Just Who Do We Think We Are?

August 7, 2021, Volume 2 Number 7

JUST WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE?

by Shari Harris

www.shari-harris.com

The Law of Attraction

Just Who Do We Think We Are?

Mike Dooley Says...

"As you stir in thought, winds begin to howl,

As you smile, waves of love lap upon eternal beaches,

As you speak, the floodgates of abundance and

good fortune begin to tremble, and

As you dream, the stars realign.

This is your life. Your power. Know it to use it. Begin today."

"You are one of a kind. You are irreplaceable. A masterpiece, a Mini-Me of the Divine sufficient unto yourself. You are a dream come true, God's first and last chance to be you, exactly as you now are."

Mike Dooley, The Top Ten Things That Dead People Want to Tell YOU, pp. 126, 128

"Your thoughts are more than fuzzy little wispy-wisps. They perpetuate life as you know it; they are the shape-shifters of time and space, God particles that eagerly assemble with an intelligence of their own. Just as water evaporates under the proper conditions, just as fires ignite and continents slide, your thoughts strive to become the objects, events, and players of your life, filling the mold created by your imagination with people places, and things."

Mike Dooley, The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell YOU, p. 106; www.tut.com

Greetings!

We've probably all heard about the law of attraction, but I wonder how many of us believe it or take it seriously. It seems that many brush it off as New Age frivolity. In this issue, I am pulling together various statements from multiple metaphysical authors and teachers. You will find that most of the them are saying the same thing. I apologize for the repetition, but that's my point.

Over the years, when I've come across the same ideas from many different sources, I've begun to pay attention, and this topic is one of those ideas that keeps showing up. In fact, I don't know of any metaphysical or New Age spirituality teachers who do not adhere to the idea that our thoughts and beliefs influence the events of our lives and that we are co-creators of our circumstances.

To me, this is such great news! Our lives are not random events. We are not victims of circumstance. We can impact our lives, our health, and our situations through our thoughts and beliefs. In fact, the literature tells us that it is not a choice; it happens whether we know it or not and whether we believe it or not. And when we do know about the law of attraction, we can change things in our lives that we don't like by paying attention to our thoughts and changing them.

Esther and Jerry Hicks in The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham state,

"The Law of Attraction says: 'That which is like unto itself, is drawn.' While this may seem like a rather simple statement, it defines the most powerful Law in the Universe--a Law that affects all things at all times. Nothing exists that is unaffected by this powerful Law. '....That which I give thought to and that which I believe or expect--is.' In short, you get what you are thinking about, whether you want it or not. ....[I]f you do not understand [this] Law, and [do not] deliberately apply [it], then you may very well be creating by default." (p. 24)

If you'd like to research more about this idea that "thoughts become things," start with any of the books I reference in this newsletter. There is a wealth of information from eight authors, and these few books are just a beginning.

Be well and enjoy your amazing life!

Sending my love,

Shari

Edgar Cayce: Mind is the Builder

www.edgarcayce.org

Edgar Cayce gave more than 14,000 "readings" in a trance state from 1901 to 1945, which were all recorded and are available today in the library of the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

In Reading 270-17, Cayce said:

As a man thinketh in his heart, so IS he (Proverbs 23:7)! Not what man says, nor what man even makes out like he does. For we are gradually builded to that image created within our own mental being; for, as has been given, the Spirit is the life, the Mind is the active force that, coordinated with the spirit that is of the creative energy, or of God, gives the physical result that is effective in every sense. Get that!"

From Reading 906-3

"Mind is indeed the builder; it will see that what is held in the act of mental vision becomes a reality in the material experience."

"Mind is the builder and that which we think upon may become crimes or miracles. For thoughts are things and as their currents run through the environs of an entity's experience these become barriers or stepping stones, dependent upon the manner in which these are laid as it were."

From Reading 288-29

"As ye sow, so shall ye reap" (Galatians 6:7). Each thought, as things, has its seed, and if planted, or when sown in one or another ground, brings its own fruit; for thoughts are things, and as their currents run must bring their own seed."

From The Edgar Cayce Companion: A Comprehensive Treatise of the Edgar Cayce Readings,

B. Ernest Frejer, Editor, pp.83, 84

For more information: Edgar Cayce was the subject of Just Who So We Think We Are, Vol. 1, #2, March 1, 2020, which is available on Shari's website under the "My Two Cents" tab: www.shari-harris.com.

