The Vortex

by HICKS, ESTHERHICKS, JERRY

• ISBN13: 9781401918750
• ISBN10: 1401918751
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Hay House Inc.

Summary

This Leading Edge work by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present The Teachings of Abraham , will help you understand every relationship you are currently involved in, as well as every one you have ever experienced.

Author Biography

New York Times best-selling authors Esther and Jerry Hicks produce the Leading Edge Abraham-Hicks teachings on the Art of Allowing our natural Well-Being to come forth. Open workshops held in up to 60 cities per year inspire a regular flow of Abraham books, CDs, and DVDs.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Your Vortex, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Joyous Co-creators
Learning to Attract Joyous Co-creators	p. 3
Life Is about Our Relationships	p. 6
Find Alignment First and Then Take Action	p. 7
Are We Living Under Flawed Premises?	p. 8
Gaining a Clear View by Stepping Back	p. 11
Before Your Birth into This Physical Body	p. 12
The Moment of Your Birth	p. 14
Your Relationship with Your Parents	p. 14
Your Relationship with Your Siblings	p. 16
Our Vortex, and the Law of Attraction	p. 17
The Powerful, Eternal, Universal Law of Attraction	p. 22
Are We Tolerating Others, or Allowing Them?	p. 24
Learning the Art of Allowing	p. 27
Do We Have Power to Influence Others Rather Than Control Them?	p. 29
How Do We Harmonize a Diverse Family?	p. 30
To the Child	p. 33
To the Parents	p. 34
To You Who Are Asking the Question	p. 35
Will the Law of Attraction Do Household Chores?	p. 36
But What about When Our Interests No Longer Match?	p. 38
What If One Doesn't Want the Relationship to End?	p. 39
A 30-Minute Energy-Alignment Process	p. 41
Is There One Perfect Person for Me?	p. 42
How Does One Find the Perfect Business Partner?	p. 44
Who Is Best Qualified to Govern Us?	p. 46
What Is the Perfect Form of Government?	p. 47
What Is Our Natural Relationship with the Animals?	p. 48
The Three-Step Process of Creation	p. 49
Can We Influence Animals, or Only Control Them?	p. 50
What about Our Optimal Physical/Non-Physical Relationship?	p. 51
What If One's Workplace Feels Uncomfortable?	p. 53
How Can We All "Have It All"?	p. 55
Are Legal Contracts Counterproductive to Creativity?	p. 57
What Perpetuates Chronic Therapeutic Problems?	p. 58
What Is Our Greatest Value to Those in Need?	p. 59
Why Do Some People Repeatedly Attract Painful Relationships?	p. 61
Are Some Doomed by Their Childhood Influence?	p. 62
Are You Blessed with a Difficult Child?	p. 64
How Can One Move from Disharmony to Harmony?	p. 65
Must a Negative Childhood Lead to a Negative Adulthood?	p. 66
Blaming Past Suffering Magnifies Current Suffering	p. 67
When Does "Fixing Problems" Simply Increase Problems?	p. 69
Abraham, Speak to Us of Love	p. 70
When Is It Time to Quit Trying?	p. 71
Why Haven't I Yet Attracted My Mate?	p. 77
I'll Focus on What I Want in a Relationship	p. 78
Haven't You Observed Many Disharmonious Relationships?	p. 82
But What If My Relationship Doesn't Last?	p. 83
Why Does the Relationship with Abraham Feel So Right?	p. 85
Shouldn't a Soul Mate's Mind Be Beautiful?	p. 88
Nothing Is More Important Than Feeling Good	p. 89
She Wants Someone, but Not That One	p. 91
Relationships, and the List-of-Positive-Aspects Process	p. 92
By Virtue of My Vibration, I'm Attracting	p. 93
But What about When Others Choose Our Mates for Us?	p. 94
Finding, Evoking, or Being the Perfect Mate	p. 95
Wanting a Mate, or Needing a Mate	p. 96
Is There a Way of Staying Positive Around "Lackful" Others?	p. 97
A Brief Bedtime Exercise That Transforms Relationships	p. 98
What Am I Expecting from a Relationship?	p. 99
What Are the Desired Characteristics of a Perfect Mate?	p. 100
Do Nature's Laws Not Govern Our Mating?	p. 101
What Is Natural for Mating Humans?	p. 103
