You learned the sedona method and you let go BUT you never got the success you wanted. You`re frustrated, had enough of trying to make it work and you`re online looking for the new new thing that will work and get you everything you`ve ever dreamed of.
The Truth About Making The Sedona Method Work
The issue I see all the time since 1999 in this forum is that people don`t fully understand what it takes to fully release on a goal or problem.
Here is a reference checklist to consider if you want to finally get the big results that are possible when you truly let go.
Letting Go Checklist
1. Release to completion
Keep releasing on the goal until there is nothing else to let go of. When you get to this stage nothing at all pops up when you view the goal from these different angles:
- resistance
- fear
- attachments/aversions
- agflap chart
Instead of noticing more limiting feelings, you`ll feel happy and at peace with a sense that the world is perfect as it is. Of course step 1 must be in place to facilitate this - release to release not to get something.
This takes commitment and time. How much time? That depends on the issue and how much agflap you have already let go of before facing the current issue.
I often have 5 hour releasing days to make progress on a goal. Then I give more hours to it on consecutive days to stay high on the chart of emotions so as to keep clearing out agflap.
I know people who release from the moment they wake up and all day long until the moment they go to sleep - they get the big results that are possible when you completely let go.
2. Momentum
When you invest time daily in releasing you will spend more time in the flow and its much easier to reach down and quickly let go of any agflap that pops up. When momentum is on your side: it is quick and easy to let go - as promised in the sedona method marketing materials.
The opposite is true if you only release now and then or when you happen to think of it. It is like starting a car on a cold winter morning after coming home from a two week holiday. It takes a lot of power just to warm up!
3. Havingness
When you are completely released on a goal there is a sense of having it right here and now. There is no sense of lacking, wanting or separation from the goal. It is as if you do have it even though that makes no sense to the mind.
Yet, there is no thinking and no trying to figure it out because you are at peace and feel that havingness with conviction. Just like you have that sense that you have your car key in your pocket before you put your hand in your pocket to open the door.
4. Step 6
Step 6 of the six steps is key if you want to go from dabbling to mastery of your world. When you make releasing constant you`ll see the power of letting go.
Use these points as a checklist if you are frustrated that the sedona method doesn`t work.
Could it get any better?
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Let Go Of Disapproval - Give Yourself Approval
I have been releasing with the sedona method/release technique since the summer of 1999. And I am still going deeper and deeper into the fundamentals. Why? Because just like the simplest meditation technique you can become more skilful and see greater success if you will commit to mastering the fundamentals. There is tremendous power and wisdom in the simplicity of the sedona method.
Last week I started averaging 2 hours a day releasing on letting go of disapproving of myself as well as giving myself approval. This is simple to do...
Could I let go of disapproving of myself? And more, and more and more...
Could I give myself approval? And more, and more, and more...
The results were surprising and even better than I expected. I started to feel happier and happier which I did expect and I was more accepting of myself and others. Then, some surprising events happened.
A friend I had not seen in 4 years contacted me very keen to meet up. We met the next day and had a great time catching up. Then, another friend I had not seen in 2 years contacted me also out of the blue. We met up the same day and had a blast. These are the kinds of happy "coincidences" that I often experience after a lot of releasing.
Another interesting result was that I started to notice when I was either disapproving or approving of whoever I am in conversation with. Then, by simply letting go of the disapproval as soon as I notice it in the moment the rapport in the interaction shifts immediately.
I also notice that the more I approve of myself the more people are drawn to me. Its like having a glow about you that causes people to want to be with you. Some people also commented that I looked great: that glow is what they are talking about.
Last week I started averaging 2 hours a day releasing on letting go of disapproving of myself as well as giving myself approval. This is simple to do...
Could I let go of disapproving of myself? And more, and more and more...
Could I give myself approval? And more, and more, and more...
The results were surprising and even better than I expected. I started to feel happier and happier which I did expect and I was more accepting of myself and others. Then, some surprising events happened.
A friend I had not seen in 4 years contacted me very keen to meet up. We met the next day and had a great time catching up. Then, another friend I had not seen in 2 years contacted me also out of the blue. We met up the same day and had a blast. These are the kinds of happy "coincidences" that I often experience after a lot of releasing.
Another interesting result was that I started to notice when I was either disapproving or approving of whoever I am in conversation with. Then, by simply letting go of the disapproval as soon as I notice it in the moment the rapport in the interaction shifts immediately.
