So Who is Abraham Really ??

This question does not apply so much to the currently available book and Extended Edition of The Secret (where Esther Hicks was removed), but those like me who enjoyed the original you may be as curious about this question as I have been.

The Abraham entities describe themself as a group of "non-physical" entities. I read that to mean spirits. This is saying that they are in the same form now as we were in prior to coming to this Earth, meaning spirit form. Those who have yet to come to this Earth, and yet are slated to come, exist in spirit form right now.

So this is the first possibility for the Abraham entities, that they are spirits that are slated to come to this earth (and receive physical bodies) but they have not come yet.

I am not as much of an expert on the Teachings of Abraham as some others, but I have read a good amount of their writings and have watched the mailing lists for more than a year now, so I feel I have a pretty good pulse on what is going on.

Based on what I have seen and heard them say, I do not believe them to be part of this group. They have never spoken in any way suggesting that they would eventually have physical bodies themselves.

Another possibility is that they are not real at all, they are just an imagination of Esther Hicks that she uses to make a lot of money.

I do not really believe that this is the case either. While they essentially just ask one to be trusting that what they say is correct, I find their viewpoint to be consistent with what I imagine the viewpoint of a non-physical entity would be.

And we know that there ARE non-physical entities out there. The aforementioned spirits that have not been born yet (which group may not be to Earth yet), the spirits of those who have passed on (who are here: The place called the Spirit World where we all go after death and before resurrection is here with us on Earth), and the other non-physicals are those one third of Heavenly Father's children who followed Lucifer's plan originally and who will never receive physical bodies).

So there is not 100% proof in my eyes, but I believe that these are real spirit beings that she is channeling.

So it could be that they are spirits of those who once lived on Earth but who have passed on. This would give them a great viewpoint to non-physical and physical, and the Abraham entities act like they understand both.

But they do not speak as if they ever had physical bodies themselves, at least not that I have seen. I do not believe that they are part of this group either.

So what does that leave?

First a little history, because you do not remember this, but you DID participate in it prior to your coming here to Earth.

There was a grand council in Heaven that we all attended prior to coming here. Two plans for the salvation of Heavenly Father's children were presented for us to vote upon. Plan number one was Heavenly Father's plan and it was championed by Jehovah Himself. In this plan there would be agency, or the freedom to choose. No one would be forced to accept Christ while living on Earth, they would have to do so of their own free will and choice. The plan provided that there would be a Saviour, so that mankind could be reclaimed from their sins as they repented and accepted Christ.

There was another plan presented, which plan was presented by Lucifer himself. In this plan, agency would be done away with; and all would essentially be forced to live the gospel and return to Father. Lucifer sought to destroy the agency of man. One third of the spirits present voted for Lucifer's plan and as a result they were cast out of Heaven with him and they were sent to Earth, but they will never receive physical bodies and thus their eternal progression is stopped.

It is from among this group that "legion" appeared in the New Testament. All evil spirits are part of this group. These spirits can, under certain conditions, possess physical bodies belonging to another. They can also be cast out of those bodies by the proper authority.

But to just make a blanket statement that all of them are bad may be a superficial judgement. The other two thirds that voted for Heavenly Father's plan have come or will come to Earth and receive bodies, and we know by history and the six o'clock news that all of these are not "good".

So just because a spirit is in the one third group does not prove that he is evil, but he/she certainly could be. What is clear is that you will not learn correct principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ from this group, because they all rejected it so long ago. This group however would have the non-physical viewpoint and expertise in how the universe works, because they did not pass through the same veil of forgetfulness that we all did. They would know a lot more about "source energy", even if they were banished from the ultimate source.

But there could be some of them who are trying to be helpful, and they could be calling themselves Abraham.

So am I saying that Abraham is a group of evil spirits?

Not really, but I believe that the most likely group that they come from is the one third group. I could be wrong on this. But I will explain my thinking.

Here's why.

It's not so much what they say, but what they do not say that speaks volumes.

I have never once seen or heard them talk about or define God our Heavenly Father.

I have never once seen or heard them talk about the gospel or the Lord Jesus Christ.

I have never once seen or heard them talk about the Holy Ghost, who is also a personage of spirit like they say they are.

Combine all of that with the fact that since they did not pass through the veil like we did, they are in a position to know and they do know about all of these things.

And yet they say nothing. (Someone please correct me if I am wrong here). I have not seen them say anything at all about it.

The principles of the Law of Attraction that they teach are intriging and ring true to me. They are trying to get us in touch with great power within us that we do not even know we have. In general it seems that they are trying to be helpful. An interesting thing is that the teachings in the movie The Secret about gratitude were not taught by Abraham, but mostly by Lee Brower and Joe Vitale and James Ray.

So what am I trying to say here? Simply this . . .

I would recommend that one not treat the teachings of Abraham like they are a religion. I note that there seem to be many who follow these teachings with religious fervor.

