I love books. I love the feel of them, the weight of them, the scent of the old ones and the ‘crack’ of the new ones as the first page is opened. More significantly, I love what books convey—a story, a history, a point of view.
Books stimulate the imagination. In regard to ‘self help’ books, I fold page corners. I underline passages. I refer to them time and again, year in and year out.
Listed below are a few of my favorites regarding the process of Manifesting Abundance.
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Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want
Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness
The Power of NOW: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Positive Thinking
Seth Speaks
Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
Think and Grow Rich: Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
Of all my abundance books, this is the most dog-eared, the most marked up. It is written with finesse and humor. I refer to it constantly.
Amazon.com Review
For almost 20 years Jerry and Esther Hicks have been presenting workshops, producing tapes and writing books to help people create the life they desire. And desire is no small word in this agenda. According to the teachings of “Abraham”—a collective name for the spiritual entities that are channeled through Esther—desire is a good and natural force within us. In fact, we are all here to fulfill our desires, according to Abraham. Yet the reason so much of us feel frustrated, is that we have difficulty knowing how to ask and receive whatever we want to be, do or have.
Although Jerry and Esther are listed as the authors, Ask and It Is Given is actually a collection of channeled messages from Abraham. Fans of Abraham and the Hicks may not find new information, but will probably be delighted to have an inspiring, updated book that speaks to the familiar conversation of attracting the life we want. Newcomers may also be intrigued by this excellent, in-depth discussion on how to change one’s life by matching the vibrational energy of one’s desires—taking the power of positive thinking to a whole new level.
Because this material is channeled, it often reads like The Power of Now or A Course in Miracles—not a fast food book to be devoured in one sitting. Rather, this is a book to be read in passages, with a soothing gestation period in between. It includes much advice on working with energy and emotions as well as specific chapters on increasing prosperity, reclaiming health, working with meditation, and clearing clutter for clarity. For those who are onboard with the “Laws of Attraction” and the “Art of Receiving” that Abraham speaks of, this could be one of those deliciously mysterious books that you can open to any page and it seems to offer the exact advice or insight you need right now.–Gail Hudson
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The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
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This book presents the powerful basics of the original Teachings of Abraham. Within these pages, you’ll learn how all things, wanted and unwanted, are brought to you by this most powerful law of the universe, the Law of Attraction. (That which is like unto itself is drawn.) You’ve most likely heard the sayings, “Like attracts like,” “Birds of a feather flock together,” or “It is done unto you as you believe” (a belief is only a thought you keep thinking); and although the Law of Attraction has been alluded to by some of the greatest teachers in history, it has never before been explained in as clear and practical terms as in this latest book by New York Times best-selling authors, Esther and Jerry Hicks.
Learn here about the omnipresent Laws that govern this Universe and how to make them work to your advantage. The understanding that you’ll achieve by reading this book will take all the guesswork out of daily living. You’ll finally understand just about everything that’s happening in your own life as well as in the lives of those you’re interacting with. This book will help you to joyously be, do, or have anything that you desire!
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Manifest Your Destiny: The Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want
From Library Journal:
Self-actualization guru Wayne Dyer has a talent for appropriating age-old spiritual concepts and marketing them with buzzwords like “spiritual manifestation.” Here he outlines nine principles for manifesting spiritual destiny, which appears to be synonymous with getting everything we want. According to Dyer, if we can just get out of our ego’s reach, the power of the universe would act in us to bring us everything we truly desire. By putting worthy spiritual ideals to the service of personal power, Dyer subverts the meaning of unconditional love, seeing it as the means to an end rather than a worthy end in itself…. Bernadette McGrath, Vancouver P.L., B.C. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness
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This Leading Edge work by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present the teachings of the Non-Physical consciousness Abraham, explains that the two subjects most chronically affected by the powerful Law of Attraction are financial and physical well-being. This book will shine a spotlight on each of the most significant aspects of your life experience and then guide you to the conscious creative control of every aspect of your life, and also goes right to the heart of what most of you are probably troubled by: money and physical health. Not having enough money or not having good health puts you in the perfect position for creating more of that which you do not have. This book has been written to deliberately align you with the most powerful law in the universe—the Law of Attraction—so that you can make it work specifically for you.
Money, and the Law of Attraction is formatted in five, vibrant essays:
Part I – Processing of Pivoting and Positive Aspects
Part II – Attracting Money and Manifesting Abundance
Part III – Maintaining Your Physical Well-Being
Part IV – Perspectives of Health, Weight, and Mind
Part V – Careers, as Profitable Sources of Pleasure
Also included is a free CD (excerpted from a live Abraham-Hicks workshop) that features the Art of Allowing your physical and financial well-being to come through.
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The Power of NOW: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
This book changed my life. Tolle’s concept of “watching the thinker,” (introduced on page 17) is unique and brilliant. I recommend this book more highly than any other.
Amazon.com Review
Ekhart Tolle’s message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle’s clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who’s ever wondered what exactly “living in the now” means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container–more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he’s added markers that symbolize “break time.” This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles–a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. –Gail Hudson
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The Power of Positive Thinking
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“This book is written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life.” Norman Vincent Peale
The Power of Positive Thinking has helped millions of men and women to achieve fulfillment in their lives. In this phenomenal bestseller, Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life—and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes. You’ll learn how to:
- Believe in yourself and in everything you do
- Build new power and determination
- Develop the power to reach your goals
- Break the worry habit and achieve a relaxed life
- Improve your personal and professional relationships
- Assume control over your circumstances
- Be kind to yourself
From the Publisher
Translated into fifteen languages with more than 7 million copies sold, The Power of Positive Thinking is unparalleled in its extraordinary capacity for restoring the faltering faith of millions. In this insightful program, Dr. Peale offers the essence of his profound method for mastering the problems of everyday living. You will learn:
- How to eliminate that most devastating handicap—self doubt
- How to free yourself from worry, stress and resentment
- How to climb above problems to visualize solutions and then attain them
- Simple prayerful exercises that you can do every day, throughout the day, to reinforce your new-found habit of happiness
- Eliminating all the negative thoughts that prevent you from achieving happiness and success
The Power of Positive Thinking is an inspiring program that will help you create a positive change in your life.
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Seth Speaks
Despite the unfortunate cover photo of the author, Jane Roberts, this is one of my favorite books of all time. I first read it over thirty years ago, and still refer to it. Although Seth Speaks doesn’t specifically relate to Manifesting Abundance or The Law of Attraction, it is still an excellent addition to your library.
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Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
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One of the most powerful of the Seth Books, this essential guide to conscious living clearly and powerfully articulates the furthest reaches of human potential, and the concept that we all create our own reality according to our individual beliefs. Having withstood the test of time, it is still considered one of the most dynamic and brilliant maps of inner reality available today.
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Think and Grow Rich: Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
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The bestselling success book of all time is updated and revised with contemporary ideas and examples.
Think and Grow Rich has been called the “Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature.” It was the first book to boldly ask, “What makes a winner?” The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world’s winners himself.
The most famous of all teachers of success spent “a fortune and the better part of a lifetime of effort” to produce the “Law of Success” philosophy that forms the basis of his books and that is so powerfully summarized in this one.
In the original Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles. In the updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., a nationally known author, lecturer, and consultant in human resources management and an expert in applying Hill’s thought, deftly interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, achieved their wealth. Outmoded or arcane terminology and examples are faithfully refreshed to preclude any stumbling blocks to a new generation of readers.
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Enjoy Manifesting Abundance!
All best,
The Editor