I also notice that the more I approve of myself the more people are drawn to me. Its like having a glow about you that causes people to want to be with you. Some people also commented that I looked great: that glow is what they are talking about.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Being The Goal
How To Get What You Want More Quickly With A Little Help From Beingness
Lester talked about going high to release because that is when we are most capable of letting go of all the limiting thoughts and feelings that keep us from having freedom. Releasing from a high place also causes us to achieve our goals more quickly.
If you already have experience using the sedona method goal process and you`re starting to see results you might like to consider making some adjustments so you can go higher to release and speed things up.
How can we quickly go high to release?
We want to leave AGFLAP behind and start releasing from CAP.
1. Go directly to Courageousness
Consider what you want and adopt the posture you`d have IF you knew you that "Yes, I can do this, I can get what I want!" Get into that feeling state, feel the courage and the sense that you can do it. This is a decision - it does not need to be complicated.
Then release from this high state on your goal until you are hootless.
If you want to go even higher read point 2 and point 3 below.
2. Go to Havingness
Havingness is more a sense of Acceptance. You feel as if you already have the goal even though you do not yet have it. Again, simply get into that emotional state and you`ll feel as if you almost have it right now. Decide to feel you already have the goal, imagine that and feel how that would feel now in this moment.
Release on your goal in the usual way until you are hootless.
Want to go even higher? Read point 3 below.
3. Go to Beingness
Beingness is a sense of oneness and a knowingness that everything is perfect as it is. You can release on a goal from Beingness. I call this being the goal. Instead of having the sense that you have the goal, imagine that you are the goal - be the goal.
Yes, this sounds odd. Test this for yourself. Imagine there is no separation between you and the goal, the goal is part of you and you are part of the goal. Again, be the goal! Start by feeling havingness and then just imagine you are the goal - not only do you own the goal, it is you. This is how you feel when you completely love someone - oneness. i.e. you have only love feelings.
Be the goal right now in this moment and release from this high place to speed up goal achievement. Release until hootless!
If you`re new to these ideas start with releasing from Courageousness. Then as you see results, move up to releasing from Havingness or Beingness. Play with these states and be childlike rather than analysing it all.
Just notice how letting go is easier and much faster from CAP. And letting go from Beingness in the present moment is very different from the experience of releasing from AGFLAP. Its like accelerated releasing!
Could it get any better?
Lester talked about going high to release because that is when we are most capable of letting go of all the limiting thoughts and feelings that keep us from having freedom. Releasing from a high place also causes us to achieve our goals more quickly.
If you already have experience using the sedona method goal process and you`re starting to see results you might like to consider making some adjustments so you can go higher to release and speed things up.
How can we quickly go high to release?
We want to leave AGFLAP behind and start releasing from CAP.
1. Go directly to Courageousness
Consider what you want and adopt the posture you`d have IF you knew you that "Yes, I can do this, I can get what I want!" Get into that feeling state, feel the courage and the sense that you can do it. This is a decision - it does not need to be complicated.
Then release from this high state on your goal until you are hootless.
If you want to go even higher read point 2 and point 3 below.
2. Go to Havingness
Havingness is more a sense of Acceptance. You feel as if you already have the goal even though you do not yet have it. Again, simply get into that emotional state and you`ll feel as if you almost have it right now. Decide to feel you already have the goal, imagine that and feel how that would feel now in this moment.
Release on your goal in the usual way until you are hootless.
Want to go even higher? Read point 3 below.
3. Go to Beingness
Beingness is a sense of oneness and a knowingness that everything is perfect as it is. You can release on a goal from Beingness. I call this being the goal. Instead of having the sense that you have the goal, imagine that you are the goal - be the goal.
Yes, this sounds odd. Test this for yourself. Imagine there is no separation between you and the goal, the goal is part of you and you are part of the goal. Again, be the goal! Start by feeling havingness and then just imagine you are the goal - not only do you own the goal, it is you. This is how you feel when you completely love someone - oneness. i.e. you have only love feelings.
Be the goal right now in this moment and release from this high place to speed up goal achievement. Release until hootless!
If you`re new to these ideas start with releasing from Courageousness. Then as you see results, move up to releasing from Havingness or Beingness. Play with these states and be childlike rather than analysing it all.
Just notice how letting go is easier and much faster from CAP. And letting go from Beingness in the present moment is very different from the experience of releasing from AGFLAP. Its like accelerated releasing!
