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Originally Posted by moonrambler  I might say maybe we are presented with a tough situation in order to learn something. Maybe you would say we present ourselves with that situation because we know we need to learn something. Does that ring true? |
Why, yes. It is merely the angle you wish to bring to it.
Before The Secret, and before Abraham Hicks, there was Gary Zukav, and what did Gary Zukav tell us?
These are the key words in his terminology - "decisions", "conscious choices" and "lessons".
In Zukav's model of reality, our "decisions" attract consequences. All consequences are "lessons". As long as we keep making the same kinds of "decisions", we keep attracting the same "consequences" into our reality. To improve our decision-making, we must learn to make "conscious choices". Through learning to make better decisions, the lesson is learned, the old "consequences" disappear and we graduate to newer, more advanced lessons. Furthermore, there is no end to the lessons. We just keep getting new, more advanced lessons as we progress along. Also, we make numerous choices every day. Each choice we make opens a new door, and attracts a new lesson.
Immediately you will see the parallel with Abraham Hicks' model of reality. The differences are not so much to the substance, but in the philosophy. In Zukav's model, the theme is learning; in Hicks' model, the theme is the joy of creating, but both models are based on the fundamental idea that your own thoughts, and your own thoughts alone, create your reality.