The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham

by Esther Hicks

By deliberately directing your thoughts and by creating pleasing mental scenarios in your own mind that induce good-feeling emotions within you, you begin to change your own point of attraction.

The Universe, which is responding to the thoughts that you are thinking, does not distinguish between a thought brought about by your observation of some reality you have witnessed and a thought brought about by your imagination. In either case, the thought equals your point of at...

When you are clear about everything that you want, you will get all of the results that you want. But often you are not completely clear. You say, for example, “I want the color yellow, and I want the color blue.” But what you end up with is green. And then you say, “How did I get green? I did not intend that at all.” But, it came forth as a blending of other intentions, you see. (Of course, blending the color yellow with the color blue creates the color green.)

When you have practiced clarifying your intentions a bit, you will find yourself, in the very early stages of interacting with others, knowing whether what they are offering is of value or not. You will know whether you want to invite them into your experience or not.

it is the vibrational essence of the subject of your attention that is attracted. That which you really, really want, you get—and that which you really, really do not want, you get.

It is no wonder that you get so many of the things you do not want—you give so much of your attention to the things you do not want.. .

We would recommend that if you hear of an assault, you say, “That is their experience. I do not choose that.” And then release the thought of what you do not want, and think of what you do want, because you get what you think about, whether you want it or not.

It is not necessary, or possible, to hide from or avoid unwanted people or experiences—but it is possible to attract only the people and experiences that please you.

You did not like being hurt; you did not like hurting others; and even though you always felt completely justified in your reason for fighting, clear preferences were being born within you. The attraction of the book you mentioned came about because of those intentions. And as you read the book, it answered the questions that had been formulating within you at many levels of your Being. And as those answers came, a new intention was clarified, and a new point of attraction was born within you.

Let us introduce the word harmony. When two are exactly the same, then their intentions cannot be fulfilled. In other words, one who wants to sell does not do well to attract another seller. But the attracting of a buyer brings forth the harmony. The shy man attracts an outgoing woman because his intention is to be more outgoing, so he is actually attracting the subject of his intention.

In her eagerness to soothe her feelings of insecurity, she takes action and jumps into this new relationship—and gets more of what is dominant within her vibration. It would be our encouragement that she take things more slowly and spend more time thinking about what she wants until those thoughts are the basis for the dominant vibration within her. And then, let the Law of Attraction bring her wonderful new partner to her.

See your world as a sort of well-stocked kitchen where every possible ingredient that has ever been pondered, considered, thought of, or wanted exists in an abundant, never-ending quantity; and see yourself as the chef, soliciting forth from the shelves of your kitchen whatever ingredients, in whatever quantity, you desire, and you are mixing it all together for the creation of your cake, which currently pleases you.

First, we would compliment the person on discovering the most important desire of all: the seeking of joy. For in seeking and finding joy, you not only find perfect alignment with your Inner Being and with who-you-really-are, but you also find vibrational alignment with all things that you desire. When joy is really important to you, you do not allow yourself to focus upon things that do not feel good—and the result of thinking only thoughts that feel good would cause you to create a wonderful life filled with all things that you desire.

Deliberately guiding your thoughts is the key to a joyful life, but a desire to feel joy is the best plan of all . . . because in the reaching for joy, you find the thoughts that attract the wonderful life you desire.

We are often accused of teaching selfishness, and we always agree that we certainly do teach selfishness, for you cannot perceive life from any perspective other than from that of yourself.

Unless you are selfish enough to care about how you feel, and therefore direct your thoughts in such a way that you are allowing a true connection to your Inner Being, you have nothing to give another anyway. Everyone is selfish. It is not possible to be otherwise.

Because of the powerful Law of Attraction, whatever you are giving—by way of your vibrational offering—you are receiving. . . . The Law of Attraction always accurately sorts things out and brings to everyone the matching product of their thoughts.

Let us say that you see those who are in need of something. Perhaps they have no money, transportation, or food. And as you see them, you feel sad (because you are focused on their lack and activating that within your own vibration), and from your place of sadness you offer them the action of money or food. The vibration that you are transmitting is actually saying to them, I do this for you because I see that you cannot do this for yourself. Your vibration is actually focused upon their lack of Well-Being and therefore, even though you have offered money or food through your action, your dominant offering is perpetuating their lack.