Could it get any better?
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New Year, New Decision
Life is a decision. Want a happier year in 2010? Then, make a real decision to be happier.
In the world we live in there are always reasons not to be happy at a personal, local and international level. If we wait until there are no problems in the world we will never, ever be truly happy.
On the other hand being happy is the best gift you can give yourself. You`ll live life much more fully and you`ll have a much more positive impact on the people in your life.
Here are two polarities I release on to let go of the agflap that blocks happiness:
1. What do I need to be happy? Release to - wanting approval,control or security
2. What do I need to avoid to be happy? Release to - wanting approval,control or security
Release on these polarities for 60 minutes and you`ll be happier. Do that often and you`ll notice that your happiness has nothing to do with anyone else or anything else. It is all about letting go of non loving feelings. Be more loving and you are happier. Releasing the agflap allows you to be more loving.
When you are only loving you are happy.
Go and test this for yourself and be happier today!
Have A Happy New Year!
In the world we live in there are always reasons not to be happy at a personal, local and international level. If we wait until there are no problems in the world we will never, ever be truly happy.
On the other hand being happy is the best gift you can give yourself. You`ll live life much more fully and you`ll have a much more positive impact on the people in your life.
Here are two polarities I release on to let go of the agflap that blocks happiness:
1. What do I need to be happy? Release to - wanting approval,control or security
2. What do I need to avoid to be happy? Release to - wanting approval,control or security
Release on these polarities for 60 minutes and you`ll be happier. Do that often and you`ll notice that your happiness has nothing to do with anyone else or anything else. It is all about letting go of non loving feelings. Be more loving and you are happier. Releasing the agflap allows you to be more loving.
When you are only loving you are happy.
Go and test this for yourself and be happier today!
Have A Happy New Year!
Saturday, July 04, 2009
All The Happiness You Can Handle
Want even more happiness? Here´s what to do...
1. Release on "I allow myself to be happy!"
Run this goal through one or all of these polarities until you are hootless.
- attachments and aversions
- advantages and disadvantages
- likes and dislikes
2. Release on what you need to have and avoid to be happy
- what do I need to be happy?
- what do I need to avoid to be happy?
Go to the level of wanting approval/control/security and keep releasing on the responses to these questions until you are hootless.
3. Drop any resistance to happiness
- what do I resist about being happy?
- what is my resistance to happiness?
Keep releasing until no more resistance comes up.
4. Provide the commitment
The single most important success factor with releasing is doing the work of releasing. Anyone can read and understand the sedona method book, listen to and understand the audio courses etc. Releasing is experiential it is not intellectual.
If you really want happiness - make a decision to release and keep going until you have the happiness you want. In my experience it takes hours and hours of focused releasing to get to hootless on a goal. Even over many days. This is time well spent.
Could it get any better?
1. Release on "I allow myself to be happy!"
Run this goal through one or all of these polarities until you are hootless.
- attachments and aversions
- advantages and disadvantages
- likes and dislikes
2. Release on what you need to have and avoid to be happy
- what do I need to be happy?
- what do I need to avoid to be happy?
Go to the level of wanting approval/control/security and keep releasing on the responses to these questions until you are hootless.
3. Drop any resistance to happiness
- what do I resist about being happy?
- what is my resistance to happiness?
Keep releasing until no more resistance comes up.
4. Provide the commitment
The single most important success factor with releasing is doing the work of releasing. Anyone can read and understand the sedona method book, listen to and understand the audio courses etc. Releasing is experiential it is not intellectual.
If you really want happiness - make a decision to release and keep going until you have the happiness you want. In my experience it takes hours and hours of focused releasing to get to hootless on a goal. Even over many days. This is time well spent.
Could it get any better?
Saturday, November 29, 2008
From AGFLAP to CAP to Hootless: Goals
Recently I have made changes to how I work on goals with releasing that speed up the process of going higher. Here are my top tips based on my recent experience.
1. Use a written goal chart
In the past I have tended to work on my goals without writing them down. However using a written goal chart allows you to track your progress from agflap to cap. This is encouraging and keeps you focused.
Plus, it roughly halves the time it used to take me to work through agflap because my concentration is so much more focused.
There is a goal chart with usage guidelines in the "Files And Downloads" section in the left hand margin of this site.
