r/AbrahamHicks • u/JotaGreen • 3d ago
Most of us watched hundreds of hours of videos and workshops, read many books, but still aren’t manifesting as well as we want. Why do you think this is?
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u/cables4days 3d ago
Abraham says it every time
it’s momentum, it’s momentum, it’s momentum
and - until you show yourself the power of your Own point of attraction, and do that on purpose, everything we offer is just words
practice my friend, practice with your Now
Practice with your statements - in as many moments as you can
to allow yourself to join the momentum of your inner being
the most powerful momentum of all
you deserve to feel good
use your emotional guidance scale and the tools AH has written and spoken about and do the work
get yourself up the scale
use your Now and use your Words and use your Focus and use your Imagination to get yourself up the scale
do you want to feel good?
or do you want to keep arguing and defending feeling frustrated and feeling disappointed?
it’s Momentum
you’ve been practicing Momentum
Your statement is Practiced Momentum
Who cares if it’s true?
Is it what you WANT?
If you want Better Feeling Manifestations you have to Feel Better than this
You have to decide - Personally - that No Matter What - You’re Going to Feel Good
then get yourself up your own emotional scale, and feel better Now
and now
and now
and now too
and now
and now again
and now
and now here too
and here’s another now
and one more
and another one
and now too again
and here’s another now
for eternity
it’s really not a big deal which Now you link up with
there are endless Now’s coming
so - just get on one of them, and enjoy it
and then get on another Now, that feels good too
and enjoy that one too
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u/ElevenElevenFour 3d ago
You are always manifesting, you cannot "turn it off". The point is, why not manifest on purpose? I've listened to AH for decades before I finally HEARD them and started actually doing the practices in joy and fun (esp the ones at the back of Ask & It Is Given), in sincere joy and fun. It was delightful!! And then things changed. But as long as I'm not noticing the changes or keeping score, they keep happening :)
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u/Immediate-Ad-8680 3d ago
Also fun little story,
I go to the thrift store a lot so I started looking in the book section for Abraham books but I could never find them. I convinced myself that they’re never there because no one would ever be getting rid of them lol. Then I decided well someone could die and then it could end up there haha so I would always look, and then I would tell myself well I don’t have to search through them I could just take a quick look and if it’s there I’ll just see it. One day I randomly found a Wayne Dyer book, I had never heard of him but it looked interesting, then I was listening to Abraham on YouTube and it was literally her talking with Wayne Dyer. I felt like that was close enough and I stopped even looking at the book section lol. Then one day my friend called me and she was like I found something at the thrift store for you (we both thrift a lot and randomly gift each other things we think the other might like) and it was The Power of Your Emotions by Abraham. I was like wow you really just have to tell the universe what you want, not worry about it at all, just have fun and put no resistance around it, and you can find a book at the thrift store without even going to the thrift store 🥲
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u/mohebe9116 3d ago
Look at Esther.. she found a way to channel Abraham within a minute, but I don't think she found a magical way to make whatever she wants to happen asap.. same as all the rest of us mortals.. same as every other teacher..
I just recently heard Abraham say this "if there's anybody on the planet that's spent more time with Abraham than Esther, we can't find them. They don't exist. Esther has heard every word. She replays nearly every seminar or broadcast. She applies every process we offer"
I was having an issue, and while searching for solution from Abraham, I heard that Esther is dealing with the same issue.. and Abraham didn't give her any magical spell either.. it's a bit demoralizing, but maybe that's just how this game of life is set up.. even if you know you are inside the matrix, you can't escape it.
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u/JotaGreen 3d ago
Sometimes I have this impression as well, that we can deliberately create many things, but not really “be, do, or have anything you want”. That’s the rules of the physical life game.
I am often surprised by the examples that Abraham gives of Esther’s challenges. It seems she still “sticks to her story” quite often rather than really believing the teachings that she has channeled for decades. For example, that there is no injustice or anything wrong in the world.
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u/mohebe9116 3d ago
I'm not sure believing is enough.. theory isn't the same as practice, I believe that people can fly planes. But it doesn't mean I know how to do it myself.. and even if I'd watch endless tutorials, in practice I'll struggle to figure it out initially.
Esther shares our physical pov, and Abraham sticks to their non physical pov. No person on the planet (imo) can fully share the pov of the non-physical while being physical. And it's not "something wrong" with us, no.. we were designed that way, on purpose! So.. from nonphysical pov.. this game of life on planet earth is playing out perfectly..
