Lynn Grabhorn - Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings [study edition]

Copyright 2000 by Lynn Grabhorn

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To every one of us
who finally... maybe... possibly...
believes they have
the right to perpetual happiness,
beginning now.

The philosophical and self-empowerment principles in this book are inspired by the teachings of Abraham as inspired by Jerry and Esther Hicks. These teachings are available through:

Abraham-Hicks Publications

P.O. Box 690070

San Antonio, TX 78269

Phone: 830-755-2299

Web site: www.abraham-hicks.com

chapter one
How We Got in This Mess

chapter two
Our Magic Genie

chapter three
No, No, Not That (Step One)

chapter four
Yes, Yes! That, That, and That! (Steps Two and Three)

chapter five
Conditions Be Damned

chapter six
Ye Gads, I'm Feeling!

chapter seven
The Force IS with You (Step Four)

chapter eight
Money! Money! Money!

chapter nine
Relationships and Other Treasures

chapter ten
Living the Body, Dying the Body

chapter eleven
Your Suit of Well-Being

chapter twelve
Thirty Days to Breakthrough

For well over a decade my passion has been a grand spiritual journey into what I call the physics of thought, toward the end that a deeper knowledge of this somewhat outrageous topic might provide ways for all of usmyself in particularto get more out of life.

My studies have taken me everywhere from learned professors of physics to deep within the esoteric sciences, from plain old medicine and just about everything in between to the point where I decided I could call myself somewhat of a lay expert on the subject. The only problem was that, knowledge or no, getting more out of life wasn't happening and it was beginning to tick me off. Something was missing, and I flat-out couldn't put my finger on it.

Naturally, with my vast knowledge on the subject, when I came across some new but provincial teachings from this unlettered, unscientific family of teachers, my first impulse was to pooh-pooh the information because of their enormous oversimplification of what I considered to be a rather formidable topic. So it was more than a tad begrudgingly that I agreed to investigate this taped malarkey that a well-meaning friend had ungraciously shoved in my face.

I flipped! Here I am, this learned student of thoughtits magnetics, its propellant, its frequencies, its relation to emotion, its effect on our experience, etc.and these guys come along to nonchalantly provide, in the simplest of form, the missing pieces to life's obstacles that I was beginning to think didn't exist. Sort of like, Aaa, pardon me, Ma'am, might this be what you were looking for?

So I dive into this information (ultimately hundreds of hours worth) and in two weeks I'm stunned, in one month I'm flabbergasted, and in ninety days there's such a turnaround in my life, I say, That's it! I gotta write about it so the rest of the world can flip along with me.

Now I grant you, there are probably eight and a half million books on the overworked subject of getting more out of life, but the utterly bizarre things about these little-known principles are (a) they are uncomplicated, (b) they work fast, and (c) they are guaranteed.

And so, in my own prosaic words and style I've reissued here the profoundly simple teachings from the Hicks family in Texas, spiced with my own angles and buzzwords, my own observations and experiences over the past years, and blended it together with my years of study. I unashamedly offer the finished product as the greatest missing link to life and living ever known to mankind, which means I've done this stuff... am still doing it... and will never stop doing it... because, by damn, it works!

lynn grabhorn

P.O. Box 690070, San Antonio, TX 78269

H ow do we get what we get in life? Why do some people seem to have it all while others suffer so? Why did that bozo bump into you on the freeway? Why did that little child have to die so young? How come that guy got promoted, and not you? Why can't everybody have prosperity, and joy, and security?

In our everlasting search to find more happiness in life, we devour positive-thinking books by the millions. But if those books truly hold the secrets to an abundant and joyful life, why do we keep buying new ones? Oh sure, there are a few that have come close to giving us the keys to that elusive good life, but no true winners; our lives don't do a lot of changing. Maybe it was just the wrong book, we rationalize. Let's try another one. Or another religion. Or a different kind of meditation. Or another teacher, or psychic, or doctor, or relationship.

We reach out anywhere and everywhere for relief from the tedium and struggle of daily living, yet the vast majority of us are still looking. How come? How come we've never learned the simple secret to living the good life, whatever that may represent to us? How come we continue to whack and scratch like frantic mad dogs to get what we want, when all along the key to obtaining our innermost desires has been as elemental as life itself?

If you really think that things come to you by some stroke of good or bad luck, or by accident, or coincidence, or by knocking your brains out against some very unsympathetic stone walls, then get a grip. This book could be dangerous to your discontent.

Years ago, long before I had ever heard about the Law of Attraction, my friend Mindy insisted I go with her to see a Little League game. Her son played left field, but that's not why she wanted me to go with her.

The size of the weekend crowd surprised me. You'd have thought Babe Ruth himself was reincarnating for a guest appearance. But question her as I might, no amount of prodding would cut loose Mindy's little intrigue. So what the heck; I went along with it.

Her son came up to bat and struck out. Our side got two hits but no runs before the side was retired. Then came the other guys; you couldn't help but feel the crowd's excitement. A couple of young bulldogs strolled to the plate and promptly struck out, thanks to our team's terrific pitcher. Now it was Jessie's turn, and the cheers began. From both sides.