2. Aim to go to hootless
Releasing to get to CAP is a good start but that is all it is. If you aim higher and keep releasing to get to the hootless state you´ll see a big shift in your outlook. You´ll get a taste of imperturbability - you´ll be living step 1 of the 6 steps.
When you get to CAP you´ll think more clearly and may even have lucky coincidences or insights that move you closer to your goal. Go that extra step to hootless and you´ll have what you really want - imperturbability. Plus, the goal may just pop in with very little effort.
Take on the effort of releasing in your mind and you´ll have less efforting in the outside world.
3. Do the work
Releasing takes dedication and commitment if you want to see big results.
I have been working on one particular goal over the last week and I´ve not got to hootless yet despite five sessions of 45-60 minutes. I am much, much freer in terms of the goal but I´m not done yet.
Why do I persist?
Because I feel so much more peaceful and because the completed goal charts prove I have moved up through a lot of agflap to get to where I am right now in Acceptance. I can see I am getting somewhere, I am not imagining it!
Why not put these tips to use in your own releasing? And then report back to let me know how you got on.
1. Use a written goal chart
In the past I have tended to work on my goals without writing them down. However using a written goal chart allows you to track your progress from agflap to cap. This is encouraging and keeps you focused.
Plus, it roughly halves the time it used to take me to work through agflap because my concentration is so much more focused.
There is a goal chart with usage guidelines in the "Files And Downloads" section in the left hand margin of this site.
2. Aim to go to hootless
Releasing to get to CAP is a good start but that is all it is. If you aim higher and keep releasing to get to the hootless state you´ll see a big shift in your outlook. You´ll get a taste of imperturbability - you´ll be living step 1 of the 6 steps.
When you get to CAP you´ll think more clearly and may even have lucky coincidences or insights that move you closer to your goal. Go that extra step to hootless and you´ll have what you really want - imperturbability. Plus, the goal may just pop in with very little effort.
Take on the effort of releasing in your mind and you´ll have less efforting in the outside world.
3. Do the work
Releasing takes dedication and commitment if you want to see big results.
I have been working on one particular goal over the last week and I´ve not got to hootless yet despite five sessions of 45-60 minutes. I am much, much freer in terms of the goal but I´m not done yet.
Why do I persist?
Because I feel so much more peaceful and because the completed goal charts prove I have moved up through a lot of agflap to get to where I am right now in Acceptance. I can see I am getting somewhere, I am not imagining it!
Why not put these tips to use in your own releasing? And then report back to let me know how you got on.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Releasing Is Not Analysis
Very often we can caught up in discussions about the problems people want help with.
These posts offering potential solutions while well meaning and possibly helpful are not what releasing is about.
Releasing is not about diagnosis, analysis and suggesting possible solutions.
Releasing is all about letting go of problems, letting go of wanting to figure out what to do and allowing in freedom.
If you have a problem you can let it go with releasing...
- let go of wanting to figure it out
- let go of wanting to know what to do
- let go of wanting to know the answer
- let go of wanting to think
Strange eh! Yes it is because releasing may be unlike anything else you have ever used to become happier and free.
You can also shift focus from the problem (what you do not want) to a goal (what you do want)
Finally, letting go of all resistance to a problem can work wonders.
These posts offering potential solutions while well meaning and possibly helpful are not what releasing is about.
Releasing is not about diagnosis, analysis and suggesting possible solutions.
Releasing is all about letting go of problems, letting go of wanting to figure out what to do and allowing in freedom.
If you have a problem you can let it go with releasing...
- let go of wanting to figure it out
- let go of wanting to know what to do
- let go of wanting to know the answer
- let go of wanting to think
Strange eh! Yes it is because releasing may be unlike anything else you have ever used to become happier and free.
You can also shift focus from the problem (what you do not want) to a goal (what you do want)
Finally, letting go of all resistance to a problem can work wonders.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Sedona Method Course Review On Video
If you are curious about what is contained in the Sedona Method course click on the video below for a look at the cds and workbook as I walk through the contents.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sedona Method Releasing: Love & Approval
Want more love and approval from people?
The most direct way to work on this is to give yourself love and approval all day long for no reason whatsoever.
How?
Simply say " I love you!" to yourself for hours at a time. Whatever thoughts or feelings pop up simply continue by saying "I love you!".
Go one step further and do this in front of the mirror if you really want to go for it!
If you´ll do this for a while you´ll start to feel very loving and accepting of yourself, this will then expand to the people in your life and to the world generally.