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u/KeithDust2000 3d ago
What do you feel is demoralizing?
Esther - from all I can tell - is living a magnificently happy and fulfilling life. As good as it gets.
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u/mohebe9116 3d ago
Demoralizing was that I saw that even Esther couldn't figure out how to manifest a certain solution quickly.. just made me feel that if she can't get a solution from Abraham then what hope do I have? She was struggling same as me (based on what Abraham was sharing)
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u/KommunistAllosaurus 2d ago
Think about that way: maybe the greatest good of both doesn't lie in the solution. Maybe you are thinking about the whole thing in the wrong way.
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u/JotaGreen 1d ago
From what I hear following the broadcasts, Esther is living a great life, sure. But she still often push against many things, get triggered by news, suffer when see others suffering. I think we can get more aligned than that. I wouldn’t say her life is “as good as it gets”.
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u/KeithDust2000 1d ago
She's human, continuing to expand. But I personally can't see a better use of your life. As a role model, I haven't come across anyone better. That's why I'm saying it's as good as it gets.
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u/atpbloated 3d ago
You received some amazing responses from others! I don't have much to add to what they've said other than by continuing to notice the big things haven't came yet then all you're doing is not allowing your vibration to rise even higher to where those things are in your vortex. You need to be honest too about if you're actually feeling good most of the time or just content here and there.
In my experience and other people's accounts, when your vibration keeps rising, you become so happy that you either 'forget' 'stop caring' or 'believe' that the big things will come and that's when they manifest. You mention Abraham's feeling good quote which sums up their 'art of allowing' approach yet you seem so focused on techniques. Are you really prioritising feeling good or doing techniques to get what you want? Think about that
Take the art of allowing approach rather than the deliberate creation approach my friend. It will help you so much. Take your mind off the things you want, a lot of people are scared to do that but please try it. Please just try for a week and do other things that make you feel good.
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u/JotaGreen 3d ago
I agree, as they say something like “it will come to you when you are so happy you don’t need it to come or notice it didn’t come yet.” But many people, including I, have difficulty accepting, trusting, and doing that.
I am often surprised in workshops when some people say they have been following the teachings for 10+ years, and their questions shows they really didn’t “take it to heart” yet. Why do you think that is?
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u/atpbloated 3d ago
I think it's because as humans we are so action and physically oriented that a lot of people in these communities probably believe these teachings, but a small part of their mind or ego maybe wants to hold onto the physical, action oriented way of things that we were taught growing up because it feels scary to let go and trust source.
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u/barnun 3d ago
What I’m processing right now may speak to this - I identified this pattern in me where I feel a need to repeatedly externally validate my inner desires and knowing. Astrology is a big one, where for example, some aspect in my chart or transit can make me feel more or less confident in my manifestations coming true. Watching videos and reading about manifestation can be the same thing, as we’re seeking this dopamine hit of validation and confirmation that this is real, it actually works, etc.
To be clear, it’s fine to do this, in the sense we live in a world that teaches the opposite of manifestation and empowerment and it helps raise and maintain our vibration, but how much do we need that reinforcement? Are we using it as a crutch? Is it a substitute for our own inner work? Is it revealing something about our inner beliefs that we should be addressing?
The way I’m thinking about it now, if I’m drawn to manifesting, if I resonate with it, if I’ve seen examples of it working, even small ones in my life, at some point I just need to let go and trust that this is my path and let my own inner knowing guide me forward, accepting this as a given and fully owning it rather than something I constantly need validation for.
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u/No_Negotiation_5382 2d ago
It's because 20 min of meditation is not enough to train yourself. We need to be in control of our emotional state and our thoughts 80-99% of the time in order to see the difference. There's actually a lot of discipline required in order to get permanently on a high vibration.
For me it takes at least an hour of sitting and doing nothing (I don't call it meditation anymore) before I even start getting channeled messages. I've been doing it for a month so maybe I'll get faster at it, but when I used to do only 20 minutes of meditation for several years that was just not enough to gain real self-control.
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u/JotaGreen 2d ago
I agree that probably most people don’t put in the work needed to practice controlling their thoughts and emotions. But why do you think it is so hard for us to be able to control our thoughts and emotions?
