The thing is do the teachings resonate with you or not? They certainly resonate with me and I have had personal proof that they work but as Esther/Abraham says words don't teach so I don't expect anyone else to believe that - if it appeals, try some of the processes outlined in "Ask and it is Given" for a few weeks and try to sense whether you are feeling better (sometimes I admit I do the processes and nothing much shifts!) - with dedication you should see your vibration rise and the outward "indicators" i.e. your life has to change for the better to match it.

Coming back to the old Amway chestnut, my personal take on this is that Jerry's Amway background gave him skills to help market the material then that may account for why they have been so much more successful that many others in this field.

As for their charges - you can get the book "Ask and if is Given" for about £10.00 (about 15 US dollars I'm guessing) and really if you just followed that you would see changes. There are also loads of uploading You Tube clips that are great viewing.

I don't really know if Esther Hick is actually channelling or not although I think if not she is an even more amazing person than if she is BUT the stuff does work and they give it to you in a really easy to digest format.

I believe that the SECRET was based New Thought books written at the turn of the last century. Books written by James Allen, Ralph Waldo Trine and many of the authors that you can find on the Psitek website. Before them, the ideas and thoughts can be trace to previous authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson. The authors and books can be trace back further and further in time to older manuscripts including the Bible. These are the "secrets" of the ages! But I must say, that the first books I did read were from the Hicks and I enjoyed and learned much from them!

I love, love, love Abraham, Ester, & Jerry Hicks... I was first introduced to them by my mother. She gave me their Law of Attraction in Action 5 disc series, and I was absolutely blown away by the information that they shared. Here is a link to one of their first books that I found on the web. It will answer many of the questions you've posed... Enjoy!

Ask and It is Given - Ester & Jerry Hicks (Abraham)

Many years ago, my mother had dealing with spiritualists - some had questionable motives and I saw things I didn't like, and my mother taken advantage of. I was put off Abraham Hicks for some time because of that, because I had a hard time getting past my reservations. However, I came back to them and tried again, because the message was so good and I soon got past my cynicism and caution. Now the message is all, and the first and only source of answers to my questions that made sense and spoke to my heart. Thanks to YouTube, and seeing so many videos there, I soon found that they are my number one resource when I need immediate answers, or soothing, or of relief and happiness when things in my life bog me down so I have trouble being happy or positive.

I love the humour and evident love shown; I love the generosity of the information in so many places, I love the daily emailed message from the Abraham Hicks site and I love that they don't spoil the effect by pressurized marketing, but just allow people to come to them when they are ready. Their products are a true inspiration. I went to my first Abraham Hicks Seminar in Denver in July, and the attention to detail, the amazing food,and the fabulous venue was a great supporting environment to have such a wonderful experience. Maybe one day I will go on an Abraham Hicks cruise!

Abraham has helped me in several ways.I was receiving the monthly cds from them for 15 months.In August 2008 on a saturday morning I received a pnoe call from a local group asking me to co-facilitate a workshop on 2012 because they heard I had been doing a lot of research about it.I explained that I didnt hold too much intrest in it and that I would rather not. They asked again and I said Id think about it.On the Monday morning my Abraham-Hicks cd was in the mailbox and one of the disscusions on it was 2012 and doomsday prophecies.To say the least they saved me a lot of time and effort with the simple line (IT WILL ABOUT AS EXCITING AS Y2K) Thanks Abraham

Abraham Hicks material is if not nearly spot on perfect, this I know from myself but as well from a high ranking secret society member the S.O.S. recommending "Ask and it is given"

I really like Abraham, but it tears me apart to see that one group of spiritualists believe that we get off the wheel of life of having to be re-born by not having a deire to have desires. On the other hand, Abraham says that this idea of not having desires and of not returning to earth as a flesh and blood human is ridiculous. Funny part is I don't have extreme desires so it makes me wonder without ever seeming to have an answer. I think the biggest desire I have is to know the answer to this! LOL! : D

Jerry Hicks was a former Amway distributor. Amway distributors are notorious for making money off their recruits (aka in Amway as their 'downline') by selling motivational materials, rather than the products that they encourage their recruits to sell. Jerry clearly did this when he self-admittedly traveled around the country, giving seminars on Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. Jerry claims that he's a huge Napoleon Hill fan and that he had never heard the words "Law of Attraction" before Abraham (The Law of Attraction), even though the exact phrase is explained and defined in Napoleon Hill's 1928 mega-selling The Laws of Success (a major seller among Amway distributors). In 2006, Jerry Hicks attempted to trademark the phrase "The Law of Attraction," including a statement from their project coordinator, stating that Jerry and Esther had arbitrarily created the idea "Law of Attraction." The trademark office refused the trademark.

