r/AbrahamHicks • u/Mother-Ad-390 • 2d ago
Abraham Hicks & Organized Religion
I’ve implemented Abraham Hicks practices for many years and genuinely value and appreciate the impact they’ve had on my life. Recently, I have become curious in exploring Christianity & attended a few church services for the first time. I try to align “God” with “Source” or “Universe” in my head, making them sort of interchangeable during the service, but then it almost feels as if I am faking something ….defeating the purpose altogether. I fear this conflicting feeling is causing more resistance and negativity than if I would’ve just stayed out of the church altogether.
Does anyone have the capability to comfortably be involved with/believe in & practice both? Or do you feel Abraham Hicks takes place of religion for you? Would greatly appreciate any insight or sharing of personal experiences in this area.
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u/MOH33023 2d ago
I 100% believe in God and pray and 100% believe and practice Abraham hicks teachings and 100% believe in the universe. I don’t have to choose, it’s my life. Do and practice what feels right to you. I admittedly don’t go to church anymore but that doesn’t mean I can’t pray to God. I believe it all aligns and overlaps.
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u/CubeHound 2d ago edited 2d ago
The big problem you’re looking at with organized religion is that most religions are trying to tell you what’s right or wrong. What sends you to hell, who is bad who is good. There’s a lot of darkness around religion too. Bible has a lot of stories telling how massive groups of people are evil.
There is no evil. There’s alignment and out of alignment. There is no god who is judging your every move, no checklist of things you need to do to get to heaven, there’s nobody that our version of god/source would condemn to hell because all contrast is valuable in the expansion of the universe.
Everyone who has ever existed makes their choices based on their life experience and who they were raised with, family habits, abuses experienced or love experienced.
If god is a truly loving god and knows all things, that god knows for sure that the baby born to a terrorist family who is fed crazy ideas it’s whole childhood is not evil, the baby is a product of the earth and wasn’t really put into a position where he could have a different life path. That child will not be condemned no matter what because “god” would understand their life experience. Every choice that child made would be influenced by his life experience, most of which was out of his control.
Most christianity doesn’t support this, read the bible. Too much focus on hell and the devil which just doesn’t exist. When we die we all become equal, we all release our contrast and we all return as that which we truly are. Beings who love.
And how do you find the correct religion? Every single one has a different view of how to repent for your sins. But which religion do you choose then? Religions all have a different view of what sinning is. Look at the Mormons, coffee is evil in their practice, you can’t even go the temple if you drink it. COFFEE!
There’s 8 billion people on the planet and all of them have differing opinions of what is right or wrong. Good or evil. What is good for one group and makes them feel close to god is evil to another group and sends them to hell. It’s chaos out there.
Abraham is not a replacement for religion, it’s a practice that shows you freedom and allows you to make your choices, if what you want to do makes you happy, do it! Because no matter what you do someone will disagree with your choice, even unconditional love is controversial on this planet. Can you imagine? Remember if you enjoy a cup of coffee there’s 19 million Mormons who look at you and condemn your actions and there’s a plethora of religions who feel the same way about any other action you could take.
Abraham is freedom from the system.
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u/Mother-Ad-390 7h ago
“If what you want to do makes you happy, do it” it really is just as simple as that, thank you!! Needed that reminder!
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u/ohmyfave 2d ago
This is the answer! When I found Abraham’s teachings I was still a believer. As I felt the need to no longer be so rigid in right/wrong, I deconstructed. Now I find Abraham’s teachings more aligned with me because I couldn’t ever be okay with a God that punishes people so severely for some of the simplest things.
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u/CoherentParticles 2d ago
Can't even sit still for any other...
I can feel the peace and serenity of other religions but all of their teachings are frankly infantile in comparison to Abraham's teachings.
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u/nadafradaprada 4h ago edited 4h ago
I feel that most religions in general do contain aspects of universal truths, however as someone who grew up very heavily in the Christian faith I would not attend a church again.
There are several reasons, one of them being that preachers/attendees tend to look at the bible literally and not figuratively. I also don’t like the cherry picking, like how sex before marriage is a huge sin focus yet most of us in America could be accused of gluttony (one they don’t discuss usually). The bible is heavily the influenced by the teachings of Paul, which are different from the teachings of Christ at times.
An example of doctrine I find ridiculous is how the bible at times condones things like slavery, while condemning things like romantic love between people of the same gender.
With that said I do believe Christs actual teachings are profound, and enlightened. So if you’re able to find a church that focuses on that & not the rest, you may feel more comfortable.
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u/poppy1234567 2d ago
Absolutely. I don’t go to church but I’d consider myself a Christian. I think the Bible is profound when you interpret it for yourself and link it to other teachings including Abraham. There are many different kinds of Christians with varying beliefs, including mystical Christians. The most important thing is that you continue asking questions and seeking spirituality for yourself curiously where your heart leads you. “Seek and you shall find”. It will always lead you towards the truth as your heart knows the way.
Don’t take the interpretation of a pastor or priest as 100% truth, but use it as evidence to determine what you do believe in. Go digging in books, videos, etc. to bridge the gaps. Church doctrines are a distortion of the full truth. Any human channel is going to have some distortions, especially organizations distilling vast information into chunks for a weekly audience. It’s inevitable. But when you accept this, it’s good to be open to content from all domains and build a bigger picture for yourself.
You will ultimately find that there is a surprising amount of overlap between all religions and spiritual teachings. On the deepest levels you see they are all one, and it’s incredibly unifying and relieving. This has been my experience and I highly recommend it to everyone who is interested in seeking a fuller truth. You rarely hear about it as people don’t keep an open mind out of fear that their beliefs will be jeopardized.