Thinking about where we have been and where we might be going, the long weeks that made up in-between, my mind wandered to my beginnings in New Thought and who most influenced me.
Louise Hay, one of the world’s foremost and well-known metaphysicians and mystics, comes most predominately to mind. It was her little blue book titled, “You Can Heal Your Life” that made an impact on me and her fantastic prayer out of “Heal Your Body” that I hung on my wall in the early ’80s and read to myself every day.
Thirty years later, it’s still there through every move — another stepping stone on the path of my enlightenment.
She’s was dubbed the Queen of New Age by the NewYork Times, but more than this, she leaves behind a rich legacy with the Hay House located in Carlsbad.
For those of you who are not familiar, most of the New Thought and Self-Development authors that now have living room names came out of Hay House.
These include many notables in the self-help movement, including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Joan Borysenko, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Doreen Virtue, Suze Orman, Tavis Smiley, Deepak Chopra, Gabby Bernstein, Iyanla Vanzant, Jerry and Esther Hicks, Caroline Myss, Cheryl Richardson, and Marianne Williamson.
All of these were first published under the Hay House imprint. There is a whole new generation of consciousness raisers coming out of Hay House with Jim Kwik, Matt Khan, Dr. Joe Dispenza and Gregg Braden. Many of these have reached the New York Times bestseller list.
What’s tripping me out most right now is finding out that she was a Religious Science Minister and was a Science of Mind Practitioner for years — the same spiritual path that I am currently on.
She became a popular speaker and workshop leader, but it was her battle with cervical cancer and her self-treatment with affirmations and the power of thought and affirmative prayer that healed her in six months and brought the book to life.
It was her prayers for herself and others that revealed the spiritual truth, and the mental cause of the ailments she treated, the mental patterns that create dis-ease in the body. When she finally self-published this piece due to popular demand, her work became pivotal in many AIDS patients in the ’80s.
Today, what began as a small venture in the living room of her home has turned into a prosperous corporation that has sold millions of books and products worldwide. It may be safe to say that because of Louise Hay, The Secret was so widely accepted, and the Law of Attraction popularized as she shed her unique light onto the creative powers for personal growth and self-healing across the globe.
These are not new concepts. If Louise were still around today, she would tell you herself that there is no new knowledge. All truths are ancient and infinite.
All the answers lie within if you are willing to do the work and take a look at yourself. Take responsibility for your own life and know that it is done to you as you believe. What we give out we get back.
A time like this, with uncertainty and fear lingering all around us, we find ourselves divided with two sides of the pandemic. Fights are being argued in neighborhoods, beaches, Facebook, and on Capitol Hill as we navigate these uncharted territories.
Maybe it is time to dust off this book and look into the beliefs that are creating your thoughts that are then creating your life and reality.
Perhaps we can heal our lives, bodies, and our planet while we are at it.
Get a bit more involved in some of the decisions that are going to affect our future. Take a stand. There are indeed two ways that we can approach life after Corona.
Currently, Hay House is offering free resources of some of the best-archived seminars as well as new authors hitting the scene. Check out hayhouse.com, hayhouseradio.com and healyourlife.com.
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What a lovely article about Louise. I had the pleasure of attending her seminars and meeting her in person. She was my first teacher when I got on the metaphysical path. I attended and took classes for many years at the SOM Center on 48th Street where she received her training. The building is no longer there, but when it was, you could feel both their spirits in that place. Some of my fondest memories are of the Tuesday night SOM classes. Oh, it was just wonderful. I read and/or listen to something from her body of work nearly every day. She is dearly missed, but I know her work continues wherever she is. Thank you, Sully, for highlighting her work. Good luck to you and your studies to become a SOM Practitioner and/or Minister. KissyKissy!
Great article Sully – I too was surprised when after I began taking Science of Mind classes at Seaside Center when I looked at the back of You Can Heal Your Life, and saw that Louise was a Religious Science Minister. I too had been following her work since the early 1980’s. Full circle. – I have gifted You Can Heal Your Life to over 60 friends over the decades ? It is our family “go to.”
“Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of Love.
I now allow this Love to flow to the surface. It fills my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being and radiates out from me in all directions and returns to me multiplied. The more Love I use and give, the more I have to give – the supply is endless. The use of Love makes me feel good. It is an expression of my inner joy.
I love myself, therefore I take loving care of my body. I lovingly feed it nourishing foods and beverages. I lovingly groom it and dress it and my body lovingly responds to me with vibrant health and energy.
I love myself, therefore I provide for myself a comfortable home, one that fills all my needs and is a pleasure to be in. I fill the rooms with the vibration of Love so that all who enter, myself included, will feel this Love and be nourished by it.
I love myself, therefore I work at a job that I truly enjoy doing, one that uses my creative talents and abilities, working with and for people that I love and that love me, earning a good income.
I love myself, therefore I behave and think in a loving way to all people for I know that that which I give out returns to me multiplied. I only attract loving people in my world for they are a mirror of what I am.
Greetings from my soul to yours!
People asked about the Love affirmation prayer I referred to in the column. Here it is-Enjoy!
I love myself, therefore I forgive and totally release the past and all past experiences and I am free.
I love myself, therefore I love totally in the ‘Now’, experiencing each moment as good and knowing that my future is bright and joyous and secure for I am a beloved child of the Universe and the Universe lovingly takes care of me now and forever more.”
And so it is.
I sadly never had the privilege to attend one of Louise’s seminars. It is thanks to Louise Hay that my life is very different from what it once was. My success was helped along by her.
The Law of Attraction changed my life and it is partly thanks to Louise Hay! (among some other events for example reading The Secret will simply change your life).
I just wish I could have either attended one of her seminars or workshops! I feel that my life would have been in an even better place today.
Thanks for the great article Susan I hope that this article introduces more people to the Law of Attraction as I know it really changes life for the better.
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