In Loving Memory of Jerry Hicks
By Karen Money Williams on Nov 23, 2011 in "The Secret", Abraham, Action Journey, Fun, Jerry and Esther Hicks
In loving memory of Jerry Hicks, who made his transition and plunged headlong into his vibrational escrow last week on November 18, I would like to repeat one of my favorite blog posts.
I would never, in a million years, dreamed that life has these non-action underpinnings mentioned below if it weren’t for Jerry and his plethora of questions that evoked, via Esther, our beloved Abraham.
Thanks, Jerry. Job Fun well done.
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Thanks to my Abraham pal, Ande, for this question.
“I heard something today on an LOA site that I’ve heard several times from various “The Secret” teachers and it just doesn’t seem to fit with the Abraham perspective, but maybe I’m being too simplistic. It’s that you can’t just want something and feel good and have it happen. You MUST take action. Am I misinterpreting Abraham, do you think, when I conclude that what they say is that action is not necessary? I know they say that taking inspired action from a place of “this makes my heart sing” is an aligned thing to do, but my understanding is that it’s not an action journey. I’d love to hear your take on this. Thanks.”
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Like Ande, I’ve noticed various teachers from “The Secret” movie have, since the movie’s release a few years ago, tended to explain, qualify, and dial down this message: “It’s all about mental focus.”
It seems that I recall Bob Proctor, on one of the talk shows that featured these now-famous teachers from “The Secret,” adding that a person can’t make it ONLY about thoughts. One has to take into consideration one’s eating habits and nutrition, too.
And “Thoughts Become Things” teacher Mike Dooley, who bases his worldwide outreach here in Orlando, went a similar route in his new book, Infinite Possibilities. I recall, as I listened to the (excellent) audio book version, that Mike bent over backward to emphasize that we cannot sit on our hands and do nothing after we’ve visualized. We must take action to bring our goal, our dream into manifestation.
Anyhow, I’m guessing that those folks from “The Secret” were reacting to one of the biggest criticisms leveled at the movie from people who were new to the ideas presented there: “The Secret” gave people a pie-in-the-sky, misguided notion that if they simply focus on what they want, it will come to them without any work on their part.
That was a common reaction that Mark and I noticed from people to whom we showed “The Secret” when it was first released. So, to make the message more palatable, various teachers have emphasized, in deference to the work ethic that runs hard and strong throughout the land, that we must put some shoe leather to our visualizing. Others, like Proctor, insist that it’s all about mental focus PLUS their favorite ingredients du jour: nutrition, meditation, sweat lodges (OK, I’m hitting below the belt), you-name-it.
But what does Abraham, the most quoted Law of Attraction teacher of our time, say? “It’s all about mental focus.”
It’s all about mental focus. Period. Paragraph.
A person could conceivably sit in their living room in couch potato fashion, align themselves through their mental focus with their desires, and have the object of their attention delivered straight to their door. As Abraham says, every manifestation is 99.9999999999999… (well, you get the picture) per cent completed before it ever appears in physical expression. Any amount of effort we exert in order to make something happen after we’ve lined up with it through our happy thoughts is, well, negligible at best.
My feller, Mark, and I’ve discussed this startling aspect of the Abraham teachings on various occasions. Mark reminds me that we’re physical beings who like action, so maybe it’s not ALL about thoughts. I remind him that Abraham says we came into physical expression to create through our thoughts and then to enjoy what we created through our pursuant action–action that we’re inspired to take as a result of those thoughts, as Ande mentioned.
Mark counters that if we didn’t come forth to create through action at all, why would we come into physical expression? I respond in my typical little goody-two-shoes Abraham student way: We came here for the exaggerated contrast that elicits more intense desires than we could generate and enjoy in non-physical.
We are all action-oriented beings, and it’s truly challenging at times to “wrap our brains around” the concept that we create through mental focus. But I do believe that is the clear Abraham message. And I believe “those old dead guys,” as they have sometimes jokingly referred to themselves, present the deepest truth about the nature of existence that is coming forth today.
Yep, it’s all about focus. It’s all about mental focus. It’s all about that.
