Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Jerry Hicks, Esther Hicks Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
Book Review: Amazing Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther Hicks is a book that will help you create a life you desire and according to the book desire is a good and natural force within us. The book explains that we are so frustrated because we have trouble knowing how to ask for what we want. This book will help you attract the life you want by matching the "vibrational" energy of one's desires.
Book Review: Amazing Perspective on Life
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has been the most influential book for me. I've read it twice now and it is amazing the changes that a person can make in his/her own life.
I will admit that it can be a bit of a slow read at times (but not hard). But I think this is because the concepts are more original than any other book or philosopher. The concepts are also amazingly consistent with how they apply to any situation of life.
There were many things that I missed the first time I read this. So the second read was helpful. I also recommend any of this author's materials. The published materials that I enjoy the most from this author are the workshop and cruise cd's. It is amazing the questions people ask and the answers that they receive. You can get some great examples of their work at youtube.com. Just keep in mind that you may not have the underlaying basis if you start with the workshops or youtube before reading the book.
Now, that I've talked about the book. Let me say that the principles in the book work well when applied correctly. I have improved every aspect of my life. Things could be better. But I admit that I have been lazy with this too. When I really apply it, the results are quick and surprising.
It would be really nice if more people knew these principles. But it is what it is. I don't force this on anyone and I choose to live happily in secret, unless I stumble upon some who asks. By the way, "The Secret" movie is ok. But this is much more thorough and explains it all.
You found the book. So there must be a reason for you to read it.
And to sum up the book "Life is supposed to be fun."
Book Review: Amazing philosophy that grants results!
Summary: 5 Stars
Also, I'm writing this review as a response to PUMA'S 1-star. S/he seemed to have questions that seemed unanswered, so I thought I'd throw in my own two cents for those curiously inclined. :)
1. The ego and everything else is part of who you are. As Esther says, we are eternally and blissfully, incomplete.
The ego takes many forms, perhaps, like everything else.. we are to master control over it and find it's place. The ego only becomes an issue when it is imbalanced - like everything else in life.
2. Abraham sounds British? Sounds like the same Esther voice to me. Perhaps our definitions of "British accent" is different? Cause I see no pronunciation of the sort. But in either case, even if it were, the ENGLISH language should be spoken the way it was originally intended to be spoken (in my opinion).
So yes, I would expect an intelligent being to prefer to pronounce things the way the language was intended to, to begin with. Alas, this seems not the case. Still says nothing about intelligence. Words are just that. It's just my own personal preference. ;) So yeah, "LOL" indeed.
3. I think you've over-simplified the case in order to "prove" your perspective. Cute. And clearly the tactic works.
But what you fail to notice is that Abraham's teaching may be lingering through our "scrutiny." Perhaps Esther and Jerry read the book to a different level where they began to vibrate to the same level of the book. More deeply so than the general reaction. *shrug*
4. "Feeling good" through LOVE (why do you drop the LOVE bit in order to prove your case?) A mass murderer does not feel love or he wouldn't be murdering now would he? There is no simple answer for human wiring and their personal complexes.. but if the murderer feels good to the point where they feel they LOVE to kill - this is not in vibration to the pure love but in the corrupted wiring of deeper pain reflected through murder and harm (human are EXTREMELY expressive creatures) and we tend to express ourselves in the need to feel understood. People express chaos and harm when they have this inside of them.
Basic psychology.
5. Carve your thoughts, and you've carved an action, carve an action repetitively and you've carved a habit, carve the habit and you've carved a personality.. your personality equals your fate.
I can personally assure you that if you feel GENUINE, pure and clean love, the way it is CONSTANTLY emphasized, then you WILL be hooked upon taking action in order to EXPRESS your feelings into physical manifestations. Seems she's working on the heart of the whole operation - YOUR MIND.
Teach a child hate, he'll learn to kill. Teach a child love and she'll learn to nurture. Action stems from your (gasp) MIND! And if a fat person remains fat, clearly they are not thinking skinny, are they? I'm not saying they're not trying... or "thinking" .. I am saying that people tend to do things incorrectly by filtering information the "wrong" way. We're complex beings and it's only bound to happen.