So the question is not “Which is superior, giving or receiving?” The question is “Which is superior, focusing upon what is wanted or upon what is unwanted?” “Which is superior, uplifting another by believing in their success, or adding to their discouragement by noticing where they are?” “Which is superior, being in alignment with my Inner Being and then taking action, or being out of alignment and taking action?” “Which is superior, adding to one’s success or adding to one’s failure?”

The greatest gift that you could ever give another is the gift of your expectation of their success.

You are here to be that which you want to be, while you allow all others to be that which they want to be.

Let us say that someone in pain comes into your experience and as you see them in their painful situation, a desire wells up inside of you that they find the way out of their painful situation, so their pain only brushed you slightly as you quickly identified your desire for their joyful solution. If you then turn your undivided attention to their successful resolution of their painful situation, you would feel no real pain, and you could be a catalyst to inspire an actual solution for them. That is an example of what true upliftment is. However, if you only focus upon their pain, or upon the situation that has caused it, you will activate within yourself the vibration that matches that, and you will also begin to feel pain as you then begin the attraction of that which you do not want.

When you are an Allower, you are feeling joy as you are observing the experience of all.

As you deliberately offer your thoughts by choosing thoughts that feel good, you allow your connection to your Inner Being, to who-you-really-are. When you are connected to who-you-reallyare, anyone you hold as your object of attention benefits. And, of course, in all of that, you feel joy!

When you understand that unwanted things cannot assert themselves into your experience, but that everything is invited to you and by you through thought, you never again feel threatened by what others may be choosing to live, even if they are very close by—for they cannot be a part of your experience.

So how can we give our attention to, or have a thought about, something that’s negative and not have a negative emotional response to it? Abraham: You cannot. And we would not suggest that you try. In other words, to say never have negative emotion would be the same as saying, “Do not have a Guidance System. Pay no attention to your Emotional Guidance System. ” And that is the opposite of what we are saying. We want you to be aware of your emotions and then guide your thoughts until you feel relief.

The emotion will be proportionate, in intensity, to the amount of thought that you have amassed by the Law of Attraction. The longer you stay focused upon what you do not want, the greater and more powerful that thought will become. But if you are sensitive to your emotions and you withdraw your attention from the unwanted subject very quickly, you will begin to feel better, and you will stop the attraction of this unwanted thing.

I want perfect health! I like feeling good. I enjoy my good-feeling body. I have many positive memories of feeling good in my body. I see many people who are clearly in a state of good health, and it is easy to see how much they are enjoying their good-feeling bodies. When I think thoughts like these, I feel good. These thoughts are in harmony with a healthy body.

I want financial prosperity! There are so many wonderful things that are readily available in this wonderful world, and financial prosperity opens the door to so many of those things. Since the Law of Attraction responds to my thoughts, I have decided to focus predominantly upon the abundance that is possible, understanding that it is only a matter of time before my thoughts of prosperity will be matched by the flow of financial prosperity. Since the Law of Attraction will bring me the object of my attention, I choose abundance.

I want great relationships. I so enjoy nice, clever, funny, energetic, stimulating people, and I love knowing that this planet is abundant with them. I have met so many interesting people, and I love the discovery of fascinating characteristics in the people I meet. It seems that the more I enjoy people, the more people whom I enjoy come into my experience. I love this time of spectacular cocreation.

I want to attract those who are in harmony with me, physical and Non-Physical. I’m fascinated by the Law of Attraction and am comforted by the knowledge that when I’m feeling good, I can only attract that which feels good. I love understanding that the basis of that which is Non-Physical is pure, positive Energy. I enjoy utilizing my Emotional Guidance System so that I can rendezvous with that Source.

I am a growth-seeking Being, and it is exhilarating to remember that expansion is not only natural but inevitable. I love knowing that joy is simply a choice. So, since my expansion is inevitable, I choose to have all of it—in joy.

Your words will not bring you immediate manifestations of what you are asking for, but the more often you say them, and the better you feel while you are saying them, the purer or less contradicted your vibration will be. And soon your world will be filled with these things you have spoken about. . . . Words alone do not attract, but when you feel emotion when you speak, that means your vibration is strong—and the Law of Attraction must answer those vibrations.

if you will let your standard of success be your achievement of joy, everything else will fall easily into place. For in the finding of joy, you are finding vibrational alignment with the resources of the Universe.

