| Many people today read the Abraham books, | | | | This is not to criticize those who do give |
| channeled by Esther Hicks. These books present a | | | | seminars, such as the Hicks', but only to say that |
| very concise and inspiring look at the Law of | | | | the simple lifestyle of the Roberts' (Jane died |
| Attraction, which Abraham calls the most | | | | several years ago) seems to support their |
| powerful law in the universe. The Abraham books, | | | | sincerity. |
| however, acknowledge that this message is not | | | | The Seth material is, frankly, too detailed and |
| new, though they are, arguably, bringing it to | | | | dense to be very popular. Even I, who devoured |
| more people than ever before. | | | | it for a few years, have come to prefer the |
| In the introduction to Abraham's book, The Law | | | | direct and simple style of Abraham. Yet you have |
| of Attraction, Esther's husband and co-author, | | | | to credit Seth with putting out some extremely |
| Jerry, speaks of having read Seth before Esther | | | | interesting information (or theories if you prefer). |
| began channeling. Seth is credited with coining the | | | | This mainly revolves around reincarnation, |
| famous new age phrase, "You Create Your Own | | | | probably selves and, naturally, reality creation. |
| Reality." | | | | According to Seth, all of our lives are happening at |
| While that phrase became a popular one and is | | | | once, since time as we understand it is only a |
| easy to say, much of the material in the Seth | | | | mental construct. In addition to this, we have |
| books is actually quite complicated, especially | | | | many "probable selves" living out "probable |
| compared to the breezy, conversational style of | | | | realities" in alternate dimensions. This means that |
| the Abraham books. The best known Seth books | | | | each of us has infinite possibilities that are all being |
| are Seth Speaks and The Nature of Personal | | | | lived out in some world or another. Some |
| Reality, but Jane Roberts put out at least a half | | | | academic philosophers, approaching the issue from |
| dozen others. These are meticulously transcribed | | | | a very different point of view, have come up |
| by Jane's husband Rob (it seems channelers | | | | with a similar theory, called possible worlds. |
| require a supportive spouse!), with dates and | | | | Another powerful phrase that Seth came up with |
| times of every statement put down in the books. | | | | is, "The Present is the Point of Power." Again, |
| The very exhaustive nature of the Seth books, | | | | simple enough, but it means something quite |
| along with the fact that the Roberts' never | | | | important. The present is the only "time" that is |
| traveled around the world giving seminars -they | | | | real, so it's the only place where we have any |
| actually never moved from their home in Central | | | | real power. So the point of the Seth material is |
| New York- seems to make it highly unlikely that | | | | not to remember your past lives (which were not |
| there was any financial motive for the work. This | | | | in the past anyway!) but to realize your own |
| was before the new age movement was | | | | power in the present, where all of your various |
| sparked in the 1980s, largely by Shirley Maclaine. | | | | selves can be accessed and united. |