Hence why we should know who we are and what works for us. But our feeling meter (so long as it's feeling good due to genuine contentment and not from a deeper underlying problem) does not fail us once.
6. Abraham explains this in their seminars. You should YouTube them sometime. I feel if I answer, I might butcher it due to trying to make such a complex answer reduced to a shorter comment response. *shrug* The answer is there though, feel free to seek if you truly wish to find.
7. "Superficial"? I think humanity has taught you to condemn that which has been overbalanced. (i.e "Beauty might turn you vain - you must not be proud if you are reasonably attractive - no no! it means you're vain!! VAIN!!!" - it does not.) Designer clothes are just another form of human expression. HUMANS *LOVE* to express themselves. Through our clothes, writing, contact lenses ANYTHING from big to small. Is this surprising to you?
Designer clothes make me feel privileged and comfortable (as long as the material, design, comfort is to my liking and style.) - your clothes shift your subconscious whether you're aware of it or not. Why neglect the little things that change your life?
Of course, I'm not saying that expensive clothes is THE ONLY thing you should wear. Again, that's an imbalance. And if you can prove that Abraham is trying to promote this, you'd have a case.
"Why do these Law Of Attraction books always target either ordinary people who want to become rich or rich people who want to become richer? "
Because the rich people don't really need them. And the generally poor are (coincidentally?) too pessimistic and lacking (in money/character) to afford interests in books/money, it seems.
8. Through getting what we want will we know what we need. Again, things tend to get a bad rap when it's had some form of history of primitive misuse. (i.e. That little girls has been given an imbalance of all she's ever wanted... causing her to be spoiled! IM NEVER GIVING MY CHILD ANYTHING HE WANTS AGAIN HE MUST LEARN TO APPRECIATE")
Hopefully mankind will learn to advance instead of desperately trying to change that which is easily solved by learning balance.
If you feel I might've left something out - feel free to point it out.
Like I said, I tried to keep my response as short as possible. But I'd like to leave a suggestion of my own..
Instead of asking a million questions and doubting ... why not give it a shot?
If you think it all sounds twisted and insane... you're right. It does. Cause the results are.
I can write an equally large amount of things I've manifested.. (all of which had eventually proven empty until I discovered the deeper things/meaning to life ;) ) but I wouldn't type such things on the internet for fear of sounding fake to those who don't believe, crazy to those who do, and arrogant to pessimists who focus on imbalance.
When in doubt, try it out.
Best of wishes,
- Aria
Book Review: An Awakening
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good read. I couldn't put it down. I particularly loved the examples and the processes that I can use. However, I wish they would have been listed them again in a resource section. Right now I have them marked by a piece of paper for easy review to see where my emotions are currently at; hopeful, anxious, excited etc. Who knew that our emotions were the key to manifesting our desires. I especially liked the list of emotions used as indicators of my vibration. It's so easy to look at the list, see where I'm at and then look up the process that will raise my vibration/emotion. The follow up CD included in the book is also nice to have because I can just pop it in and listen to it while I'm driving to get inspired again.Book Review: An Owner's Manual for Your Spirituality
Summary: 5 Stars
I listen to Dr. Wayne Dyer's [the author of "The Power of Intention"] radio program regularly and on several occasions I've heard him mention this book by Jerry and Esther Hicks. I decided to purchase a copy and have been thoroughly engrossed in it from the moment I picked it up. I can see why Dr. Dyer frequently mentions this book and why it has had such an influence on his own body of work.
The first half of the book is a description of intention, quantum physics, and a wide-range of other interesting practices. The second half of the book gives detailed descriptions of 22 processes for use in actually manifesting your intentions and desires. I decided that this book really is like an "owner's manual for your spirituality." I found myself marking up the book, underlining passages, and noting particular sections for future reference. I came to use several of these processes naturally, having discovered them simply on an intuitive basis, though these definitions provide a more structured way to think about using intention and intuition.
I'll be keeping this book by my bedside to read on a daily basis and I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in taking a "proactive," participatory role in creating the life you want to live.