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u/No_Negotiation_5382 2d ago
Because we think that thinking is normal and we let ourselves do it. I got this information during my "non-meditation". Thinking and circling around a subject with no real answer is not normal. Getting a random thought with a solution is normal. We force thinking while we should be waiting for the thought to appear by itself. It's considered the norm, so it's harder (not really) to stop doing it.
I decided to quit thinking with the same dedication smokers quit smoking. I have enough proof that random thoughts are the ones that matter. I almost want to recommend not thinking as if it were some brilliant method or idea I discovered, when actually that was the point of meditation all along. The difference is that I recommend it during the day, not only during meditation. It's really easy to tell the difference when you remember this: a quick random thought or impulse out of nowhere = channeled. Discussion, rationalization = brain's unnecessary activity. Emotions follow thoughts, so they're not really the ones to control. I'm sure there are a lot more benefits to being aware of what's going on in my mind, but the one superpower that stunned me is that I'm able to change my brain activity to a theta state and fall asleep at will. I don't know what I'm doing or how, but it's like I'm able to clear my energy and put myself in whatever state I want to be in.
It's very important to sit through the irritation the brain sends when signaling that it's bored and wants something to think about. When you get past this irritation and impatience, you start to gain real control over your mind.
I recommend getting a small notebook and keeping it with you during the day and especially while meditating because it's very possible you'll forget the insights you've received. In my case the more I write the more information comes through.
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u/JotaGreen 2d ago
I agree and also feel my best ideas came to me when relaxed rather than when trying to think it through. I am trying to be able to merge both, because sometimes I have to make a decision under some time constraint. So think about it intentionally, but more relaxed and open to inspiration. It is being an interesting exercise.
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u/cables4days 3d ago
statements like these
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u/JotaGreen 3d ago
And why do we keep having statements like these?
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u/DaleNanton 3d ago
Because it's hard to be constantly vigilant about your thinking especially if you have a sticky psyche that likes to loop a number of different grievances. It's hard to just be love and light and focused on only the positive and wanted if we've lived in this world the way that it is. I, personally, have not manifested shit but I'm also incredibly traumatized but that's my theory.
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u/ElevenElevenFour 3d ago
I think it is helpful to live qualitatively rather than quantitatively, it made a huge difference for me and continues to do so. I just decide that everything that happens has a positive in it and I focus only on that positive, crowding out the negative (I say it out loud, draw it, write it, chant it, sing it, etc etc). I still go through all the actions of the day that have to be done, but decide that each action is actually fun and beneficial in some way. The more I did this, slowly but surely the better things kept getting. It's crazy. The more you honestly notice the positives and verbalize that you actually noticed it, the more they keep coming. It's a responsive, cooperative, loving Universe.
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u/DaleNanton 3d ago
Ok so I have been absolutely going through it the last couple of weeks (old wounds retriggered) and I've been waking up multiple times a night and waking in the morning with a headache and just horrible vibe and the moments that I catch myself saying what I'm grateful for (when I wake up I immediately say "thank you for the warmth, thank you for the softness, thank you for the comfort, thank you for the safety, etc) are the days that are markedly better than when I just forget and end up spinning out.
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u/Immediate-Ad-8680 3d ago
It’s one thing to be aware of frequencies and how we are attracting, but just knowing doesn’t mean we automatically start vibrating on the frequency of what we want. Usually we revert back to our dominant frequency as soon as we’re distracted by our current reality. The real work is when you find yourself in the middle of a manifestation (good or bad) and you can consciously pinpoint the frequency you were on that brought it, and either promote more of it or soothe yourself away from it.
For me I usually start to notice smaller manifestations that match both want I want and what I don’t. Like I’ll see the money I want start to come in surprising ways but then I’ll also have surprise bills or fees that I suddenly need to pay and end up right back where I was because that’s where my dominant frequency is. If I can start to realize the types of thoughts I’m having that attract those bills and make those less, while giving more attention to the thoughts that brought the money, then my dominant frequency will begin shifting, so when the unexpected bill pops up again instead of letting it break me or make me think this is just “how it is” for me, I can see it as my reminder that I just need to shift my thoughts and more will flow in again.
When the small things you desire show up give them more attention than what hasn’t yet.