Will Feeling Good Always Attract Good-Feelers?	p. 105
Couldn't Anyone Become My Perfect Mate?	p. 106
Sexuality, and the Law of Attraction: Sexuality, Sensuality, and the Opinions of Others
The Topics Are Sex, Sexuality, and Sensuality	p. 111
Are Our Sexual Laws Decreed by Non-Physical Dimensions?	p. 115
Sexuality Is Guided by Impulses, Not Laws	p. 116
What If Humans Behaved, Sexually, Like the Wild Animals?	p. 118
What about When Society Disapproves of Sexual Individuality?	p. 119
Who Gets to Set Humans' Sexual Hierarchy?	p. 123
How Can We Coordinate Our Sexual Co-creations?	p. 126
Fear of Sex Spoils the Pleasure of Being Touched	p. 127
We Can Always Have a Fresh Start	p. 130
How Does One Regain the Frequency of Pleasurable Sexuality?	p. 131
Sex, Religion, and Mental-Hospital Incarcerations?	p. 133
Why Do People Use God and Sex in Vain?	p. 134
Why Does the Media Broadcast Pain, but Censor Pleasure?	p. 135
Monogamy: Is It Natural or Unnatural?	p. 136
Sex, Art, Religion, and Monogamy	p. 138
What Is the Ultimate Sensual/Sexual Experience?	p. 140
Each Marriage Was Different but Not Better	p. 142
Abraham Offers Some "Coming Together" Vows	p. 144
Parenting, and the Law of Attraction: Creating Positive Parent/Child Relationships in a World of Contrast
What Is the Supervising Adult's Role in the Child's Behavior?	p. 149
What Is a Child's Relationship with Other Children, Without Adults?	p. 150
What Are the Natural Father/Mother Roles?	p. 151
A Perspective of a Perfect Parent	p. 152
What Are the Familial Inner Beings of Parents and Children?	p. 155
Do Families Have Specific Prebirth Mutual Intentions?	p. 156
To Whom Are We Most-Responsible?	p. 157
What Could Parents Learn from Children?	p. 157
Why Do Siblings Respond Differently to Similar Influences?	p. 158
Must Children "Take After" Their Parents?	p. 159
Must Inherited Traits Determine My Future Experience?	p. 160
Shouldn't Children Be Taken from "Abusive" Parents?	p. 160
Without Discipline, Would Children Perform Household Chores?	p. 162
Must "Family Harmony" Inhibit Personal Freedom?	p. 163
Which Family Member Should Be in Charge?	p. 165
Parents and Children, and Harmonizing vs. Traumatizing	p. 165
Must Children Be Imprinted with Their Parents' Beliefs?	p. 167
Who's to Blame for This Dysfunctional Family?	p. 168
But How Could Babies "Attract" Unwanted Experiences?	p. 170
Why Are Some Children Born Autistic?	p. 172
Appreciation, Your Key to the Vortex	p. 175
Why Would Someone Lose Self-Confidence?	p. 180
What Is a First Step Toward Self-Appreciation?	p. 182
How Does the Law of Attraction Affect Competition?	p. 183
What about Comparing Ourselves Unfavorably to Others?	p. 184
What If We're Fearing a Worldwide Financial Crisis?	p. 184
Selfishness, and the Law of Attraction?	p. 187
Must We Be Guided by the Intentions of Others?	p. 188
How Can I Feel More Self-Appreciation?	p. 188
What Is My Purpose for Life?	p. 190
Some Processes to Get into the Vortex	p. 191
A Bedtime-Visualization Process	p. 192
When You Find Yourself Awake	p. 192
The Focus-Wheel Process	p. 192
The List-of-Positive-Aspects Process	p. 195
The Rampage-of-Appreciation Process	p. 197
What Life Is Like, from Inside the Vortex	p. 198
Transcript of Abraham Live: A Law of Attraction Workshop
Were You, as an Infant, Trained Negatively?	p. 203
Your Universe Is Managed by the Law of Attraction	p. 205
Is Your Friend Harassing You into Expansion?	p. 208
All Cooperative Components Are Being Assembled	p. 211
Getting into Your Powerful Vortex of Attraction	p. 212
Contrast Really Isn't about Something Going Wrong	p. 214
Are Your Ready to Meet Your Vortex?	p. 215
The Law of Attraction and Law-Based Premises	p. 218
Must a Child Earn Its Well-Being?	p. 224
Are There Proper Expectations of Lovers?	p. 230
Asheville, North Carolina, Sunday Close	p. 234
Flawed Premises	p. 235
About the Authors	p. 237
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