Sara, Book 1 by Esther And Jerry Hicks Page B

embarrassed. “Oh, nobody,” she replied. And she scampered quickly down the path, past Aunt Zoie’s garden, now just a muddy field waiting for the new spring planting. Red-faced and angry, Sara went home.

C HAPTER 20
    “S olomon, where were you yesterday?” Sara whined, as she encountered Solomon on his post. “I needed you to help me hook to the faucet so that I could help Aunt Zoie feel better.”
    Do you understand why you were having trouble hooking up, Sara?
    “No, Solomon. Why couldn’t I hook up? I really wanted to.”
    Why?
    “I really wanted to help Aunt Zoie. She is so old and confused. Her life just can’t be much fun.”
    And so you wanted to hook to the flow, to shower Aunt Zoie, to fix what is wrong with her, so that she can be happy?
    “Yes, Solomon. Will you help me?”
    Well, Sara, I would like to help you, but I’m afraid that it’s not possible.
    “Why not, Solomon? What do you mean? She is really the nicest old lady. You’d like her, I think. I’m sure she has never done anything wrong . . .”
    Sara, I’m sure you’re right. Aunt Zoie is a wonderful woman. The reason we can’t help her, under these circumstances, has nothing to do with her; it’s you, Sara.
    “Me?! What did I do, Solomon? I’m just trying to help her!”
    Yes, indeed, Sara. That is what you’re wanting. It’s just that you’re going about it in a way that cannot work. Remember, Sara, your work is to connect to the faucet.
    “I know that, Solomon. That’s why I needed you. To help me hook up.”
    But you see, Sara, I can’t help you either. You have to find that feeling place.
    “Solomon, I don’t get it.”
    Remember, Sara, you cannot be part of the chain-of-pain and hooked to the faucet of Well-being at the same time. It’s one or the other. When you’re observing an unwanted condition that causes you to feel bad, that bad feeling is how you know you’re unhooked. And when you’re not connected to the natural flow of Well-being, you have nothing to give to another.
    “Good grief, Solomon, it seems impossible. If I see someone who needs help, just seeing them needing help makes me vibrate in a way that I can’t help them. That’s just awful. How can I ever help anybody?”
    You have to remember that the most important thing is to stay connected to the faucet of Well-being so you must hold your thoughts in a position that keeps you feeling good. In other words, Sara, you have to be more aware of your connection to the faucet of Well-being than you’re aware of the conditions. That’s the key.
    Sara, think back about what happened yesterday. Tell me what happened with Aunt Zoie.
    “Okay. I was walking home from school, and I saw Aunt Zoie hobbling up her front sidewalk. She’s all crippled, Solomon. She can hardly walk at all. She has this old cane made out of real old wood that she uses to hold herself up.”
    And then what happened?
    “Well, nothing really happened. I was just thinking how sad it is that she is so crippled . . .”
    And then what happened?
    “Well, nothing happened, Solomon . . .”
    How were you feeling about then, Sara?
    “Well, Solomon, I felt real bad. I felt really sorry for Aunt Zoie. She could hardly pull herself up the steps. And then I felt scared that I might be like that when I get old, too.”
    Now that is the most important point in this whole thing, Sara. When you notice that you’re feeling bad, that’s how you know that you’re looking at a condition that disconnects you from the faucet. You see, Sara, in truth, you’re naturally hooked to the faucet. You don’t have to work to get hooked to it. But it’s important to pay attention to how you’re feeling so you know when you’re unhooked . That’s what negative emotion is.
    “But what should I have done to stay hooked up, Solomon?”
    I have noticed, Sara, that when it’s your top priority to stay hooked, you find more and more thoughts that keep you hooked up. But until you truly understand that that