Abraham on: THE STREAM - Esther & Jerry Hicks
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0:01 - 0:07Abraham On "The Stream"
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0:07 - 0:08Imagine taking your canoe
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0:08 - 0:11down to the river's edge
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0:11 - 0:12a very nice fast moving stream
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0:12 - 0:14and your oars or paddles are
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0:14 - 0:16already attached to your boat
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0:16 - 0:17and you put it in the water
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0:17 - 0:19and you deliberately turn it upstream
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0:19 - 0:22and begin paddling very hard
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0:22 - 0:24against this fast moving current.
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0:24 - 0:25And we say
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0:25 - 0:28why not just turn and go with the flow?
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0:28 - 0:30And our human friends
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0:30 - 0:32invariably say
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0:32 - 0:34doesn't that seem lazy?
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0:34 - 0:36That seems lazy.
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0:36 - 0:38And then they will say
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0:38 - 0:41my mother would not approve of that.
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0:41 - 0:42Or my teachers.
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0:42 - 0:45They all had me pointing the other way.
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0:45 - 0:46In fact
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0:46 - 0:48every plaque on my wall
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0:48 - 0:52was based upon paddling upstream.
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0:52 - 0:54And I was measured against
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0:54 - 0:57the others who did it too
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0:57 - 0:58and the better we did it
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0:58 - 0:59the better we were able
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0:59 - 1:01to fight that current
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1:01 - 1:02then the more proud
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1:02 - 1:04our human friends were of us
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1:04 - 1:06and the bigger the trophies and monuments
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1:06 - 1:08and we hear that
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1:08 - 1:13when you die there are even more.
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1:13 - 1:15And we want you to know something
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1:15 - 1:18in fact it's worth writing this down.
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1:18 - 1:22Nothing that you want is upstream.
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1:22 - 1:23Nothing that you want is upstream.
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1:23 - 1:25And the reason we know that is because
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1:25 - 1:27we've seen the cycle of life.
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1:27 - 1:29We know that Source
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1:29 - 1:30extended itself here
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1:30 - 1:32into that which is you
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1:32 - 1:34and we know that you are asking
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1:34 - 1:36as a result of your leading edge experience
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1:36 - 1:38- just like you knew you would -
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1:38 - 1:39for more
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1:39 - 1:40and we know that Source
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1:40 - 1:41is becoming that more
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1:41 - 1:42that you are asking for
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1:42 - 1:44and is calling you to it
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1:44 - 1:48and so we know the source of the Stream.
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1:48 - 1:49And we know that when you turn
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1:49 - 1:51and go with the Stream
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1:51 - 1:52you feel ever so good.
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1:52 - 1:54That's what positive emotion is.
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1:54 - 1:55Varying degrees of it
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1:55 - 1:57but it's what positive emotion is.
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1:57 - 1:58And we also know
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1:58 - 2:00that when you buck that current
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2:00 - 2:02it can beat up on you pretty good
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2:02 - 2:04and that's what negative emotion is.
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2:04 - 2:05We want you to understand
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2:05 - 2:07that there is only one Stream
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2:07 - 2:09that you might be going with or against
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2:09 - 2:11but there is only one Stream.
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2:11 - 2:13And when you learn from those around you
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2:13 - 2:15to go against the Stream
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2:15 - 2:16then you want to pronounce
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2:16 - 2:18that there are evil streams.
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2:18 - 2:19That there are streams of sickness
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2:19 - 2:20or streams of badness
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2:20 - 2:22or streams of poverty.
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2:22 - 2:22We say no
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2:22 - 2:23just one Stream.
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2:23 - 2:25You're just not going with it.
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2:25 - 2:26You say oh that can't be.
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2:26 - 2:27If it's a stream of goodness
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2:27 - 2:29why is it beating me up so?
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2:29 - 2:29And we say
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2:29 - 2:32because you're clinging to the bottom.
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2:32 - 2:33It's beating you up
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2:33 - 2:34because you're not going with
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2:34 - 2:36your self-created Stream.
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2:36 - 2:38Do you get this?
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2:38 - 2:41And that really is the strongest point
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2:41 - 2:43that we want to make with you.
