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A New Beginning I: Handbook for Joyous Survival
This extraordinary book is powerfully offered by a group of teachers who call themselves Abraham. They express clearly and simply the laws of the universe, explaining in detail how we can deliberately flow with these laws for the joyful creation of whatever we desire. Abraham describes this as the time of awakening, explaining that each of us chose, with very deliberate intent, this specific time of great change to participate in this physical experience. This is an empowering, life-changing book that will assist you in seeing your personal life experience as you have never seen it before.
The breakthrough book that started a worldwide interest in Abraham-Hicks. A New Beginning I explains in simple terms the eye-opening fundamentals of living a life of health, wealth and happiness. Readers love the practical ideas of Abraham. In the tradition of Jane Robert's Seth Material, this refreshing new book reveals a unique blend of new-age thought with the Western desire for more. An inspiring self-help classic that gets results.
219 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1988
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October 29, 2010
This was one of the early books by Esther and Jerry Hicks (1988). The nonphysical intelligence Abraham writes this through Esther (some people use channeling to describe what Esther is doing). New Beginning I includes predictions about disasters that will occur in San Diego, San Fransisco, Mexico, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, around the Great Lakes, and on the east coast in a series of simultaneous "earth changes". It also discusses how the earth will be covered in volcanic ash due to simultaneous volcanic eruptions. The book alleges that these great earth changes were in the process of occurring. A shame that it hasn't happened yet, considering the book told us that face masks and goggles would be of tremendous value. Hope you didn't purchase the other items suggested in the book (ie rice, beans for storage).
If you are an avid reader of the Abraham materials, however, you will enjoy the differences between this book and their newer works. For instance, you learn in this book that Abraham's first words have been altered, or tailored, since the creation of this book. If you are lucky, you can get a copy of the original text before the 1994 revision, which basically gives excuses for why these changes were not occurring as they said they would. I recommend listening to the Joyous Survival CD near your reading of this book. They compliment each other very well. Abraham will amuse you as they discuss the voodoo of our "earth shifting upon it's axis." This was a popular topic among channelers during the 80s. They all spoke about a similar axis shift or great earth changes. For those who are actually interested in the Abraham materials, this is not the work they want you to start with. In fact, Jerry and Esther have made it clear that they have moved away from that material, so much so that some of the personal accounts of their initial encounters with Abraham have been altered since this book.
I gave it 5 stars for being incredibly entertaining!
If you are an avid reader of the Abraham materials, however, you will enjoy the differences between this book and their newer works. For instance, you learn in this book that Abraham's first words have been altered, or tailored, since the creation of this book. If you are lucky, you can get a copy of the original text before the 1994 revision, which basically gives excuses for why these changes were not occurring as they said they would. I recommend listening to the Joyous Survival CD near your reading of this book. They compliment each other very well. Abraham will amuse you as they discuss the voodoo of our "earth shifting upon it's axis." This was a popular topic among channelers during the 80s. They all spoke about a similar axis shift or great earth changes. For those who are actually interested in the Abraham materials, this is not the work they want you to start with. In fact, Jerry and Esther have made it clear that they have moved away from that material, so much so that some of the personal accounts of their initial encounters with Abraham have been altered since this book.
I gave it 5 stars for being incredibly entertaining!
December 23, 2010
Old School...the beginning. Love it!!!
July 26, 2024
Esther Hicks began channeling in 1985 and this is her first Abraham Hicks book, which she started writing in 1988.
This book contains a ton of gems: Lots of spiritual wisdom on what the purpose of life is, how to create your own reality, how to use Intending to create the life you want moment by moment and much more.
The first half of the book is lots of information from Abraham.
The second half of the book is a Questions and Answers section where we have audience questions and Abraham's answers to them.
The one reason I give this book 4 stars and not 5 stars is because it contains one section where Abraham did a possible-future prediction, predicting some catastrophic event which never came true. Predicting the future is always a tricky thing because the future is not set in stone - it can change, and it seems that since the writing of this book, the future went a different way than was predicted. I think since then, Esther and Abraham have learned that it's best not to give future predictions for this very reason. So as you read that bit, I recommend just glossing or skipping over it because it doesn't add anything positive. I suppose it's a lesson in "taking what resonates, and leaving what does not", tuning in, seeing what feels right and good in your heart, and not taking "experts" opinions as the one truth. Trust yourself and your own inner guidance.
This book contains a ton of gems: Lots of spiritual wisdom on what the purpose of life is, how to create your own reality, how to use Intending to create the life you want moment by moment and much more.
The first half of the book is lots of information from Abraham.
The second half of the book is a Questions and Answers section where we have audience questions and Abraham's answers to them.
The one reason I give this book 4 stars and not 5 stars is because it contains one section where Abraham did a possible-future prediction, predicting some catastrophic event which never came true. Predicting the future is always a tricky thing because the future is not set in stone - it can change, and it seems that since the writing of this book, the future went a different way than was predicted. I think since then, Esther and Abraham have learned that it's best not to give future predictions for this very reason. So as you read that bit, I recommend just glossing or skipping over it because it doesn't add anything positive. I suppose it's a lesson in "taking what resonates, and leaving what does not", tuning in, seeing what feels right and good in your heart, and not taking "experts" opinions as the one truth. Trust yourself and your own inner guidance.
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