If at any time one finds that something taught by Abraham (or especially something spouted by one of their followers) is in conflict with the revealed word of God in the Scriptures; I would recommend strongly that one choose the scriptures.

An example. The scriptures are very clear of how God feels about fornication and adultery, even if society is getting lax on it, the word of God has not changed. And yet I see posts from time to time on the Abraham discussion group (always from men), which are saying that if committing fornication and adultery "feel good" to you, they that is what you should do!

These men are wishful thinkers. Fornication and Adultery destroys families and brings nothing but misery and pain, no matter how much one lies to themself that it "feels good". It also leads to all kinds of other sins as people attempt to hide their wrong doings. In short both fornication and adultery lead to bondage, as does all other unrepented sin.

So do not stop going to church in favor of the Teachings of Abraham. There ARE things that you need to do while here to be saved, and you will not learn those things from Abraham. They will not teach you to repent. They will not teach that you must be baptized by proper authority.

Those who listen to the message must have the discernment to tell if what is being presented is in harmony with the scriptures.

Those who are unable to discern should avoid the message, because it is not worth the consequences of sin.

They are right about the Universe being filled with Love, but it does seem funny to me that they do not identify the SOURCE of that love, which source is God.

Joseph

Success as a Second Language

Its either Esther Hicks, or Bob Proctor, or both in the original movie The Secret who talk about the words that we speak, but other than their short phrases, the story goes back to what we are visulaizing, feeling, and thinking.

"We see that those who speak most of prosperity have it". "We see that those who speak most of disease have it".

So the question becomes, how does one "speak" of prosperity?

If we were not brought up in a home where parents spoke of prosperity, and if we have not been in another group where they speak of prosperity, then the words may be foreign to us, and learning to speak them might be something like learning to speak a different language.

As a second language.

I will outline a phased approach. In Phase One, we identify the words that we speak which are anti-prosperity and we eliminate them as possible. We pay very close attention to the words "I Am . . . ", and we are very careful to never let ourselves utter those words followed by anything negative! We begin to understand the power of the words: Are you living well? Yes, I Am.

Phase Two. We have all had multiple success events in our lives. How do we speak when we speak of these? We will learn to speak positively of these if we do not do so already. Our past success is NEVER the result of luck. In phase two we can listen to ourselves as we speak about our own past successes. Why were we successful? What made us stick to it? How did we overcome the odds? How did we manifest that awesome thing? How did we win? Are you remembering well? Yes, I Am.

Phase Three. Given that we are the exact same person who just spoke about all those wonderful success stories, we begin to know that the thoughts we thought, and the feelings we felt, and the talents we used, and the actions we took, brought us to those past success stories; and will lead us to the future ones, which can be awesomely bigger. Are you Believing Well? Yes, I Am.

Now we will remember the same language we used to describe our past success, and use it again to describe our future success. Eventually we will be able to talk of our future success as if it had already happened in a way that makes sense. Our speech will become inspiring to us and perhaps also to others. Are you speaking well? Yes, I Am.

Now we have learned the language, so we will know all the passwords.

Speak and Grow Rich

Joseph

The Secret To Relationships

In the Original version of The Secret, Esther Hicks said the following in the section on relationships:

“If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one else to be different so that you could feel good. You would free yourself of all that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the world, or control your mate, or control your child. You are the only one who creates your reality. . . It is only you, every bit of it you.

I wish to comment on this remarkable statement. Prior to my watching the movie, I was quite sure that other people had quite a bit to do with how my relationships worked. Now I am not so sure. I agree 100% that if the need to change someone else is part of a relationship, then that is going to be a stress that is hard to get rid of.

In this same section Esther says that they encourage that one make a list of all the things that they like best about the other person in the relationship, be that a child or a spouse or a friend. Use that list to define how to feel about that other person. The message is that as one does that the part that they like about the other person will expand, and the part that we do not focus on will tend to contract.

Now this is not a cure all and I am not sure how it would work for infidelity or other grevious things, but it is a way to take control of energy in a relationship and direct it to a desired end; and is if definately a way for us to understand that we have much more control over how good our relationships are then we think that we do.

I see that as the overriding theme of the entire movie, and that is for us to start to wake up to the power that is within us to effect positive change; and it all starts with what we are thinking, is strengthened by what we are feeling, and manifests based on what we are doing.

So if you think that what you do does not matter; Think Again.

Joseph

Welcome to The Secrets of The Secret Blog!

Hi All,

By now millions of you have heard of the runaway successful movie The Secret. But did you know that there are really two different versions of the movie, and that the first one, being no longer available, is a kind of collector's item?

How do you tell which one you have? If you look at the back of your DVD case and you see the words "Extended Edition" in white, then you have the recent one that is selling now, and you will not see Esther Hicks. If you see Esther Hicks or do not see the words "Extended Edition", then you have the original which was sold up until about October 1, 2006.

Keep the original if you have one, it is worth something.

The book The Secret mostly tracks with the Extended Edition of the movie.