As for Abraham, in a 1990 workshop, they discussed crop circles and how physical beings from other dimensions (aka aliens) were setting down in the fields to collect seismic data and get our attention (09/23/1990). Now, they explain that crop circles are all man-made, "without exception" (07/03/2004). They also have some interesting contradictions from 1990-present on their view of reincarnation (09/09/1990-3/22/03). They predicted a great realignment of the earth that would cause major natural disasters in 1988. But in 1993, they admitted that "In the fall of 1988, the crescendo of that energy was such that it was our very strong expectation that you were right upon it, but that energy has subsided" (05/16/1993 workshop). They then believed it would happen in 1990. Again, didn't happen, by their own admission. This contradicts their statement about seeing into our future and how they can see "more than probability" and in fact, "certainty." (07/04/2009). Jerry and Esther have since discontinued the materials that include these predictions, though they can still be found.

As for the teachings, they are rooted in the idea of the "Law of Attraction," which can be found in William Walker Atkinson's 1906 Thought Vibration or Law of Attraction in the Thought World, Napoleon Hill's 1928 The Laws of Success, and Elizabeth Towne's Love and Marraige (for starters). All of these books discuss the law, by name, and use it in the same way as the Hicks' material. The belief is simple, and so it is naturally appealing to our mind. It plays off a common lack of understanding of statistics (most people do not understand the likeliness of seemingly impossible coincidences occurring). It also plays off of confirmation bias, where you take this philosophy and the things that match it, use as evidence, and the things that don't match it, you throw away in your mental waist-basket.

Abraham discusses other subjects, such as the nonphysical realm, connecting with your inner guidance, and the meaning of life. There is no objective means of evaluating anything that they say on these subjects. The Law of Attraction is the only one that you could potentially evaluate, but there is no scientific way of doing so (as any disbelief would ruin the test).

I see the teachings as being dangerous. Despite their legal disclaimers about not dispensing medical advice, they have said that even going to the doctor's office is "looking for trouble" (05/10/2008). They also dispense advice on how to get in the vortex to release any physical ailment from your body. Even more dangerous is that, if you die, all is well (because the nonphysical is a great place to be); if you live, all is well--so there is no hope of using the success or failure of any of their processes as a means of evaluating the authenticity of the teachings. Also, there is a dangerous emotional dependence that people have on Abraham, where they are obsessed and constantly buying new CDs and attending the latest workshops because they just want more.

That said, they weren't really for me. But if you feel so inclined, by all means.

*parenthetical dates correspond to dates of Abraham Hicks workshops.

Esther, and Jerry teaching is the new age pipe line to the non-physical world of entities. You can choose to like their teaching, and philosophy, or you can choose to disregard it and move on. Just know that they are creating their own reality, and you have the same choice to create your own reality as you wish. They are both passionate teachers with a burning desire to share their spiritual wealth of information with anyone who will stop to listen.

My question is why should their past history be relevant now, since they have indeed moved pass those previous conditions, and up to a different level, and heights in their new founded careers?

I believe the Hicks have gotten their information from the books written by Jane Roberts. Jane channeled a spirit like Abraham but Jane's work is more complicated and therefore, more intellectual. Her books can be read many times and you will find clarity sometimes that you did not find in the first read. There is real depth to her theories or to the spirits theories she channels.

The Hicks borrowed Jane's body of work, watered it down and took a leap from there. A lot of people have never heard of Jane Roberts and she died in the early 1980's I believe. I do not believe the Hicks ever met Jane but they did spend time with her husband before they began their own channeling business.

i am learning law of attraction since two years and i have been a great fan of Abraham hicks. i believe that she has a different approach to LOA and her teachings resonates with me a lot. but i don't know why i am starting to doubt her teachings as nothing is changing in my reality despite of so much effort. lots of my friends who do believe 100% in law of attraction says that Abraham hicks is a scam ans fraud. they said that i should quit listening to her and invest in lot of other loa teachers such are rhonda , bob protactor etc what do you think guys ? do you think she is scam ? has anyone of you changed your life with Abraham technique ? please help me gain clarity on this i shall be very thankful to you :)

Abraham-Hicks should be teaching us how fast we are being created. Which is simultaneously. This is not a past/present/future scenario. This existence is being created all at once, and then again, all at once each time the whole system pulsates. AND we heal without even thinking about it. What computer does that? Each of us is worth a trillion dollars if we were to be sold. If you are NOT healing that fast, then get out of the way with your limiting beliefs. Beliefs are images that get in the way. Believe that you are perfect energy and light right now, being created right now as holographic projections. We are not physical beings that die. We are projections being projected by the souls creating us. These literal souls are the quarks/atoms that are our literal forms. These souls then desire us as vehicles to move around in this dense energy place called earth. We are VEHICLES! for the expressions of our own souls. This is how we are co-creators. Look upon a table. The image you see is the image you are projecting upon it. Your image has a different texture/color/shape than the table sitting there. If you could vibrate just a little faster, then you could see your own image superimposed on the other table that is sitting there first. Other dimensions exist in the same exact place we exist.