Louise Hay:

Some Points of Hay's Philosophy

"We are each responsible for all of our experiences.

Every thought we think is creating our future.

The point of power is always in the present moment.

It's only a thought and a thought can be changed."

Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, p. xiii

The Point of Power is in the Present Moment

"All the events you have experienced in your lifetime up to this moment have been [influenced] by your thoughts and beliefs you have held in the past....

However, that is your past. It is over and done with. What is important in this moment is what you are choosing to think and believe and say right now. For these thoughts and words will [influence] your future. Your point of power is in the present moment and is forming the experience of tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, and so on.

You might notice what thought you are thinking at this moment. Is it negative or positive? Do you want this thought to be creating your future? Just notice and be aware."

Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, p. 4

Believe It or Not, We Do Choose Our Thoughts

"We may habitually think the same thought over and over so that it does not seem we are choosing the thought. But we did make the original choice. We can refuse to think certain thoughts. Look how often you have refused to think a positive thought about yourself. Well, you can also refuse to think a negative thought about yourself."

Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, p. 5; www.louisehay.com

Buddha

"Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha (also known as Siddhattha Gotama)...lived in ancient India (c. 5th to 4th century BCE). He is regarded as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, and revered by most Buddhist schools as a savior, the Enlightened One."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha

"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,

and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:

Our life is the creation of our mind.

Buddha

Alan Arcieri, Earth School 101, p. 33

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/buddha-quotes

Esther Hicks: You Are a Vibrational Being

"Whatever you are giving your attention to causes you to emit a vibration, and the vibrations that you offer equal your asking, which equals your point of attraction."

Esther and Jerry Hicks, Ask and It Is Given, p, 26

"You are a vibrational transmitter, and you are broadcasting your signal in every moment of your existence.... [W]ho you are right now, and what you are thinking right now, is causing a focusing of Energy that is very powerful. This Energy that you are focusing is the same Energy that creates worlds. And it is, in this very moment, creating your world."

Esther and Jerry Hicks, Ask and It Is Given, pp. 39, 40;

www.abraham-hicks.com

You Get What You Think About -

Whether You Want It or Not

"By the powerful Universal Law of Attraction, you draw to you the essence of whatever you are predominantly thinking about. So if you are predominantly thinking about the things that you desire, your life experience reflects those things. And, in the same way, if you are predominantly thinking about what you do not want, your life experience reflects those things.

What ever you are thinking about is like planning a future event. When you are appreciating, you are planning. When you are worrying, you are planning. (Worrying is using your imagination to create something you do not want.)"

Esther and Jerry Hicks, Ask and It Is Given, p. 27

The Secret is the Law of Attraction!

Excerpts from The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

"Everything that's coming into your life you are attracting into your life. And it's attracted to you by virtue of the images you're holding in your mind. It's what you're thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you." (Bob Proctor, p. 4)

"The law of attraction is always working, whether you believe it or understand it or not." (Bob Proctor, p. 15)

"The law of attraction doesn't care whether you perceive something to be good or bad, or whether you don't want it or whether you do want it. It's responding to your thoughts. So if you're looking at a mountain of debt, feeling terrible about it, that's the signal you're putting out into the Universe. 'I feel really bad because of all this debt I've got.' You're just affirming it to yourself. You feel it on every level of your being. That's what you're going to get more of." (Bob Doyle, p. 13)

"The law of attraction is the law of creation. Quantum physicists tell us that the entire Universe emerged from thought! You create your life through your thoughts and the law of attraction, and every single person does the same. It doesn't just work if you know about it. It has always been working in your life and every other person's life throughout history. When you become aware of this great law, then you become aware of how incredibly powerful you are, to be able to THINK your life into existence." (Rhonda Byrne, p. 15)

Thoughts and Feelings are Energy

"This is how the law of attraction operates. Our thoughts and feelings create our world. In other words, what we think, feel, and put our energy into, whether negative or positive, we draw to us like magnets. Our thoughts and feelings are energy vibrations constantly projected into the universe. We create change in our lives through the power of our imagination and emotions. Our thoughts become things. It doesn't matter what our present circumstances may be or where we are in life right now. When we change our thoughts we change our reality."

Alan Arcieri, Earth School 101, p. 34