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2:43 - 2:44This Stream of Well-Being
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2:44 - 2:46is a powerful stream
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2:46 - 2:48and it takes you downstream
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2:48 - 2:50whether you go easily or not.
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2:50 - 2:51In other words
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2:51 - 2:53when you look around at your environment
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2:53 - 2:55you've just got to aknowledge
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2:55 - 2:56that well-being abounds.
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2:56 - 2:57Your planet continues
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2:57 - 2:59to spin in its orbit.
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2:59 - 3:01And even beyond
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3:01 - 3:02the well-being that is obvious
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3:02 - 3:03- more obvious to
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3:03 - 3:05some of you than others granted -
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3:05 - 3:06but even beyond
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3:06 - 3:07the well-being that is obvious
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3:07 - 3:09we want to remind you that
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3:09 - 3:11even when you get farther downstream
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3:11 - 3:12and you have that
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3:12 - 3:13which you call your physical death
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3:13 - 3:14which there isn't any of.
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3:14 - 3:16We like to be disrespectful of death
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3:16 - 3:17since there isn't any
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3:17 - 3:18and call it 'croaking'.
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3:18 - 3:21When you - when you croak
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3:21 - 3:23you really move rapidly
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3:23 - 3:24with this Stream of Well-Being.
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3:24 - 3:26In other words The Stream of Well-Being
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3:26 - 3:28is not only dominant
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3:28 - 3:29it's all that there is.
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3:29 - 3:31So while you can be
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3:31 - 3:32in this physical body
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3:32 - 3:33and you can fume and fuss
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3:33 - 3:35and give yourself a lot of grief
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3:35 - 3:37and point in opposition of The Stream
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3:37 - 3:38to the point
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3:38 - 3:39that you beat yourself up pretty good
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3:39 - 3:40and then claim
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3:40 - 3:41that there can not possibly be
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3:41 - 3:42a Stream of Well-Being
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3:42 - 3:44because your life is going so badly.
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3:44 - 3:46We want to say to you
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3:46 - 3:47if you would let go
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3:47 - 3:48of your resistance
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3:48 - 3:50and start going with the flow
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3:50 - 3:51you will discover
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3:51 - 3:56how good this Stream can be to you.
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3:56 - 3:56The river guide said
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3:56 - 3:58to all of Jerry and Esther's friends
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3:58 - 4:01you know
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4:01 - 4:06that rock is not moving with the flow.
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4:06 - 4:08And because it isn't
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4:08 - 4:10and the water is rushing past it
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4:10 - 4:12if we get our raft
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4:12 - 4:15sideways up against one of those rocks
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4:15 - 4:18it will be big trouble for us.
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4:18 - 4:20It could turn us over
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4:20 - 4:21trap you in the rocks
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4:21 - 4:22and the stream will
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4:22 - 4:24beat you up.
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4:24 - 4:25So the idea
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4:25 - 4:27is not to get up against one of those
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4:27 - 4:29boulders that is not moving.
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4:29 - 4:32He made it very clear.
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4:32 - 4:33He said if you will listen to me
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4:33 - 4:36I will guide you around them
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4:36 - 4:38and if you don't listen to me
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4:38 - 4:38you may end up
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4:38 - 4:41up against one of those rocks.
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4:41 - 4:42And we say
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4:42 - 4:45the same thing applies in this Stream
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4:45 - 4:46that is flowing so rapidly.
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4:46 - 4:48When you let yourself go with it
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4:48 - 4:50you have a glorious ride
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4:50 - 4:52but when you paddle against it
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4:52 - 4:53or cling to the bottom -
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4:53 - 4:54when you don't let yourself go
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4:54 - 4:56that's what fear and depression -
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4:56 - 4:58that's what that feeling of
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4:58 - 4:59loss of control is.
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4:59 - 5:00That's what that feeling of
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5:00 - 5:03disempowerment is.
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5:03 - 5:05And we also want to remind you that
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5:05 - 5:07this Stream is not
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5:07 - 5:09being assigned to you by someone else.
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5:09 - 5:12Source or God or someone benevolent
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5:12 - 5:14or not benevolent is not saying
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5:14 - 5:15oh let's speed up their Stream
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5:15 - 5:17and see how well they do.
