Ask and It Is Given
By Esther and Jerry Hicks
(the teachings of Abraham) Reviewed: August 2006

Ask and it is Given is an important book. It comes at a time when the average person has not a clue what altering their “vibration frequency” means, much less how to do it. Such knowledge requires a grasp of the quantum world. Abraham, a non-physical collective consciousness which speaks through Ester Hicks (there’s that limb!), and breaks it down into bite-size, easy to understand steps. The message is so clearly stated in easy to comprehend language, in so consistent a fashion that I was hard-pressed to poke any holes in the point of view presented: raise your internal vibration rate and you raise your “rewards” in life.

One analogy Abraham uses really hit me. It seems to explain the paradox some people experience of really wanting something for a long time but never getting it, a relationship for example. Abraham likens any desire – in this case to find love – to picking up a stick. At one end is the desire to be with someone; at the other end is the fear of being alone. For most people, wanting more money means fearing not having enough.

Most people unknowingly are sending a signal – like a radio station – of fear. The relationship or money that they think they’re inviting is unable to even reach them; they vibrate at a different level than the invitation itself. Think of it this way: you’re having a party, you make a guest list, imagining the people you want to invite, but then you send invitations out to entirely different people. And then wonder why your friends never showed up. They didn’t even know about your party – you didn’t send them an invite!

There are twenty-two processes given that are specifically designed to help you climb the ladder of twenty-two emotional vibrations, a rung at a time. This is a very helpful section. The “wouldn’t it be nice if…” process is so clear, so simple and so basic that I was blown away. I use it every day now; hence it’s inclusion in Leadership Language for this month’s suggestion.

I could go on and on about this book. I won’t. Go out and get Ask and it is Given. It’s worth it. It’s been months since I finished it and I still read a page (at least) a day. It’s the kind of book that will change the way you view your choices, your feelings and your future, all at once, ever so gently, until – by the end – you have shifted so far as to be unable to return to your once familiar shore and will want to engage more actively in the creation of a bright new life.

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