You cannot feel joy while you are focusing upon something not wanted, or the lack of something wanted; therefore, while you are feeling joy, you will never be in the state of contradicted vibration. And only the contradiction in your own thoughts and vibration can keep you from the things you desire.

the Law of Creation goes to work upon whatever you are thinking about. From your physical perspective, this equation of creation has two important parts: the launching of the thought and the expectation of the thought—the desire for the creation and the allowing of the creation.

it is not through your action that you are creating your physical experience. When you understand the power of thought and practice your deliberate offering of it, you will discover the powerful leverage (in creating) that only comes from desiring and allowing.

You have intended action; that is part of the deliciousness of this physical world in which you live. But you did not intend to do your creating through physical action—you intended to use your body to enjoy that which you have created through your thought.

When you are taking action in your now, and it is not action in joy, it is our absolute promise to you that it will not lead to a happy ending. It cannot; it defies the Law.

because of your relationship with your Inner Being, you do have access to the knowledge of that broader perspective, or Total You. Your broader Non-Physical part of you communicates with you, and has done so from the day you emerged into this physical body. That communication comes in many varieties—but all of you are receiving the basic communication that comes forth, in the form of your emotion.

Every emotion that you feel is, without exception, communication from your Inner Being letting you know, in the moment, the appropriateness of whatever you are thinking, speaking, or acting. In other words, as you think a thought that is not in vibrational harmony with your overall intent, your Inner Being will offer you negative emotion.

There are only two emotions: One of them feels good, and the other feels bad.

Many people have set their own intuitive guidance aside, replacing it with the opinions of parents, teachers, experts, or leaders in a variety of disciplines. But the more you look to others for their guidance, the more removed you become from your own wise counsel. So often as we begin to remind our physical friends of who-they-reallyare, helping them to reconnect with the Guidance System that is within them, they feel hesitation. They have often become convinced of their unworthiness and of their incorrectness, so they are afraid to move forward, trusting their own guidance or their own conscience, because they believe that there may be someone else who knows more clearly than they do what is appropriate for them.

gradually most of you were worn down by the insistence of those older and self-described “wiser” others who surrounded you as they worked hard to convince you that you could not trust your own impulses.

And so, most of you physical Beings do not trust yourselves, which is amazing to us, for that which comes forth from within you is all that you may trust. But instead, you are spending most of your physical lifetimes seeking a set of rules or a group of people (a religious or political group, if you will) who will tell you what is right and wrong. And then you spend the rest of your physical experience trying to hammer your “square peg” into someone else’s “round hole,” trying to make those old rules—usually those that were written thousands of years before your time—fit into this new life experience.

That overall, all-inclusive, never-changing set of rules does not exist—for you are ever-changing, growth-seeking Beings.

Most of your past laws and rules are not appropriate to that which you are now living. If you had not intended growth, you would not be here in this physical life experience. For you are here as an expanding, ever-changing, growth-seeking Being because you want to add unto that which you understand. And, you want to add unto All-That-Is. . . . If that which was figured out long ago was the ultimate, then there would be no reason for your existence today.

We do not encourage a monitoring of thoughts, for we agree that would be incredibly time-consuming and cumbersome, but instead we recommend a conscious utilization of your Emotional Guidance System. If you will pay attention to the way that you are feeling, then a monitoring of your thoughts is not so necessary. Whenever you are feeling good, know that you are, in that moment, speaking, thinking, or acting in accordance with your intentions—and know that whenever you are feeling bad, you are not aligned with your intentions. In short, whenever there is negative emotion present within you, you are, in that moment, miscreating, either through your thought, your word, or your action. And so, the combination of being more deliberate about what you want, more clear about what you intend, and more sensitive to the way you feel is, in essence, what the Deliberate Creative Process is all about.

All that you do pleases that which you seek to please. There is not a list of things that are right and a list of things that are wrong—there is only that which aligns with your true intent and purpose, and that which does not. You may trust your Guidance that comes forth from within you to help you know when you are in alignment with your state of natural Well-Being.

Because of the Law of Attraction, each of you is like a powerful magnet, attracting unto you more of the way that you feel at any point in time.