Field Theory: Beyond Abraham

[PhoenixBlossom]

Hi y'all,

I've been resonating with the Abe-Hicks material for a long time, and after study and practice of their processes, am a firm believer in deliberate creation, which might be called a variation on the IM theme. However, I felt like there was potentially more than this - and I have found material that feels like the next logical step.

To me, Field Theory feels like "Spirituality meets Quantum Physics". Here is a link to the site: the field center

Here's a quote from the "basic theory" page:

particle and field

The idea that we create our reality is at least as old as the Vedas, which state that “Atman” [the individual soul] is Brahman [the Cosmos].” This suggests that the whole of experience somehow resides in consciousness, and that our consciousness actually shapes, informs, and organizes what seem to be random events. Field theory recognizes that our consciousness has the same multiple nature we see in electrons, indeed, all quanta, so our consciousness has “Particle” and “Field” aspects.

Most of the popular New Age material on reality-creating fails because it presumes, mistakenly, that the self that does the creating is the Particle self—our most local identity, the one that says “I” all day, that experiences itself as in the physical body, and so, separate from other “I’s." The Particle self is extremely limited in knowledge, resources, and efficiency, and by nature identifies with things and conditions, e.g., “I am a person,” “I am sorry,” “I am here,” and so on. As Particles, we tend to experience world as cause and the self as effect, and so live in continual reaction to outer conditions; as these conditions appear to be separate from us, we naturally exert our will to improve or avoid them. Our Field identity, on the other hand, is nonlocal; not bound by time or space; unlimited in knowledge, vision, and efficiency; and aware of itself as the cause of worldly experience. Its most fundamental expression is not "I am this or that," but simply, "I AM."

intention and correspondence

Intention includes what we take to be real, which ultimately comes down to what we identify with. So, for example, the belief, “There isn’t enough money” is rooted in the belief, “I am poor.” This turns out to be a crucial point in Field theory, since our creating follows necessarily from identity, from who we believe we are. This is all we can change, and all we need to change.

The Self that creates reality is not the Particle self, a point that hardly can be overstated. Many people, caught up in popular oversimplifications of “we create our reality” thinking have tried affirmation, visualization, and other consciousness techniques to change their experience in the world, only to find themselves running into walls, because they were unwittingly believing in (intending) the very condition they wanted to change. As long as the I strives to change conditions rather than simply changing its self-definition, conditions have no choice but to persist. The I that would create reality deliberately cannot stand apart from its creation. Paradoxically, this means that we can’t change reality through an act of will, because the very attempt confers the status of reality on the thing it seeks to change. In trying to make real something that it regards as not real, it casts its vote wrongly and secures the very outcome it would overcome. When we try to create conditions, the results are likely to backfire and lead to disappointment. On the other hand, when we recast our identity, conditions change spontaneously and effortlessly as required by the law of correspondence. So, our work is only on ourselves. This is why in Field practice, the aim is alignment, and not manifestation.

Creation is the operating of the law of correspondence between Particle and Field. The Particle, by nature, must intend; the Field must correspond. Following the principles of chaos theory, intentions exert a nonlocal organizing effect, fulfilling themselves whether or not we’re aware of what we’re intending. As we start intending deliberately, this nonlocal effect shows up as happy coincidences, miraculous timing, and other synchronicities, As Field training deals directly with the most fundamental structures of Particle consciousness (identity and reality), conditions tend to improve quickly and dramatically, having no choice but to correspond to who we believe we are. When this changes for the better, everything changes accordingly.

There is a great deal more freely available info on the site, including a number of essays available in both .pdf and mp3 format.

I believe this embraces and addresses many of the paradoxical issues that folks point out when trying to prove or disprove LoA or IM.

Love & Joy

[wolfgang]

Thanks! I'll be checking out this info more since it's putting a framework on how we are both an individual self and also the one consciousness. I'll have to think more on the ego being a particle and the oneness being a wave - not sure if it's just an analogy to say we have this duality that our ego minds have trouble with or if there's acutally a way to cast ego and oneness into particle and wave.

I do like how this idea points out manifestation is an act of being in aligment with oneness more so than an act of our ego wanting something. Which, to me, says what my ego can authentically intend is also going to be in sync with the oneness.

[PhoenixBlossom]

You're welcome.

Your comments reminded me of this - I had difficulty with the mechanics of becoming vibrationally aligned with my intentions, until I considered assuming the identity of the person with the intention. I ask myself, "who do I have to be, and what must I believe to create this?", about both my intentions, and my existing manifestations.

Love & Joy

[TheColonel]

This is interesting. I hope it makes the difference.

I've been a student of IM for 2 years or so, and I've tried it and considered it many different ways, and sometimes for months at a time with almost no results.

