Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires

"Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires" is a book that has truly transformed my perspective and my life. The wisdom contained within its pages is nothing short of remarkable, and its impact on me has been profound. The book's teachings about manifestation and the law of attraction have opened up a new realm of possibilities for me. The authors eloquently guide readers through the process of understanding their desires, raising their vibrations, and ultimately attracting positive outcomes. This book doesn't just provide theory – it offers practical exercises that have empowered me to take control of my own reality. The clarity and depth of the teachings are unparalleled. The book is like a roadmap to creating the life you want, helping you tap into your inner power and potential. I've experienced positive shifts in my mindset, my relationships, and even my career since incorporating the lessons from this book into my daily life. "Ask and It Is Given" isn't just a book; it's a transformative tool that empowers you to harness the energy of the universe in pursuit of your desires. I can confidently say that it has changed my life for the better. If you're ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and conscious creation, this book is an absolute must-read. It has earned a well-deserved five-star rating from me!

This book is just chock full of very practical advice on how to live your life according to the Law of Attraction as taught by Abraham. The first half of the book is nuts and bolts type of advice, and the second half is processes you can do to help you find more joy in your life. I've done several of the processes already and they work well, at least in the moment, so the key is consistency, you have to work the program, as it were (but that's true for anything). And, what I like most about it is that is so focused on you having fun that it's not a burden or onerous to work the program!! I've studied these types of materials for about 15 to 20 years but never really got into the Abraham 'version' of the Law of Attraction until a few months ago. I've even studied consciousness materials for a number of years. What is so meaningful to me is that these materials combine the key concepts of all of this material (from at least a hundred books I've read in the past 20 years) in a CLEAR, PRACTICAL set of instructions that ANYONE can follow. Very high level stuff, very well put together, with enough repetition to bring the points home and see things from slightly different perspectives. You can use it as a "road map" about how to live your life, your daily, minute to minute experience of life, as it has great sign posts and an easy means to tell how well you're doing. So much of the material out there lacks this clarity, this practicalness, the vivid analogies (for example, they talk about Source Energy as a Stream of Well-Being, it's taking you to what you desire but sometimes we face upstream and try to row upstream, making life much harder than it needs to be, so choose downstream thoughts, thoughts that make you feel better). The notion that you should live your life according to how much joy and love and appreciation you feel in any given moment is WONDERFUL and has changed my life (after diligent study of this type of material for many, many years without much joy) in just a few months!! I'm happier than I have EVER been in my entire life and I'm 56! That's saying a lot, and I am seeing things shifting and changing in my circumstances, in ways that seems bizarre and wonderful in equal measure, but daily taking me closer to my desires. What a ride!! I highly recommend this book. The Getting into the Vortex little book with CD of meditations is also excellent, the meditations are wonderful. I'm also totally in love with the Master Course CD set, wowser, wonderful, high level stuff!! There are also a lot of free materials about the Law of Attraction available on their website, abraham-hicks.com.

Also, I'm writing this review as a response to PUMA'S 1-star. S/he seemed to have questions that seemed unanswered, so I thought I'd throw in my own two cents for those curiously inclined. :) 1. The ego and everything else is part of who you are. As Esther says, we are eternally and blissfully, incomplete. The ego takes many forms, perhaps, like everything else.. we are to master control over it and find it's place. The ego only becomes an issue when it is imbalanced - like everything else in life. 2. Abraham sounds British? Sounds like the same Esther voice to me. Perhaps our definitions of "British accent" is different? Cause I see no pronunciation of the sort. But in either case, even if it were, the ENGLISH language should be spoken the way it was originally intended to be spoken (in my opinion). So yes, I would expect an intelligent being to prefer to pronounce things the way the language was intended to, to begin with. Alas, this seems not the case. Still says nothing about intelligence. Words are just that. It's just my own personal preference. ;) So yeah, "LOL" indeed. 