make things happen – universal forces are in place for all that. Your job is simply to determine what you want.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: Freedom from the burden of having to do everything yourself and fight for everything. Life is a co-creation. You provide the blueprint (the desire and emotional charge), and the universal forces provide the means, the timing and the path to get there. Your task is to make the blueprint as clear and attractive as possible and then trust that construction will begin. Origin: Part of the Law of Attraction as taught by Abraham Hicks, but on a deeper, almost metaphysical level.
Few people realise that they have control over how they feel and can positively influence the things that are part of their life experience by consciously directing their thoughts.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: The gist of this statement is that by consciously choosing and directing their thoughts, people can control their feelings and thus positively influence their experiences and reality. This is the core of Abraham Hicks’ teachings: everyone is a co-creator of their own reality and can positively alter it by directing their attention and intention. Origin: The source of this idea lies with Abraham Hicks (Esther Hicks as a channel), a well-known teacher of the Law of Attraction. Numerous quotes from them are very close in wording and content, but the exact quote doesn’t seem to appear verbatim as an official quote in their books or workshops.
The moment you say it, the heavens will open for you and non-physical energies will instantly begin to orchestrate the manifestation of your desire.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: What you consciously and confidently say immediately sets in motion an energetic creative process. Origin: From books and lectures on the Law of Attraction. It closely aligns with passages from “Ask and It Is Given” (2004, co-authored with Jerry Hicks).
The appreciation the Source feels for you will be infinite. If you allow it, He will envelop you in a warm blanket of dignity.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: The Universe’s appreciation for you will be infinite. If you allow it, It will envelop you in a warm blanket of dignity. Source: Spiritual teaching system channeled by Esther Hicks (along with her husband, Jerry Hicks). They present themselves as channels for a group of entities calling themselves “Abraham.” Abraham Hicks has built a large following with books, workshops, and quotes on positive thinking, manifestation, and spiritual growth.
The most valuable skill or talent you can develop is directing your thoughts toward what you want.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: The core message is that mental focus is the most important skill you can develop. What you think and what you focus on, according to this view, largely determines what you experience or attract into your life. Source: modern spiritual teaching, “Law of Attraction” (late 20th century).
You are the creator of your own reality.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: Your personal thoughts and feelings form a kind of frequency; whatever resonates with it appears in your experience. Origin: Neville Goddard is chronologically the first (1940-50 vs. 1988). Yet, Abraham-Hicks popularized the saying worldwide in its concise, modern form; many people know it only from her seminars and books.There is no evidence that Hicks consciously adopted the saying from Goddard—it is a universal New Thought idea that emerged independently from several teachers.
Focus your attention on a thought that makes you feel lighter.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: An invitation to consciously engage with your thoughts. When you notice your thoughts becoming heavy or negative, you can gradually shift your attention to something that feels a little better—a small memory, something grateful, something hopeful.In this way, you build peace, clarity, and emotional balance from within. Origin: Esther Hicks (led by the spiritual collective “Abraham”). The phrase appears in her lectures and books, particularly in “Ask and It Is Given” (2004).
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