I don't consider myself a 'self-help' junkie, and I most definitely practice what I learn - as best I can.

And when I see people on Steve's Million $ IM experiment realizing huge gains, while I am not, I have focused on being grateful that money is figuring out how to come to me. I also scan my environment for syncronicities and opportunities, but very little happens.

When I act, it usually 'feels' inspired, yet I can't think of a single opportunity upon which I've acted in the last year that is making much financial difference at all.

I have only recently - the past week or so - started to question whether this IM business is a sham.

After 2 years of daily reinforcement, you might think that a person's beliefs might be solidly engrained.

I hear and read comments from IM teachers that dance all around methodology with statements like "BE RICH ALREADY" or "You must be in alignment with XYZ" or sometimes even more oblique instructions.

These ligoistic instructions are sufficiently vague to contain escape clauses for the teacher.

Abraham is better, as they offer specific exercises to move forward, but the problem with IM for me is that unless you are living in an isolation tank, your surroundings are difficult to ignore.

An angry wife, boss, kids, bill collector, inconsiderate driver or whatever may all be attracted into my life by me, but I have to deal with them RIGHT NOW, and when I'm done dealing with them, I will have to summon the energy to visualize with emotion and then try to hold myself there for God knows how long.

Another 2 years, maybe? Or more??

[Antarananda]

I hope every single IM enthusiast reads and digests this. I've been trying to make this same point. It all boils down to the wisdom of the Upanishads.

[Dimitry]

This is a GREAT post. I partially understood this and will re-read this again a couple of times to understand it better. Thanks a lot!

[PhoenixBlossom]

Dimitry & Antarananda, I'm very happy to read your comments. I am psyched to be able to introduce something of value to others.
I'm not familliar with the Upanishads, so that is something I will pursue. Thanks for the info.

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To TheColonel, I can identify with the frustration you feel, as I have felt it myself. I took a huge leap of faith 2 years ago, believing in IM & positive thought and visualization, and I "focused" myself into a situation that was a temporary success and encompassed every activity I desired. But I still allowed myself to succumb to fear in the form of worry over finances, and I took a dive. My business failed and I stopped all deliberate intending, just went into reactive mode.

I'm much better now. I've regained my trust in faith, and believe that I really needed to learn the lessons that took place. Sometimes we can't see clearly except in hindsight.

I made a decision (- set an intention, obviously) a while ago that I would no longer be sucked in my the gurus, and would listen to the guru in my gut. There is so much free info on IM/LoA available on-line that I made a commitment to myself not to pay for anything, at least not for a while. I have found some amazing material (like the Pavlinas' sites) and have so much more to read. But the Field Theory really resonates strongly and seems to fill in the holes.

I do hope that the light will shine for you again, Colonel, brighter and soon.

Love & Joy

[Antarananda]

Hi PhoenixBlossom,

A superb commentary on the principal Upanishads is given by Swami Krishnananda. Enjoy and start the discovery into your true Self as the ocean which manifests the wave which is the world!

[PhoenixBlossom]

Originally Posted by Antarananda

Hi PhoenixBlossom,

A superb commentary on the principal Upanishads is given by Swami Krishnananda. Enjoy and start the discovery into your true Self as the ocean which manifests the wave which is the world!

Wow, it's all there, isn't it?!?! Many hours of reading pleasure ahead of me. Delicious!

Thank you Thank you Thank you, Antarananda!

[DoAnyOfYouExist]

I notice synchronicities everyday and frequently...I do not see exactly how my intentions come to manifest(you aren't suppose to or you would KNOW you were manifesting and everything would go ape ************...until I rid myself of all evil and all fear, desire is already gone from me besides desire for truth) but I see how things come together...boy do I. I am gonna start a journal on my experiences and synchronicities but there is a part of me who says well whats the point, I have this feeling that when I "wake" up I will have forgotten all of this and what good would that journal have been.

[alsy]

Thank you for the link.
Sounds very much like Ghandis "you must be the change you want to see in the world" - Change inside out instead of the old human way of creating (Changing the outside in order to bring about an inner change)
I had an Interesting experience while reading one of the articles briefly covering the Hologram concept. Where what i see in the world is only a hologram. Its almost like; there is nothing but the totality of being, and everything seen is only experienced as being solid and spatial by what I have chosen to be in being as being true. (It is not true, but there is ability to deceive oneself that it is truth by the very nature of consciousness/ existence / "IS"ness) Creating out of what i choose is, out of what i am, out of what i decide is and is not.. Although the creation appears as form and it feels real and solid and all the rest of it, the creation itself really only occuring out of being.
I dont know how else to put it at this time.