JoY iS tHe PoInt :) … Abraham-Hicks
October 21, 2007
Earlier today I was having a little discussion with a fellow wordpresser, and we kinda disagreed about a few things with regard to “God” and such. He feels there is a separate “God,” I don’t. I believe that we are collectively that which is “God,” or “All-That-Is.” He discounted the power of our emotions, whereas I believe our emotions are exceedingly powerful… He didn’t change my mind, but he did get kinda angry for some reason when I expressed my views :)
I then felt compelled to “ask the Universe” this question. It popped into my mind to do a Google search with “Abraham-Hicks God.” I haven’t read much of the Abraham material, but I always liked seeing pictures of these people, Jerry and Esther Hicks — they’re always smiling :) That’s telling. Ya’ look at these people, and then look at the fearful, angry Bible-pounders. Is it really that difficult to tell who’s actually got it goin’ on? :)
I totally resonate with “the point” being about JOY. Why would anyone want to believe otherwise? Oh, that hell thing. Yep, a life filled with fear and eagerly awaiting til ya’ can say, “Told ya’ so, I’m in Heaven and you’re frying in Hell — haha!” lol Alrighty then.
As delightful as a life like that sounds (heh), a life that is all about joy and following wherever joy leads ya’ … knowing you are loved completely (no matter what) by the “Universe” … And it’s always trying it’s best to get the joyful stuff to ya’. The only thing stopping it is our wicked old beliefs of not being worthy — invariably rooted in that dreadful religious BS.
Anyway, it tickled me to see the very first line of the very first entry that came up in doing that search… Abraham: “To know that you are God.” :) (This was Abraham’s response to, “What is my purpose?” — see excerpts below) Not that I needed confirmation, but I felt compelled to do that search, and perhaps it was simply so as to share this with whoever feels inclined to read this. This is also kinda spurring me to study Abraham’s teachings.
Here’s some of what I came upon at their site…
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The Teachings of Abraham
“Words do not teach. True knowing comes from life experience. We offer these words, that they might stimulate your thinking. Truly, a teacher is a stimulator of thought.” - Abraham
JOY is the point.
Abraham speaks to the heart.
They teach that life is supposed to be fun. They say that is what you intended before you got here.
They teach that you can be, do, or have anything you want.
They say YOU create your own reality and the universe is simply reflecting back to you the essence of how you’re feeling about it!
Joseph Campbell said, “Follow your bliss.” Abraham shows you where you left your compass.
Your compass? Your emotions.
Source: http://www.abraham-hicks.com/teachings.php
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If God Would Answer, What Would You Ask?
Jerry: A newspaper this morning had a survey of what adults would ask of God, or a Supreme Being, if they could get a direct and immediate answer. And so I thought I’d ask you the questions:
What Is My Purpose?
Jerry: For 35% of them, this was their question: “What is my purpose here?”
Abraham: To know that you are God.
Jerry: Could you embellish that a little?
Abraham: What is my purpose, as a physical being, coming forth into a physical time/space reality? Your purpose is to chew on the contrast for the purpose of giving birth to a unique new desire in this moment that will summon Life Force or Energy toward it.
Contrast exists. You don’t get brownie points or anything for that. And you don’t get any for the desire that is born out of the contrast, because that’s the natural process. And so, once the contrast has produced desire within you, and the desire is summoning Life Force unto it, your work is to align with that Energy.
Your objective is to seek joy. Your objective is to find appreciation or pleasure or positive thought from wherever you stand, no matter how you got there. And when you align with that Energy, you are fulfilling your purpose. And then the twists and turns that your experience will take are dependent upon your willingness to allow yourself exposure to contrast. In other words, you cannot get it wrong.
Life After Death?
Jerry: And 19% of them asked, “Will I have life after death?”Abraham: Yes, because life is eternal, of course. There is no ending to any of that. And even if, from your physical perspective, you do not know that or understand that, in the moment you make your transition back into Nonphysical, you will know it fully.
It’s not life after death, because there is no death. It’s just life, life, life, life, always life — different perspectives of it.
Why Does Bad Happen?
Jerry: And then, 16% of them would ask God, if God could answer right back, “Why do bad things happen?”
Abraham: There is no source of that which you consider to be bad. It is just that sometimes you get into a vibrational place where you disallow the good you deserve, that would be there otherwise.
Everything comes to you by your attention to it. So if something comes to you that you say is a bad thing, it is only because you have somehow achieved vibrational harmony with it. You achieve vibrational harmony with a feeling of unworthiness a little bit at a time. But in time, you can begin to feel unworthy of good things….
Bad things happen only because you, as a vibrating being, are disallowing the good things that are natural to you.
There is a Source of pure positive Energy coming to you. It is the Energy that created you to begin with. It is the Energy that sustains you and supports you. This Energy is always flowing to you, but sometimes you achieve an attitude or a mood or a personality that does not allow the goodness that is flowing to you. And so, it is as if you have created a shadow.
You say, “Well, why is there a shadow?” We say, it could be any number of things, but mostly it is not understanding that the light is there for you, and you are worthy of it. It is a by-product of comparing yourselves to so many others, trying to sort out the manifestations, rather than understanding the Energy Stream to begin with.
So why do so-called “bad things” happen? Because people come to expect less than good.
Other Intelligent Life?
Jerry: So 35% would have asked a God, what’s my purpose? 19%: Will I have life after death? 16%: Why do bad things happen? And 7% would have asked: “Is there intelligent life elsewhere, other than on this planet?”
Abraham: The Universe is abundant with Intelligence. All is Intelligence. But it is interesting, for as you stand in your physical platform, you would not revere any Intelligence that you did not understand fully. It’s tricky, isn’t it? Haven’t you noticed that people who are not on your wavelength don’t seem very smart? Or it is the other way around.
Are there other places like here? Yes, there are many physical dimensions. Physical is leading edge.
There are more physical dimensions than you have ability to calculate with your most sophisticated of computers. It’s a very big Universe, with very much consciousness.
How Long Will I Live?
Jerry: And 6% would have asked: “How long will I live?”
Abraham: You will live forever. You are eternal beings who have no ending.
You will remain in this body as long as contrast is producing desire within you that summon life that is not being thwarted by your contradictory attitudes.
The longest of experiences come from those who are stimulated to lots of new thought, who are in a place of not getting into strong resistance and who are allowing the Life Force they are summoning through their desire.
The shorter lives are those who have strong desire and strong resistance. And so, there’s a big tug-of-war going on inside which sort of blows them up in one way or another. Or it may be those who have come to the place where their desires have been uncomfortable, because they haven’t figured out how to bring their beliefs in alignment with their desires, so the struggle is unpleasant. And so, little by little, they release their desire, until they have very little summoning. Those are evidences of shorter lives. But not to worry, because there is not death. In other words, you cannot get it wrong.
Jerry: 6% were other than that, and the other 12% weren’t sure they had a question. So that’s it.
Abraham: They were not sure it was worth asking, because they do not believe that there is anyone who knows the answer.
In 1985, Jerry and Esther Hicks began dialogs with Abraham, a name chosen by a group of nonphysical teachers, who deliver an inspirational message of joy and well-being. This site offers excerpts from workshop recordings since 1990, plus other news and announcements, to support your journey to all that is desired.
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