3. I think you've over-simplified the case in order to "prove" your perspective. Cute. And clearly the tactic works. But what you fail to notice is that Abraham's teaching may be lingering through our "scrutiny." Perhaps Esther and Jerry read the book to a different level where they began to vibrate to the same level of the book. More deeply so than the general reaction. *shrug* 4. "Feeling good" through LOVE (why do you drop the LOVE bit in order to prove your case?) A mass murderer does not feel love or he wouldn't be murdering now would he? There is no simple answer for human wiring and their personal complexes.. but if the murderer feels good to the point where they feel they LOVE to kill - this is not in vibration to the pure love but in the corrupted wiring of deeper pain reflected through murder and harm (human are EXTREMELY expressive creatures) and we tend to express ourselves in the need to feel understood. People express chaos and harm when they have this inside of them. Basic psychology. 5. Carve your thoughts, and you've carved an action, carve an action repetitively and you've carved a habit, carve the habit and you've carved a personality.. your personality equals your fate. I can personally assure you that if you feel GENUINE, pure and clean love, the way it is CONSTANTLY emphasized, then you WILL be hooked upon taking action in order to EXPRESS your feelings into physical manifestations. Seems she's working on the heart of the whole operation - YOUR MIND. Teach a child hate, he'll learn to kill. Teach a child love and she'll learn to nurture. Action stems from your (gasp) MIND! And if a fat person remains fat, clearly they are not thinking skinny, are they? I'm not saying they're not trying... or "thinking" .. I am saying that people tend to do things incorrectly by filtering information the "wrong" way. We're complex beings and it's only bound to happen. Hence why we should know who we are and what works for us. But our feeling meter (so long as it's feeling good due to genuine contentment and not from a deeper underlying problem) does not fail us once. 6. Abraham explains this in their seminars. You should YouTube them sometime. I feel if I answer, I might butcher it due to trying to make such a complex answer reduced to a shorter comment response. *shrug* The answer is there though, feel free to seek if you truly wish to find. 7. "Superficial"? I think humanity has taught you to condemn that which has been overbalanced. (i.e "Beauty might turn you vain - you must not be proud if you are reasonably attractive - no no! it means you're vain!! VAIN!!!" - it does not.) Designer clothes are just another form of human expression. HUMANS *LOVE* to express themselves. Through our clothes, writing, contact lenses ANYTHING from big to small. Is this surprising to you? Designer clothes make me feel privileged and comfortable (as long as the material, design, comfort is to my liking and style.) - your clothes shift your subconscious whether you're aware of it or not. Why neglect the little things that change your life? Of course, I'm not saying that expensive clothes is THE ONLY thing you should wear. Again, that's an imbalance. And if you can prove that Abraham is trying to promote this, you'd have a case. "Why do these Law Of Attraction books always target either ordinary people who want to become rich or rich people who want to become richer? " Because the rich people don't really need them. And the generally poor are (coincidentally?) too pessimistic and lacking (in money/character) to afford interests in books/money, it seems. 8. Through getting what we want will we know what we need. Again, things tend to get a bad rap when it's had some form of history of primitive misuse. (i.e. That little girls has been given an imbalance of all she's ever wanted... causing her to be spoiled! IM NEVER GIVING MY CHILD ANYTHING HE WANTS AGAIN HE MUST LEARN TO APPRECIATE") Hopefully mankind will learn to advance instead of desperately trying to change that which is easily solved by learning balance. If you feel I might've left something out - feel free to point it out. Like I said, I tried to keep my response as short as possible. But I'd like to leave a suggestion of my own.. Instead of asking a million questions and doubting ... why not give it a shot? If you think it all sounds twisted and insane... you're right. It does. Cause the results are. I can write an equally large amount of things I've manifested.. (all of which had eventually proven empty until I discovered the deeper things/meaning to life ;) ) but I wouldn't type such things on the internet for fear of sounding fake to those who don't believe, crazy to those who do, and arrogant to pessimists who focus on imbalance. When in doubt, try it out. Best of wishes, - Aria

ASK AND IT IS GIVEN is amazing! It is one that you could read again and again because every time you read it you reinforce or see something you may have missed. If you focus on what you can find good or can appreciate in a bad circumstance or situation, then good positive energy will flow and expand, and conditions will improve. That is helping others along with yourself. Your emotions let you know if you are connecting to your Source Energy, which is all-positive. If you feel bad, you are resisting the constant flow of Source Energy. If someone is cruel to you and you feel bad, think a good, positive thought and somehow try to see the good. The information is very simple without being oversimplified or condescending. It's extremely repetitive but repetition is what imbeds information into the brain. Step outside of your earth-bound ego of expecting to be a victim and hoping