The overwhelming instruction doled out by the New Age source is that we should learn to accept things as they are, as perfect expressions of a divine plan. That we should accept our circumstances as both divinely ordained and chosen by us through the Law of Attraction—if we’re listening to Abraham Hicks. This depends on never questioning those circumstances, but rather, implicitly validating them. When Hicks recycles self-help bromides blended with prosperity gospel promises, for instance, what she really seems to be channeling is a subconscious yearning to win at capitalism—or at least for
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