@Dharma: I think I had missed your initial meaning. Let me try this again.
The way I see Abraham's model of reality, the universe is only the framework within which you are the full creator of your experience. The universe is not defined as sentient or biased towards/against you. The universe is simply designed to respond to your thoughts, regardless of what they are.
This model only makes you powerless if you think the universe exercises any form of judgement in responding to your thoughts, and selectively accepts or denies them. But that isn't the case. The universe, the framework, the holodeck if you will, is defined as answering all requests, all the time, no questions asked, whether you're aware that you're asking or not. Kind of like the way that gravity just works.
Therefore, it doesn't really matter if the power to create reality comes from within you, or from this external source, as long as you can have control over it.
I think Abraham is using this model simply because it is easier for people to understand and accept. As opposed to most other channeled sources, I see Abraham as being the most practical of them all, and the least interested in discussing the nature of reality. They chose the path of least resistance, so to speak, and decided to only give us information that we can actually use and verify, instead of going into details which would have ultimately had no practical end for most of us.