for some outside force to change. Take charge of your thought process. How do you see the world, with gratitude or grumbling? Mythomania, toxic control freaks, and so many other delusional personality disorders require therapy and other horrible and sad conditions such as schizophrenia, and other forms of insanity require medication, but the "normal you and I" can gain so much from reading this book. The sad thing is that we all merely want to be liked and accepted by everyone but some push people away because of their own insecurity and lash out in bitterness from the rejection that they inevitably bring on themselves. Simple listening, understanding and reason would solve a lot of problems. But, one thing that is made clear is that we are responsible for our thoughts, to connect to our source energy by choosing better-feeling thoughts. We each are connected to this source and we can't do anything for others that they don't have the power to do. We need to follow our bliss. There wouldn't be war or murder. We have the power to change the way we see and from "seeing" good, we have the power to help others, through association, to help them want to see good and trust in the fact that most of us merely want camaraderie and peace. It is so simple. It is right in front of our noses. We just need to "choose" to see it and "the other person" needs to make that choice for himself. We can't do that for them. We need to "expect" the other person is doing the best he can in life and isn't "out to get us". I'd like to think that an evil, jealous heart can be healed. Sometimes, dealing with some is truly impossible and you need to remove yourself from an unhealthy situation in order to preserve your own peaceful, feel-good place. But, on the whole, do your best to "see" the good in people and the beauty of this earth, and trust that you will have all the peace and graciousness in heaven. We each chose to be born into this physical body. We get what we think about. We dwell on miserable, we get miserable. We dwell on ugly, we get ugly. Nothing is more important than feeling good, well-being, and we each are in total control of our thoughts. See ugly? Think about something beautiful. See miserable? Think about something happy and good. If everyone would connect to their Source Energy, there would be no assaults, insults, no jealousy, no insecurity, or no uncomfortable feelings of competition. Any feelings of insecurity and hatred are born from disconnection from who they are which Source Energy, (God) is. We all fear that evil person who deliberately intends harm to another, but it is not possible for someone who is connected to Source Energy to wish harm on another. If everyone read this book and "got it" we could quite possibly have "Heaven" right here on earth. This book is a winner and should be on all of our book shelves! Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back Makayla M.

[...] Book Review You came into a 3-D human body and the field of duality to create, as a conscious Deliberate Co-Creator of this Universe! God gives you exactly and INSTANTLY what you ASK for-- without exception! That is, was and always has been the Creator God's and your own Human Creative 'game plan.' Only you can hold back your desired or foreseen "creation" you offer to Universal reality from instantly manifesting. That is what this book is about, and the 22 easy-to-do "processes" offered to assure that you receive what you ASK for in the now! Along with many other well-known authors like Neale Donald Walsch, Louise Hay, Dr Wayne Dwyer, Alan Cohen, Jack Canfield, Doreen Virtue, and many others, I too agree that "this book is a Life Treasure." When bought and gladly gifted to a dynamic indigo friend, here is what he had to say, " It is "a wonderful book - extremely-easy-reading book." My reply was, " The simpler a great profound truth, the closer to PURE reality. The more complex a thought is to understand the further it is from pure reality... Max Planck, a great scientist understood this well. He was able to see this in his science and paraphrased this truth often, for it is true. Besides having any "material" things desired by you, the great truth so simply expressed in ASK And It Is Given, if pondered, understood and put into daily moment to moment practice - will guide you or anyone to their own personal physical body and Human Being Ascension in any ONE lifetime without seeing or knowing "body death." As stated in this book, we all have the innate guidance system to move our thoughts and Well Being toward feeling good and away from what feels negative. It could be "the one book" in a whole lifetime a person needs to read, understand, and PUT to USE. The knowledge gained in it would easily be more than enough outer plane knowledge to enable anyone who chooses to reach physical body Ascension, to attain it, especially during these last few years -- going to our magnificent approaching year 2012 "end times" finale... As explained by the author, in terms of energy, it does not matter if you give attention to the past, present or future--for low or high memories, feelings or thoughts of past, present or future OFFER that particular vibration to the Universe---which MUST, by Law, come back with MORE of the same for you... We each stand in the NOW "point of power" and project what we choose, for what we give attention to MUST manifest in our