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5:17 - 5:18You are the one
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5:18 - 5:19that makes your Stream go
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5:19 - 5:22to the speed it does.
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5:22 - 5:23A mother on a recent seminar
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5:23 - 5:25took a break during segment of lunch
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5:25 - 5:27and had lunch with her child
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5:27 - 5:28who said to her
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5:28 - 5:29when you get back
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5:29 - 5:30if you get a chance
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5:30 - 5:31would you please ask
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5:31 - 5:33Abraham a question for me?
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5:33 - 5:36And she said, I will.
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5:36 - 5:37And he said
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5:37 - 5:42why are grown-ups so grumpy?
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5:42 - 5:43And we said
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5:43 - 5:44it is the best question we've heard
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5:44 - 5:45and it applies to
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5:45 - 5:46what we're talking about here
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5:46 - 5:47more than anything else
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5:47 - 5:48that we can think of.
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5:48 - 5:50Grow-ups are more grumpy
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5:50 - 5:50than children -
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5:50 - 5:51there are grumpy children
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5:51 - 5:52but grown-ups on the whole
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5:52 - 5:54are much more grumpy than children
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5:54 - 5:56because they've lived more life
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5:56 - 5:58and they've got a faster moving Stream.
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5:58 - 6:00And when your Stream is moving fast
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6:00 - 6:01and you're not flowing with it
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6:01 - 6:02it's beating you up
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6:02 - 6:04and it makes you grumpy.
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6:04 - 6:05In other words
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6:05 - 6:07it just comes down to one thing
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6:07 - 6:08and that is
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6:08 - 6:10if you are to be the joyful being
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6:10 - 6:10you want to be
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6:10 - 6:12and that you are meant to be
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6:12 - 6:14you've got to go with the flow.
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6:14 - 6:15And when you don't
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6:15 - 6:16you don't feel good.
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6:16 - 6:33It's just that simple.
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6:18 - 6:19of your own creation
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6:19 - 6:21is what makes you feel
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6:21 - 6:22unfulfilled.
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6:22 - 6:24It's what makes you feel dissatisfied
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6:24 - 6:25and worse.
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6:25 - 6:27It's what makes you feel overwhelmed.
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6:27 - 6:28It's what makes you feel frustrated.
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6:28 - 6:29It's what makes you feel angry.
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6:29 - 6:31It's what makes you feel fearful.
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6:31 - 6:32It's what makes you feel discouraged
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6:32 - 6:33and depressed.
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6:33 - 6:35Not going with the flow
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6:33 - 6:18Not going with the flow
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6:35 - 6:36is what is at the heart
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6:36 - 6:38of every negative emotion that you feel.
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6:38 - 6:40So when you think about that
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6:40 - 6:42break it down into the simple terms
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6:42 - 6:43that we want you to hear.
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6:43 - 6:45That means that your life
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6:45 - 6:46just like you knew it would
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6:46 - 6:48has caused you
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6:48 - 6:50to launch many rockets of desires
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6:50 - 6:52that if you're feeling negative emotion
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6:52 - 6:55you're not keeping up to speed with.
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6:55 - 6:56On the other hand
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6:56 - 6:58if you do keep up to speed
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6:58 - 6:59with the rockets of desires
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6:59 - 7:00you've launched
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7:00 - 7:03you feel wonderful.
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7:03 - 7:05You feel wonderful when you
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7:05 - 7:06launch the desire.
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7:06 - 7:07You feel wonderful
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7:07 - 7:08even before the desire manifests.
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7:08 - 7:10You feel wonderful even though
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7:10 - 7:11you don't see the evidence
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7:11 - 7:12of it manifesting yet.
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7:12 - 7:14You feel wonderful wonderful wonderful
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7:14 - 7:17all the way to manifestation.
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7:17 - 7:18And when you feel wonderful
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7:18 - 7:20manifestation of what you want
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7:20 - 7:22is assured.
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7:22 - 7:24And when you don't feel wonderful
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7:24 - 7:26manifestation is slowed
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7:26 - 7:28maybe even held apart
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7:28 - 7:30your entire lifetime from you
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7:30 - 7:32and most important
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7:32 - 7:32even more important
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7:32 - 7:36than you not manifesting what you want
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7:36 - 7:38is that you feel rotten all the time
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7:38 - 7:41while you're not letting it flow.
