tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post7838629816880993437..comments2023-09-22T20:01:14.318-04:00Comments on Kyra Speaks: Abraham Borrows Esther's Body and Prentice Mulford's Words...kyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09231777917185762352noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-54027990680967234732014-10-28T03:48:43.386-04:002014-10-28T03:48:43.386-04:00Prentice Mulford was the original. Abraham is a gi...Prentice Mulford was the original. Abraham is a gimmick and extremely corny.lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-78498536007992265572014-02-02T19:17:17.879-05:002014-02-02T19:17:17.879-05:00I read 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon H...I read 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill, and I found the similarities between Hill's work and the Hicks that I can only deduce they copied a lot of their ideas from this author. It would be one think to acknowledge they are spreading the ideas of other authors but to claim that they got it from some other being is simply absurd. <br /><br />I read a lot on metaphysics but I'm also critical thinker, and a lot of things you criticize about New Age authors - particularly those from Hay House - are dead on. Many of these authors care not for their followers but for their paychecks. You can read 'Think and Grow Rich' and absorb all the rhetoric without having to pay extensive fees to hear the Hicks say the same thing! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-44795210893138154182013-01-10T17:54:07.264-05:002013-01-10T17:54:07.264-05:00Look, mom. I don't know much, but I got a blog...Look, mom. I don't know much, but I got a blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-3494631114652590622012-01-26T03:50:10.707-05:002012-01-26T03:50:10.707-05:00Hey Anonymous,
Thanks for the comment. I understa...Hey Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I understand if you feel that "All that really matters is that We Feel Good." Personally, I am more inclined towards the following quote by Edmund Way Teale (as quoted by Carl Sagan in <i>The Demon Haunted World</i>): "It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have got it." Still, I certainly can understand why people would value the sort of emotional highs that they get from materials like the <i>Teachings of Abraham</i>. At the same time, I think the victim-blame encouraged by the teachings tends to subvert the feel-good bits.kyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231777917185762352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-67003417201346991442012-01-25T23:06:48.050-05:002012-01-25T23:06:48.050-05:00Gosh...interesting views. I must just put in my fi...Gosh...interesting views. I must just put in my five cents worth here. Does it really matter who said what and when? Really? I am a self confessed "Aber" as you call us, and have been searching for over twenty two years to understand the importance and utter point of our Life here...and Abraham's influence on me has been a sheer delight, and the other authors I have have read on the subject have been building blocks to my discovery of the Abraham-Hicks works...so again fellow Loves, does it Really matter who said what when? All that really matters is that We Feel Good...and even if it is all a huge sham..I care not! Because it has greatly impacted my life, my relationships,my world for the better! love...Jo xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-80800446408979236112011-08-13T16:39:08.048-04:002011-08-13T16:39:08.048-04:00Hey Anonymous,
Thanks for the comment. Sorry it h...Hey Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I've been on vacation.<br /><br /><i>If Esther Hicks was using the exact same sentences or phraseology then that would be a different matter, but the repetition of one word means absolutely nothing...</i><br /><br />It's not a matter of her using the word, but a matter of her using the analogy to explain the same thing that Mulford was explaining. Also, this is not an isolated incident. It's clear that Esther and Jerry Hicks plagiarized the Law of Attraction from New Thought authors. They claim they had never heard it pre-Abraham (that it came to them via Esther's "inspiration"), despite Jerry's self-professed exposure to New Thought authors who used the phrase.<br /><br /><i>such a lightweight semantic similarity does not prove wholesale plagiarism...</i><br /><br />Again, if it was just this instance, I probably wouldn't be stressing this. But it isn't. They "borrowed" the Law of Attraction, the Law of Non-resistance, and various metaphors (including this one) from New Thought authors, so I'm basically just adding this to the pile.<br /><br />Thanks again for stopping by.kyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231777917185762352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246377353991411890.post-68539575964868166292011-08-09T11:47:02.463-04:002011-08-09T11:47:02.463-04:00No disrespect meant – as I think your other blog-p...No disrespect meant – as I think your other blog-posts make very fair points, but the "thought-way" you have constructed here seems to be based on a rather tenuous coincidence and based on a slightly biased wishful-thinking. The logic of your argument doesn’t rally hold up...just because Esther/Abraham is now using the word "constructed" and this word was previously used by a long-gone new though author - therefore Esther/Abraham must have copied if from this source...this doesn't really make any sense. Yes, they are obviously both espousing a similar theme and it is apparent that they are using similar language but the fact that they are both using the word “constructed” doesn’t prove any connection between the two...in reality it probably only serves to illustrate the limits of the English language... If Esther Hicks was using the exact same sentences or phraseology then that would be a different matter, but the repetition of one word means absolutely nothing...such a lightweight semantic similarity does not prove wholesale plagiarism...as the blatantly ridiculous "The Bible Code" showed -you can find seemingly relevant "keywords" that correspond to another text/speech/event/occurrence in absolutely any book if you are actively searching (and hoping) to find "proof" of a connection. Anyway, that's just my opinion...and I'm still enjoying your blog :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com