lives. People focused on lack, keep experiencing lack. However, even poor people focused on feeling prosperous, despite all appearances or SEEMING circumstances in the PRESENT, by law MUST soon manifest prosperity. Of course, if you neutralize your positive thoughts by a wave of sudden contradictory thoughts or feelings it could take many lifetimes to receive what you ASK. While if you offer no resistance, no contradictory thoughts, feelings or actions, you will SOON be experiencing being a Deliberate Creator, as explained in the book, that can have the seeming miracle of INSTANT manifestations as your daily lifestyle. Since www.amazon.com offers such a nice discount on the book, it is a TREASURE you will read, cherish and probably want to buy as birthday or Christmas gifts for your loved ones or close friends... Do yourself a favor---get this book, follow the easy-to-read and easy-to-do instructions and focus on "BeTHERE NOW!" and watch with joy as your wildest dreams come true! I AM certain you will thank me for pointing you to this book, and will probably want to gift it to many others---or at least, steer them toward it... What we give, we receive is what this book is all about, and I AM so very grateful to have been guided to it. I AM sure you will feel the same... We are all so greatly blessed. We are One. When you bless others in any way, you bless yourself... So be it. ******* I repeat: obtain this "Treasure-House" book at www.amazon.com P.S. Do yourself a sweet favor, obtain the CD set. You will treasure it too!!

Update to my below review on 5/31/2011: When I last wrote my review found in the bottom part of this message, the Abe-hicks phenomenon was moving through self help seekers like a juggernaut. And I was so glad to see so many people getting them. However, as Abe would say there are couple of things that stuck in my craw, which is making me come back here and offer some clarifications and words of advise for new seekers. First off, the book is still one of the most mindblowing and profound books I have ever read. There is no doubt you should get this book. My issues are outside of this book. Now I know there will be lot of critics who would say - hey, just stick to the book review. I refuse to stick to that format because I want to save money of masses beyond this book, which is inevitably going to happen with at least half of the people who get enamored with the book. I tried the various Abe forums but they refuse to post my message. So here I am venting out what has upset me. Lately, Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks have transformed their web site to claim it all started with them, aka the law of attraction. That is not true. LOA has been with us for thousands of years and in its most current form, has been with us since at least 70s when Seth came along, even if I don't include the path breaking maverick works of early 20th century such as Wallace Wattles and the Master lock key system. To claim that it all started with Abe-hicks is not fair and ingenuine. Second, I believe that Abraham have themselves receded in the background and it is more Esther. I say this because of few reasons. I will also admit that I have no scientific basis to prove except as Abraham would say "how I feel". My reasons are: (1) Subsequent books after this one do not pack the same punch. The content is same, the jargon is changed, more or less. (2) I have gone to Abe workshops and every time I raised my question, they would say "it is answered". I met Esther Hicks couple of times after that and kinda complained that my questions are truly not answered. She said, if you send an email, Abe would answer them. Like a start struck giddy fan, I whipped out an email that night. I sent four more follow up emails to follow up on my first email over the course of next few months. One of the staffers probably realized I was not going to give up easily. She said to listen to Abe tapes and my question should be answered. Now what tapes should I listen to from thousands of tapes that are available through their marketing on the web site? I am assuming my questions may have infact been answered by Abraham in some subjective manner or the other. But to give a true follower a run around did not make me feel warm and fuzzy. So Esther/Abraham, if you are listening to me, you know you have my emails. Why don't you find a way to answer them? Or comment in the comments section if you need clarification, and I will be more than happy to repeat my questions. My bottomline gripe is very simple. Esther Hicks, there is no Abraham because we live in a world that demands proof. And yet your teachings are quite meaningful. So here is my humble proposition to you. Why not just say you get into a meditative trance and your body faculties are tuned for you to think in a more focused manner and give out responses at the highest vibration possible? This would be highly convincing. But are you not saying that because it does not have the same sexy ring to it and hence won't sell much? To people who are looking for next steps -= I still stand by this book. It has the most wonderful teachings. If you want to buy anything of Abraham, just get this book, the newly released "guided meditations" and maybe one of those daily meditation cards. Do not buy anything else especially if you feel like you are shelling out too much. As Esther would say - listen to your