Hi Vigilant
For more on Abrahams-Hicks, read this thread [
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Taken from that thread is the following interesting post:
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In the mid 70's to mid 80's, Jerry Hicks was an Amway distributor; some diamond level, based in Fresno CA. He's from Arkansas and said he was an "entertainer" - whatever that means. His wife at the time was a charming older lady from the South,maybe Texas. They presented themselves as darling chaming southern hospitality type couple. I think she had the money that set up the successful and elegant lifestyle they used to attract new recruits to their Amway organization - always selling the dream of riches.During his presentations of the Amway business plan to groups of people at hotel and restaurant meeitng rooms, Jerry would start off with a sort of metaphysical babble about becoming who you think yourself to be, etc. etc. That you are here now doing this because it is what you always wanted to do, etc. etc. Kind of mind numbing stuff, but
everyone was in awe of him - very charasmatic and handsome - so they listened and some people bought into it and the Amway groups took on a new meta-physical dimension. Turns out that this is the beginnings of the stuff that Esther now channels' and they call it "Abraham." I guess that sells better than Mohamed, or Shiva. One of the couples (Amway was very big on married couples) that Jerry recruited into his organization about 1978, was Esther and her then husband "R", from Fresno. After a couple of years of working "closely together", Jerry and Esther left their spouses and moved in together, later marrying after the divorce dust settled. About this time their Amway groups had begun declining, but Jerry and Esther had already started switching their revenue sources to selling tapes and seminars to their Amway down-line organization, and new followers.
Jerry was doing generic 'Think and Grow Rich' seminars and that kind of thing. Jerry learned from Amway that there is always a large and financially viable number of people that need to feel involved in a warm and fuzzy clique, an 'inner circle' of people who know the truth and promote a way of thinking that holds out the hope of prosperity and happiness, but never quite gets there, so you have to buy some more tapes or attend another seminar.
You gotta hand to these two, they figured out a pretty nifty way to travel, live a luxury life, and not work too hard - problem is - it's all b.s. IMHO
Interestingly, though, the Hicks have distanced themselves from The Secret. They claim it was too focused on the material.
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July 14, 2006
Dear Esther,
We have both been profoundly impacted by the work you have done, and the wisdom of Abraham through your tapes and books. We’ve integrated many of the principles – and, of course still have work to do!
Given our natural affinity for your work, we awaited with anticipation, The Secret on DVD. We are unhappy to report though that we are very disappointment with many of the messages contained in this film. We are writing this letter with the intent to communicate our concern regarding this movie, in a respectful and loving way.
From our perspective, the messages in the movie, The Secret, seemed disproportionately slanted toward the attainment of material wealth and we are curious if this was your intention for the movie.
We realize that this may be one way to reach to the mass of people who are not familiar with the Law of Attraction, and yet it saddened us to see such a high percentage of examples on obtaining cars and houses. Not that there is anything wrong with these examples – however, we feel there were great opportunities to inspire viewers to consider the Law of Attraction not only for material wealth, but also to attract fulfilling work, spiritual growth and development; better relationships; community development; and even peace in the world. These topics were covered at the end of the movie, but not integrated throughout the film.
We both appreciate and love your contribution to the world’s spiritual development which is evident in all of your books and tapes. The movie, The Secret though, seems to have missed an opportunity to remind us of the traps in focusing on outward signs of happiness through the attainment of objects instead of developing our internal core.
Thank you for taking the time to read our letter which is sent with love and appreciation for all that you have given to the world. We hope we are serving the greater good by sending these concerns to you. We would appreciate hearing back from you.
With respect and gratitude,
Stacy and Andrea
Their reply:
Dear Stacy,
The Australian producer of “The Secret” has been inspired by the teachings of Abraham as well as many other remarkable teachers. What was aired in this special was as much a “secret” to Jerry and Esther as it was to everyone else. Jerry and Esther were merely invited to participate and accepted the invitation. It was not produced by Abraham-Hicks Publications, and we are not currently marketing the DVD.
Although Jerry & Esther appreciate many aspects of the finished film, it ended up being quite different from what they had originally contracted to participate in. So when the producer recently insisted on further significant changes in their agreement regarding marketing, distribution, and theatrical rights, Jerry & Esther opted instead to be cut out of the film altogether. This is still in negotiation.
Thank you for your feedback. We will pass it along to Jerry and Esther.
Have a great day,
Jeanne
For more on What the Bleep?, read here [
board.culteducation.com]
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment financed What the Bleep. For more on JZ Knight, aka Ramtha, read here [
www.culteducation.com]
Read here too: [
en.wikipedia.org]
For some stuff on beliefs from The Secret, you can find out more here [
board.culteducation.com] and here [
board.culteducation.com]
Good luck. This stuff can be so misleading.