Not much action required at this restaurant.
Great post, Karen… Lovely tribute… and I love your comments about action. I have to agree with you… we have only begun to tap into the wellspring of what is possible once we get purely aligned about anything in life. That is, if we get our core feelings/vibration right, then the essence of what we want simply WILL BE. As you say, it might simply walk in your door with no physical action being performed on your part… or it might come through huge, inspired, ferocious, brilliant action. Both are very exciting and joyous paths. Best to you and Mark,
Rex
Thanks, Rex! You worded that so well: “…it might simply walk in your door with no physical action being performed on your part… or it might come through huge, inspired, ferocious, brilliant action. Both are very exciting and joyous paths.”
It’s all about aligning with our Inner Being = thinking thoughts that feel good. Everything we want flows from that.
Thanks to Jerry for starting the ball rolling in bringing this information forth, and thanks to all of us for continuing to evoke it from Abraham with our own questions and curiosity.
Joy, joy, joy!
I’m glad you reprised this, Karen. As I was reading, I was struck by how I have already experienced the “delivered straight to their door” manifestation. My husband, Tim, was in fact delivered to my door. All my friends and my mother were telling me I had to “get out there” or I wouldn’t find a mate. I decided instead to live my truest life, which is being mostly solitary, at home with my dog. And even though that’s what I did, Tim was drawn into my life and drove across the country to come right to my door.
Even though I’ve had that experience, I so easily forget it and don’t apply it to money. I’ve been beating my head against a wall for years trying to “make it happen” in the area of finances and career … with the sort of pathetic results you would expect.
Now I’m all about finding ways to feel good (which doesn’t mean I sit around doing nothing–I take plenty of action, but it’s only the action that feels good) … and I’m curious about what will come to my door next.
Thanks so much for this post, Karen!
Your connection with Tim is surely a perfect example of how this all works, Ande — how it’s not about action and figuring it all out but it’s about alignment.
I rarely think of, let alone quote the Bible, but I just recalled the verse, “Be still and know that I am God.” I like it that when we stay calm and connected, the Universe unleashes mighty power to aid us.
Thankyou Ande for asking this queastion and thankyou Karen for your answer.
This is something I have wondered about myself as we get mixed messages from different teachers.
However, I have always felt that Abrahams message that it is all about thoughts and mental focus gets right to the heart of things.
When I look back over my life the things that I have manifested, especially what I would class as ‘big’ things, have never, never taken any physical action on my part.
The only action I have ever had to take was to go out and enjoy my life, stay as positive as I could and let my desire go !!
An example of this is when my television broke. I immediately sent up a desire for another which at that time I couldn’t afford, I had a small one which I started using. within a couple of days I got used to the small one and actually really liked it, it looked good in my sitting room. No more need of a bigger television so I forgot all about it.
Of course, within 2 weeks, I got a much bigger television, free of charge delivered right to my door.
The only action I had to take was to make peace with what I had. Actually, I am feeling real excitement as I write this because I am realising just how easy this all is
I think if there is any action to take we will be led to it by the universe and we possibly/probably wont even realise that the action we are taking has anything to do with our desires.
Real Magic
I love your television manifestation, Susan. It’s another nifty example of it not being about effort. Yes, Real Magic!!! And we’re the magician every day if we choose to focus in ways that feel good.
Thank you so much for this blogpost. (And thank you Jerry)
I have been crying for more than an hour now. I have been torn apart with this action thing. As you say we still have this huge ‘work ethic that runs hard and strong throughout the land (world)’ and I had the conversation in myself that I didn’t do anything while on the other hand I am/was sure that it is not about doing, it is about being.
Anyway this post touched me so deeply. The confirmation does it for me. I have been asking the last days for an answer. And here it is!
Thank you and a big hug!
Thanks so much for your comments, Anita. I’m thrilled that this blogpost was timely for you.
Gives me “thrill bumps,” as Jerry Hicks (and others) have called goose bumps.
Action that is fun to take is great, but we can release so much of the other kind of action — arduous drudgery — by tending to our mental focus/vibration.
