Hi, Just wanted to pre-warn anyone else interested in New Age and Metaphysical philosophy against a group known as "Abraham Hicks". Being from a home where we often read books and watch dvd's from reputable authors such as the enigmatic Eckhart Tolle, Dr Doreen Virtue, Dr Deepak Chopra, John Robbins, Dr De Martini, Dr Wayne Dyer etc, I thought there may be similar ARA's on here wishing to or currently listening to motivational teachers who advocate compassion and love. Unfortunately I had the misfortune of purchasing a DVD of the Hick's which advocated anything but these sentiments in regards to non-human animals. "Abraham Hicks" is an alleged group of non-physical entities of an assumed higher consciousness whom Esther Hicks channels through her body to grace us mere mortals with their infinate all-knowing wisdom. The problem is that "Abraham" appears to know nothing whatsoever of the suffering endured within factory farms, and when directly interviewed as to whether meat eating is morally wrong they reply to the tune that "the beasts of the world eat each other within a natural food chain situation of which we are the highest form (untrue) and therefore that eating meat is morally fine etc" and go so far as to actually claim that "animals who come to this planet have chosen this fate and they are OK with being eaten, for it is their destiny!" Pissed off (Even as a toddler this did not sit well with me as my mother tried spooning meat into my mouth using an animated animal voice such as "baaaa Im a little lambey, I want you to eat me", so I aint falling for that one 30yrs on either lol).
When the interviewer pressed on that "animals in todays society are NOT roaming freely under natural conditions as a 'food chain' scenario would suggest" Abraham Hicks looks perplexed, as though they didnt understand the question and game vaguely the same reply as previously stated that eating meat is ethically sound and natural, animals come into this world wanting us to do this to them.
All credibility that "Abraham" may have had was immediately lost, as it was fully realised that Esther was merely speaking from an ego consciousness, justifying her dietary habits and evidently had no idea of the situations of animals within factory farms and slaughterhouses of the modern world. All requests by myself for correspondance in relation to their statement have been ignored, they deleat any comments on their u-tube videos that are unflattering in any regard and worst of all they are making millions ripping off unsuspecting seekers of truth peddalling their mediocrity. They literally are and have a cult following. The sad thing is that I have read reviews of their teachings in which some vegetarians, believing that "God" (through Esther) has deemed it alright to eat animals again and have had "urges to try some meat again" urgh!
True messages of love and higher consciousness will always advocate love towards ALL inhabitants of our planet, any compromise is falacious.
I recommend the aforementioned authors, who all promote a vegetarian if not completely vegan lifestyle.
If you desire you can let Abraham Hicks know what you think of their war against non-humans by googling their website and contacting them through there, thanks for reading