You could also release on the goal:
I love and accept myself.
Run attachments and aversions, advantages and disadvantages or likes and dislikes until you only have loving feelings for yourself.
Enjoy!
The most direct way to work on this is to give yourself love and approval all day long for no reason whatsoever.
How?
Simply say " I love you!" to yourself for hours at a time. Whatever thoughts or feelings pop up simply continue by saying "I love you!".
Go one step further and do this in front of the mirror if you really want to go for it!
If you´ll do this for a while you´ll start to feel very loving and accepting of yourself, this will then expand to the people in your life and to the world generally.
You could also release on the goal:
I love and accept myself.
Run attachments and aversions, advantages and disadvantages or likes and dislikes until you only have loving feelings for yourself.
Enjoy!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
3 Great Ways To Release Resistance
1. Bring up the feeling of resistance, really feel it and allow it to go. This involves no thought about the nature of the resistance. Keep going until you feel lighter and freer.
2. Ask: what is my resistance to the goal.
e.g. what is my resistance to being fit?
Then, let go of each aspect of the resistance that pops up.
3. My BUT... technique
State the goal and add BUT to bring up resistance.
e.g. I allow myself to be fit BUT....
This might bring up responses like --
BUT I´m too lazy
BUT I´m too busy
BUT I´ll start another time
This is a great way to bring up more resistance to having the goal. Then, release in the usual way.
In all work with resistance I keep going until I feel lighter and freer about the goal. I will refer to the AGFLAP chart to see that I am in CAP before expecting that most of the resistance is gone.
2. Ask: what is my resistance to the goal.
e.g. what is my resistance to being fit?
Then, let go of each aspect of the resistance that pops up.
3. My BUT... technique
State the goal and add BUT to bring up resistance.
e.g. I allow myself to be fit BUT....
This might bring up responses like --
BUT I´m too lazy
BUT I´m too busy
BUT I´ll start another time
This is a great way to bring up more resistance to having the goal. Then, release in the usual way.
In all work with resistance I keep going until I feel lighter and freer about the goal. I will refer to the AGFLAP chart to see that I am in CAP before expecting that most of the resistance is gone.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Let Go And Be A Loser
Lester talked about how important it is to become a winner in life - someone who is free to do what he wants to do and free to not do what he does not want to do. He said we need to become winners in life and to drop the AGFLAP to make this happen.
Do this and we take a big step closer to freedom.
Now, the opposite of winner is loser and that´s what I wanted to talk about in this post. If our aversions are more subtle and harder to spot than our attachments then our loser tendencies may very well be sabotaging our happiness.
In other words, we want to avoid being a loser, losing or failing in any area of our lives. But, fear and it will appear so we need to let go of this aversion to enjoy greater peace of mind.
How to drop your aversion to being a loser.....
I have been playing with allowing myself to be a loser. This proved to be an unpleasant and heavy releasing session which later gave way to a beautiful carefree lightness.
You could also release on resistance to being a loser.
I recommend playing with this as winning and success are such highly charged issues in our world. Bring up the unseen aversion to winning and let it go --- you´ll feel happier and freer.
Do this and we take a big step closer to freedom.
Now, the opposite of winner is loser and that´s what I wanted to talk about in this post. If our aversions are more subtle and harder to spot than our attachments then our loser tendencies may very well be sabotaging our happiness.
In other words, we want to avoid being a loser, losing or failing in any area of our lives. But, fear and it will appear so we need to let go of this aversion to enjoy greater peace of mind.
How to drop your aversion to being a loser.....
I have been playing with allowing myself to be a loser. This proved to be an unpleasant and heavy releasing session which later gave way to a beautiful carefree lightness.
You could also release on resistance to being a loser.
I recommend playing with this as winning and success are such highly charged issues in our world. Bring up the unseen aversion to winning and let it go --- you´ll feel happier and freer.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Have All The Love And Approval You Want
You are the source of the approval you want - it is a decision to give yourself approval. And best of all, it is easy, very easy to have all the love and approval you want!
Larry Crane says to turn your attention to the stomach and chest area and simply give yourself approval - "give yourself approval, and more, and more, and even more".
Do this for no reason whatsoever i.e. you don´t need to achieve a major result before you give yourself approval.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a cafe by the sea having a drink and enjoying the sunny day... and I just started giving myself approval in this way for the next 5-10 minutes. I felt fantastic, I couldn´t help smiling and I just felt this glow of goodwill. Others pick up on this and treat you really well. Before long I noticed a cute girl staring at me with a smile on her face.