I so appreciate it when we who are learning about this can share and reinforce it in each other. Much joy to you!
I feel certain that Jerry is doing quite well, today and always. Much appreciation to him for creating a process for all the books and workshops over the years.
Meanwhile, it’s fun to notice all that shows up in our lives. My morning walk today, delivered me to the lake just as the sun was rising on the horizon – spectactular (and not planned by ME). On the jog back to the house, there were 2 otters playing and feasting on fish in the lake! Fun things showing up everywhere!
Playful otters! They remind me of the Thornton Burgess books I devoured as a kid. What a great (and early!) start to your Thanksgiving day!
Recent experiences seem to demonstrate that “inspired” action helps.
I felt “nudged” to change how I back up my data on my laptop. The system I was using required action by me on a regular basis to make sure that my data was backed up. I wasn’t always consistent in performing the task.
I was nudged to try an online service that will back up your data for you in the background automatically every time there is a change to the data. I decided to install a 14 day trial version to see how it worked. A few days later,I left town for a couple of days, leaving the laptop for my partner to use while I was gone.
When I came back, my laptop had frozen and there was a good chance that I wouldn’t have access to my data for a significant period of time if at all. The data that I had been backing up manually was out of date by a 3-4 weeks. Many photos would have been lost forever.
So I used the smaller netbook I use for travel to access the saved data online. It was all there. Every byte of it.
I’m so glad I followed through on the “nudge” to help me align with a rocket of desire to keep my data safe and backed up.
That is just wonderful, Mary. Those nudges we get when we’re aligned range from extremely practical, as in your case, to whimsical and fun. They’re always in perfect timing.
Two nights ago, we were about to go nighy-night, and I had an unusual impulse to turn on the TV, something I rarely do at that time of night. Who was on “Leno” at that moment but our favorite local athlete, Dwight Howard, and he was talking about my favorite football player, Tim Tebow. It was a great segment for us, and we were amazed that we happened to catch it.
Gotta love those nudges. Congrats on having your computer data safe and sound!
This morning I asked my inner being if I should stop having fun playing tennis and go apply some serious mental focus on a problem. What do you think was the reply? It’s not “mental focus OR action.” It’s “get in the vortex and then.” I can get in the vortex with fun action and I can get in the vortex with fun mental focus. For me it’s “mental focus AND action.” That’s what I came to physical to experience.
Point well taken. (Sort of.) hahaha
What a lovely tribute to Jerry…like you, I know that he is continuing to romp and play and have loads of fun!
This post is a wonderful reminder of Abraham’s message…get in the Vortex and then…
As you say, it’s all about alignment. Thank you Karen for your inspired messages! Big hugs to you and Mark!
Thank you, Bec, for your nifty words! I love that word “romp.” Yes, Jerry is doing that, I bet, even as we speak.
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Lovely post Karen.
Jerry is a great example of how a single curious mind that is brave enough to qustion can touch lives of millions of people million of miles away. I know, because I am one of them and I so appreciate the path we are on. it just brings purpose to life. I can feel that I have come for an adventure, to have fun, to feel true bliss.
But, a doubt creeps up and I must ask…. Let me take a very simple everyday example of wanting to get from A to B. I cannot just reach B, I have to take some action in the direction of B, don’t I? Or is it that my desire to get to B inspires me to take action. I feel a little bit lost here.
I would say absolutely the latter, Bea. Your desire to get to Point B inspires you to take easy action to get there when, and only when, you’re thinking happy thoughts about Point B and not upset that you’re at Point A. That’s where so many people bog down — despite their desire for Point B, they keep looking at where they are, noticing what-is, feeling immersed in what-is and feeling some degree of frustration.
Abraham always emphasizes making peace with where you are (Point A) and feeling eager for more (Point B). And in addition — living Point B in your mind and enjoying it SO MUCH that when you reach there — and you will — it almost feels anti-climactic.
All this alignment brings the “right” people and circumstances and opportunities your way, and you can take that easy, inspired action that seems fun and almost effortless.
It’s not about action vs. no action. It’s about struggling, arduous action vs. inspired, easy action.