"The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham" by Esther and Jerry Hicks

By Mike Kay

Books on abundance are thick on the ground and they all offer their own take on the power of positive thinking. "The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham" provides us with Esther and Jerry Hicks unique and sometimes controversial view on the subject.

Abraham is not a biblical figure in this context. Abraham is, in fact, a group of non-physical spiritual teachers who channel their lessons through Esther Hicks. Over a period of ten years she has been refining their messages and this book is a culmination of one of the three "laws" of Abraham. In addition to the law of attraction, they advocate the law of deliberate intent and the law of allowing.

In "The Law of Attraction", Hicks builds substantially on the "you get back what you give out" philosophy of life. The teachers of Abraham take this to a contentious level. They contend that each one of us is the leading edge of thought seeking uplifting experiences here on Earth; that we chose to be here because of the freedom and joy possible and that the potential to create and to attract what we want is only a thought away.

Some critics slam Hicks and the Abraham teachers for their insistence that people actively avoid the suffering and negativity of others. This, they say, is burying your head in the sand for the sake of feeling good. I would argue that much of what Hicks has channeled is sensible advice. Exposing our senses to a constant barrage of the wrong type of stimulus will eventually overpower us and drive us in a direction that we do not want or need to go.

Esther and Jerry Hicks have produced a fascinating volume in "The Law of Attraction" not only because of the origin of the source material but because they end up with an abundance book that is not a clone of all the others.