This is like a magic formula - want people to feel great and to be attracted to you? All you need to do is give yourself approval and you can do so as much as you like all day long.
Larry Crane says to turn your attention to the stomach and chest area and simply give yourself approval - "give yourself approval, and more, and more, and even more".
Do this for no reason whatsoever i.e. you don´t need to achieve a major result before you give yourself approval.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a cafe by the sea having a drink and enjoying the sunny day... and I just started giving myself approval in this way for the next 5-10 minutes. I felt fantastic, I couldn´t help smiling and I just felt this glow of goodwill. Others pick up on this and treat you really well. Before long I noticed a cute girl staring at me with a smile on her face.
This is like a magic formula - want people to feel great and to be attracted to you? All you need to do is give yourself approval and you can do so as much as you like all day long.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Create More Money In 4 Simple Ways
When it comes to making more money there are a number of ways to go about it.
1. Set a specific financial goal.
e.g. I net $2,000 a week with ease
Then release on that until you move from AGFLAP to CAP. This will take some work, persist until you get to CAP and you´ll feel much better about finances and you will think more clearly about financial issues. You may even find some great ideas come to mind to earn more, spend less or you find your desires lessen.
Once you are in CAP about the goal all you need to do is check in from time to time say once a day or once every few days to see if you are still in CAP. If not release some more until you are back in CAP. You´ll soon get to a point where that takes just a few minutes if any time at all.
2. Set a general financial goal
e.g. I enjoy financial abundance with ease and joy.
Then release to go from AGFLAP to CAP as above. Again, check in from time to time to ensure you stay in CAP.
3. Release on freedom.
e.g. I allow myself to go free.
When we go directly for freedom we are working on all of our lesser goals. By releasing on the wanting approval, control and approval that comes up we are making fast progress on attaining imperturbable peace.
Simply do attachments and aversions, likes and dislikes or advantages and disadvantages to the goal statement and release on the underlying wanting a/c/s.
4. Follow the six steps
Decide to release constantly all day long and you´ll be happier and lighter more and more of the time. From this state it gets very easy to get what you want. Want more money? You´ll achieve it much more easily when your starting point is such a high state.
1. Set a specific financial goal.
e.g. I net $2,000 a week with ease
Then release on that until you move from AGFLAP to CAP. This will take some work, persist until you get to CAP and you´ll feel much better about finances and you will think more clearly about financial issues. You may even find some great ideas come to mind to earn more, spend less or you find your desires lessen.
Once you are in CAP about the goal all you need to do is check in from time to time say once a day or once every few days to see if you are still in CAP. If not release some more until you are back in CAP. You´ll soon get to a point where that takes just a few minutes if any time at all.
2. Set a general financial goal
e.g. I enjoy financial abundance with ease and joy.
Then release to go from AGFLAP to CAP as above. Again, check in from time to time to ensure you stay in CAP.
3. Release on freedom.
e.g. I allow myself to go free.
When we go directly for freedom we are working on all of our lesser goals. By releasing on the wanting approval, control and approval that comes up we are making fast progress on attaining imperturbable peace.
Simply do attachments and aversions, likes and dislikes or advantages and disadvantages to the goal statement and release on the underlying wanting a/c/s.
4. Follow the six steps
Decide to release constantly all day long and you´ll be happier and lighter more and more of the time. From this state it gets very easy to get what you want. Want more money? You´ll achieve it much more easily when your starting point is such a high state.
Monday, April 21, 2008
How To Know If Releasing Is Moving You Forward
Ever find yourself releasing and wondering if you´re making any progress? Are you wasting your time?
There is a simple way to track your releasing progress. Really? Yes, it´s just a matter of referring to the AGFLAP chart.
Let´s say you set a goal... I allow myself to go free.
Simply take out the AGFLAP chart and identify which emotional state you are in before you start releasing on the goal.
Next, release on the goal. Give it at least 40 minutes of focused attention. Then, refer back to the AGFLAP chart.
Notice anything interesting? In most cases you´ll have moved up to a higher emotional state. When you think about having the goal it will seem more attainable because it is now that you have dropped some of the limitations to having it.