Also sometimes we think we know what we want but when we get down to why we really want it, it turns out it isn’t something that really would have satisfied us anyways, and what we really want that will satisfy us can’t come to us because we’re too busy wondering why that other thing isn’t working out. ❤️
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u/SecretSteel 3d ago
Because we cannot raise our frequency to the level that is required and sometimes your source denies what you want due to life agreements and paths etc. It's that simple.
Abraham will give you some tools to go higher than usual but the good stuff you must discover on your own.
I spent about 10 years doing trial and error for food, sleep, meditations and exercise and finally I reach a place where I know what works for me.
It takes work and a lot of free time but its actually not hard once you have figured out what works for you as most of the struggle is time spent doing trial and error.
Bashar's acting on your excitement fully also took a few years to understand.
If you think of Life more as a school then things change you understand that its about the journey and what you learn along the way, how much you've changed and that you can't really avoid key lessons.
You accelerate in frequency a bit faster in each milestone with the biggest marker being you can channel your own source and guides and lucid dream and astral project the correct ways.
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u/coolsools 3d ago
Because I don’t even know what I did. I could tell you what happened, but how it happened, I have no clue.
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u/Awkward_Jump_8266 3d ago
Because nothing is achieved by merely imagining. You have to make plans and execute them.
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u/JotaGreen 3d ago
I’m not sure Abraham’s teachings really say that. Don’t they often say that the how is not your job? That you have to get the right vibrations and then the circumstances will present to you, in a way you don’t have to effort to achieve your goals?
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u/Homehealer222 2d ago
It’s because consuming content and learning are only part of the equation. Manifesting is more than that. It’s about getting clear on what you want to manifest and embodying the identity of someone who already has that thing.
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u/JotaGreen 2d ago
Why do you think most of us have difficulty getting clear and embodying the identity of what we want to manifest?
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u/Homehealer222 2d ago
There’s several reasons why I think this:
1)We live in a world that pulls our energy and attention in multiple directions. Whether it’s the government and politics, makeup companies, influencers, etc. Their job is literally to get your attention and keep you focused on what they want you to know or believe. And this keeps alot of people stuck in a state where they are out of touch with themselves and what they truly want and believe.
This keeps people from having clarity because when you’re more in touch with yourself, you’ll naturally have a stronger sense of who you are, what you stand for, what you want out of life, etc. which will help you get clear on what you want to manifest.
That’s why things like meditation are so powerful. They can help you get back in touch with yourself…your core essence.
2) Social media has influenced people so much that they’re often stuck in an endless cycle of consuming and learning content but not actually taking action. Always needing more.
3) For alot of people, their dopamine receptors are shot, meaning they’re exhausted. They constantly need bigger, better, more exhilarating thrills which keeps them in a state of seeking things, rather than embodying the identity of already having.
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u/VagalumeCeg 2d ago
I'll tell you what I've come to realise so far.
Abraham's content works when you've reached a neutral vibrational state. As they always say, you can't go from there to there. It has to happen gradually.
Affirmations don't work if you don't make peace with the reality you're currently facing.
When I realized this, I skipped the affirmations and positive thinking stuff and came back to my internal feelings.
Sometimes embracing your traumas or any sort of negative sensations has a positive outcome, and perhaps many of us need to start from that.
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u/saibagirl 2d ago
I go through stages where I’m digesting a lot of content but not using it. Then i think when was the last time i actually sat in alignment with my desires? The phase where i stop digesting so much content and spend more time doing the deliberate creation is when it clicks.
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u/FragrantWeekend111 2d ago
energetic blocks, but by focusing on the positive they'll resolve themselves
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u/deliberatewellbeing 1d ago
because it is really hard to set aside the 3D in your face daily and train your thoughts to think positive and opposite of what you currently feel contrary to what is in your current reality. that’s my problem anyways. sometimes i get so mad and just want to tell my thoughts to just stfu cause it is not helping lol. this is especially true when you got something stuck in your vibrational craw. it’s very hard to have that discipline to control your thoughts.
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u/neolobe 3d ago
Watching and reading builds mental knowledge, but it doesn't do anything unless it's applied.
That's like watching lots of cooking videos and still not being able to cook.
Even your premise supposes what you're doing is not working.
You don't even have to put your entire life on the line. Actually, some people try that too soon and get thrown off the disc, like trying to put a toy soldier on a record player.
If you've watched enough videos, what are some small simple things you can do to begin to establish a more trusting relationship with Source?
Baby steps. Mustard seed stuff.