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7:41 - 7:44So we want you to get a sense
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7:44 - 7:45from this analogy that we're offering
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7:45 - 7:49- a very apt appropriate analogy -
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7:49 - 7:51that if you will just make a decision
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7:51 - 7:54that however you can make it happen
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7:54 - 7:55you're going to turn
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7:55 - 7:57and go with the flow.
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7:57 - 7:57Sometimes we think -
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7:57 - 7:58especially those of you
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7:58 - 8:00who've been listening to us for a while -
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8:00 - 8:02as we crow about the good-feeling emotions
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8:02 - 8:04being on this end 0:08:02.960,0:08:04.090 of the emotional scale
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8:04 - 8:05love and joy and
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8:05 - 8:07all of that wonderful energy
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8:07 - 8:09and on the other end of the scale
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8:09 - 8:10are things that feel like
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8:10 - 8:12depression and fear and anger -
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8:12 - 8:14and we know that we give you the impression
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8:14 - 8:16that your work is to
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8:16 - 8:18not only not be on this end of the scale
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8:18 - 8:19but get to this end of the scale
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8:19 - 8:21as quickly as possible.
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8:21 - 8:22And of course we'd rather that you felt
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8:22 - 8:24this way than this way
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8:24 - 8:25but what we really
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8:25 - 8:26want you to understand is that
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8:26 - 8:28since The Stream is moving
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8:28 - 8:30we really are not asking you
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8:30 - 8:32to turn your boat downstream
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8:32 - 8:33and put a motor on it
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8:33 - 8:34and get all the way down here
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8:34 - 8:36as quickly as you can
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8:36 - 8:38because we know the power of The Stream.
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8:38 - 8:39You don't have to do that.
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8:39 - 8:40In fact you don't even have to
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8:40 - 8:42turn your boat in The Stream.
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8:42 - 8:45Just stop paddling upstream.
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8:45 - 8:48Just stop paddling against the current.
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8:48 - 8:49The current will turn you.
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8:49 - 8:50And this is the thing
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8:50 - 8:52we most want you to hear.
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8:52 - 8:55As the current turns you
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8:55 - 8:58that's your point of relief.
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8:58 - 8:59And when you think about it
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8:59 - 9:02that is your only choice.
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9:02 - 9:03Upstream
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9:03 - 9:05or not.
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9:05 - 9:06Upstream or not.
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9:06 - 9:07Of course it's nice
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9:07 - 9:08when you're choosing downstream
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9:08 - 9:09and you're so good at it
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9:09 - 9:11that you can really choose it
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9:11 - 9:13but your choice in any moment is really
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9:13 - 9:15to feel worse
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9:15 - 9:16or better.
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9:16 - 9:17Worse
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9:17 - 9:18or better.
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9:18 - 9:19And when you make that decision
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9:19 - 9:21all day every day -
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9:21 - 9:21I could beat the drum
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9:21 - 9:23of this situation and make it worse
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9:23 - 9:25or I could just stop talking about it
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9:25 -and make it better.
- Title:
- Abraham on: THE STREAM - Esther & Jerry Hicks
- Description:
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Abraham, through Esther Hicks, talks about The Stream of Well-Being that flows from Non-Physical Source, and explains how manifestation occurs. Excerpted from the DVD entitled "Abraham 101: The Basic Teachings of Abraham-Hicks", available through our website.
Esther & Jerry Hicks are the authors of numerous books based on the Teachings of Abraham and their latest book, "Money and The Law of Attraction", reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
For over 20 years, Esther has translated blocks of thought from "Non-Physical Source Energy" - which she also identifies as her "Inner Being" or "Soul" - and who refer to themselves in the plural as "Abraham" (no relation to the Biblical figure).
Esther doesn't use the word "channeling" to describe her process, but understands if others do. For more information, please view our YouTube video entitled "Abraham Explains Who They Are", or go to http://www.abraham-hicks.com and listen to the audio entitled "Introduction To Abraham".
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- English
- Duration:
- 09:34
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