emotions. There are lot of free youtube videos including those from the Hickses themselves that can keep you uplifted for a long time to come. If you are still not satiated you are welcome to spend as much as you want as long as you can not get bothered by the same things as I did. As for me and for people like me, I would like to remind again there is no Abraham but the teachings are real! Enjoy them. ---------------------------------- Original review: Guess what - I have been buying from Amazon for eons and yet this is the first time I am writing a review. So just by that measure, I want you to understand that this book must be so powerful that I finally got off my lazy rear and wrote something. This book will give you an original perspective and the one that is practical and works! My biggest suggestion is when you read it, read it multiple times. The sign of a good book is you often get fresh perspectives or deeper or more insightful meanings every time you read it. This book is the epitome in that respect. I got so many a-ha moments by reading the same sections again and again. Not kidding. The perspective changes and as your ability to understand the teachings becomes more, the techings themselves evolve and present with deeper or different meaning to you. Kind of like drinking a nice red wine at different stages of its cellaring. My other suggestion would be try to take breaks. The information will slowly digest into you and you can ponder and get amazed at what you just read during breaks. Finally, I would focus more on the message than how the message was received. Bottomline - invest the dollars..you will most certainly not regret it

Great book for my library.

It's important to keep an open mind when reading anything that is controversial. Critically thinking is helpful to anything that you read that is giving self help advice. I have been an agnostic person for most of my life. I believe in evidence based science when I look for habits to live my life optimally and write for AbsGenius.com - I am fascinated with psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, nutrition. This author was recommended to me by someone I find to be very up to date on the most cutting edge theories on living an optimal life and hyper achievement. He told me that she was the original creator of the law of attraction documentary "The Secret". I had seen it and dismissed it as new agey pseudoscience. I saw a few videos he sent me that he ripped off of Torrentz and I was presented with an older lady named Esther who supposedly was a medium of channeling a group of souls named collectively Abraham. Abraham answered questions of people who were trying to solve problems that might otherwise be left up to a psychoanalyst or cognitive behavioral therapist. I was skeptical. He told me I was naturally practicing law of attraction and I was attracting things into my life that I couldn't explain logically. I had been painting for 2 years but had never sold a painting. All of the sudden, a lady came in the gym who he knew who was a major Chinese art collector. She invited me over to her mansion in Atherton, California where her husband and cooked an amazing birthday lunch on my birthday January 29, 2014. She brewed 15 year old tea that was very special to her. She and her husband asked that I focus on art full time and study at the San Francisco Art Institute. She commissioned me to paint a portrait of her a few weeks later. All of this while I was working as a trainer in a gym in Palo Alto. I was sitting in Starbucks on Stanford Ave one morning at 6am, when in walked the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook. He sat right across from me. I realized that this may be a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I scribbled on a napkin my idea for an "iFit". It had all of the most important health markers and metrics on it. I also wrote my name, email, cell phone and website AlexHarty.com. I nervously leaned forward and said "I am going to kick myself if I don't do this" as I handed him my napkin sketch and hand written business card. I told him about how woefully obsolete the fitness tracking technology available at my gym, Fitlinxxx was so inefficient and in need rapid improvement. Knowing how obsessed with Fitness Tim was, I wanted to help out. He smiled as I "pitched myself" and improved what I wanted to communicate to someone who can change the world and my career in an 2 second decision. He thanked me for sharing with him and how pleased he was that I was using a MacBook Air that morning to write. Over the next month or so we ran into each other at the gym at probably 10 times, and each time we would catch up on what we were working that day. Over email I asked if he wanted to train with me, but he declined saying that he has been happy working with a trainer for a couple years, but if he had supplemental training goals where I could help he would get in touch. This al happened when I was practicing law of attraction with my beliefs, and soon after I slowly lost faith in the law of attraction. Just recently u read it after hearing from my friend Clif over gchat. I tore through this book and was amazed how imperfectly I was directly applying Abraham Hick's interpretation of LOA. I loved reading this book and recommend that you keep and open mind and verify for yourself. See for yourself. What have you got to win?