In the fascinating book authors Esther and Jerry Hicks delve into the intriguing concept of the Law of Attraction, offering a roadmap for individuals to manifest their desires and cultivate a life of abundance.
At it’s heart this book offers a simple yet powerful premise: You attract what you focus on. If you’re constantly dwelling on negativity, worries, or fears, you’ll attract circumstances that echo those sentiments. Conversely, if you focus on positivity, gratitude, and your true desires, you’ll create a vibrational match for those experiences, encouraging them to manifest in your life.
One of the key lessons in “Ask and It Is Given” is the importance of emotional awareness. Our emotions act as a compass, indicating whether our thoughts are aligning with our desires or not. Positive emotions signal alignment, whereas negative emotions signal misalignment. By tuning into our emotions and consciously directing our thoughts towards what we genuinely desire, we can create an energetic pathway for those experiences to manifest.
Let’s consider a real-life application of these concepts. Suppose you’re an aspiring entrepreneur looking to start a successful business. If you’re constantly worrying about failure, according to the Law of Attraction, you’re attracting that very outcome. Instead, the Hicks’ suggest visualising your business’s success, feeling the joy and satisfaction of that success, and maintaining that positive emotional state. This shift doesn’t guarantee success, but it aligns you energetically with the outcome you desire, making it more likely to manifest.
The book offers 22 practical exercises to help readers harness the Law of Attraction.
The Rampage of Appreciation – Encourages you to focus on things that evoke feelings of appreciation to shift your vibrational frequency.
The Magical Creation Box – Invites you to collect pictures or descriptions of desired things and place them in a box, visualising them as part of your reality.
The Creative Workshop – Asks you to devote time to detailed imagining of your desired realities, helping enhance your creative visualisation.
Virtual Reality – Prompts you to create delightful imaginary scenarios to enhance your positive emotional state.
The Prosperity Game – Suggests spending an imaginary cheque each day, increasing the amount daily to help align with the vibration of abundance.
The Process of Meditation – Encourages daily meditation to help quiet the mind and improve focus.
Evaluating Dreams – Offers insights into understanding the emotional content and messages of your dreams.
The Book of Positive Aspects – Encourages listing positive aspects of different areas of life to shift focus onto positivity.
Scripting – Suggests writing detailed scripts about desired experiences to help align with their vibrational frequencies.
The Place Mat Process – A tool for delegating tasks to the Universe to reduce stress and enhance focus on your desires.
Segment Intending – Invites setting intentions for each segment of your day to improve focus and outcomes.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If…? – Encourages you to daydream about ideal scenarios, which helps in aligning with positive expectations.
Which Thought Feels Better? – A process of choosing thoughts that feel better to gradually shift your emotional set-point.
The Process of Clearing Clutter for Clarity – Encourages decluttering physical spaces to enhance clarity of thought.
The Wallet Process – Suggests carrying a certain amount of money to align with feelings of abundance.
Pivoting – Teaches how to pivot your thoughts from negative to positive when faced with unwanted situations or feelings.
The Focus Wheel Process – Invites you to write positive statements around a central goal to enhance focus and positive alignment.
Finding the Feeling-Place – Guides you to focus on the feelings associated with your desires rather than their physical manifestations.
Releasing Resistance to Become Free of Debt – Provides a mindset shift to move from debt-consciousness to abundance-consciousness.
Turning It Over to the Manager – Encourages you to trust the Universe (or “the Manager”) to orchestrate the details of your manifestation.
Reclaiming One’s Natural State of Health – Guides you to align with the vibrational essence of health and well-being.
Moving Up the Emotional Scale – Provides a process for shifting your emotions from negative to positive, allowing you to move up the emotional scale.
These processes are designed to help you understand and apply the Law of Attraction in various aspects of your life, aligning your thoughts and emotions with your desired outcomes.
Breaking My Addictions Summary
In essence, “Ask and It Is Given” is an empowering guide to understanding our emotional guidance system and using the Law of Attraction to manifest our desires. Its core message is one of hope and empowerment: that we have more control over our life experiences than we often realise, and by focusing our thoughts, we can become deliberate creators of our own lives.