If possible, keep releasing until you move from AGFLAP to CAP. If you really want to go for it, continue higher into the hootless state: that peaceful care free feeling: its ok if you get the goal and just as ok if you do not.
What can you do if you don´t reach CAP or hootless in your releasing session? Return to that goal and continue releasing another day until you do!
Without the AGFLAP chart you can lose a sense of direction but with it tracking your progress is easy.
There is a simple way to track your releasing progress. Really? Yes, it´s just a matter of referring to the AGFLAP chart.
Let´s say you set a goal... I allow myself to go free.
Simply take out the AGFLAP chart and identify which emotional state you are in before you start releasing on the goal.
Next, release on the goal. Give it at least 40 minutes of focused attention. Then, refer back to the AGFLAP chart.
Notice anything interesting? In most cases you´ll have moved up to a higher emotional state. When you think about having the goal it will seem more attainable because it is now that you have dropped some of the limitations to having it.
If possible, keep releasing until you move from AGFLAP to CAP. If you really want to go for it, continue higher into the hootless state: that peaceful care free feeling: its ok if you get the goal and just as ok if you do not.
What can you do if you don´t reach CAP or hootless in your releasing session? Return to that goal and continue releasing another day until you do!
Without the AGFLAP chart you can lose a sense of direction but with it tracking your progress is easy.
Same Old Story Or Is It?
Often when we have a "problem" we think that it is different to the issues others have. However this is not the case when it comes to releasing.
If you want to get rid of X, this X could be a relationship issue, a money problem or a health matter. So what! You can still release on X in the same way.
- refer to the 6 steps
- use Advantages/Disadvantages, Attachments/Aversions, Likes/Dislikes
- let go of resistance to the problem
- go to the underlying wanting approval/control or security. Let that go.
- remember to make releasing constant
And so on.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Sedona Method Graduates
Hale Dwoskin recently unveiled a new worldwide releasing community which is a wonderful
resource for graduates as well as for those who are new to releasing.
It includes Hale´s blog, live chat with Hale and many ways to network with other releasers.
You can sign up free here:
http://www.sedona.com/GraduateSite/public/login.aspx
resource for graduates as well as for those who are new to releasing.
It includes Hale´s blog, live chat with Hale and many ways to network with other releasers.
You can sign up free here:
http://www.sedona.com/GraduateSite/public/login.aspx
Thursday, April 13, 2006
sedona method and a perfect day
When I started to learn how to release with the sedona method I stopped using some conscious creation processes that had always served me well. This is one way to isolate a new approach to see how well it works before finding your own style.
Recently I have being releasing through allowingness while visualising the desired end result. I allow the feelings of havingness to be completely present and allow the feelings to do whatever they want. I surrender to having the goal and allow it into my reality.
The more real I picture and feel the havingness the more feelings of fear, resistance, and other attachments and aversions show up. I allow them all to be present and they tend to fade away.
If I get a stuck feeling I simply ask it:: do you want to go? That works really well.
Here is what I am doing now - I´m giving twenty minutes a day minimum to creating my day. I´m starting with small stuff like arriving at the bank when there is no queue, friendly smiles from people I pass in the street, being in the right place at the right time etc.
I believe the small stuff is actually very important because these small results stack up very quickly and reinforce your belief that conscious creation does work, that you do create your reality. Once that sinks in it is much easier to get the big stuff.
Want to start creating your own perfect day? See what happens when you picture it the way you want it to be AND you use the sedona method to release all the feelings that come up.
Let me know how you get on....
http://www-abundancecourse.com
Recently I have being releasing through allowingness while visualising the desired end result. I allow the feelings of havingness to be completely present and allow the feelings to do whatever they want. I surrender to having the goal and allow it into my reality.
The more real I picture and feel the havingness the more feelings of fear, resistance, and other attachments and aversions show up. I allow them all to be present and they tend to fade away.
If I get a stuck feeling I simply ask it:: do you want to go? That works really well.
Here is what I am doing now - I´m giving twenty minutes a day minimum to creating my day. I´m starting with small stuff like arriving at the bank when there is no queue, friendly smiles from people I pass in the street, being in the right place at the right time etc.
I believe the small stuff is actually very important because these small results stack up very quickly and reinforce your belief that conscious creation does work, that you do create your reality. Once that sinks in it is much easier to get the big stuff.
Want to start creating your own perfect day? See what happens when you picture it the way you want it to be AND you use the sedona method to release all the feelings that come up.
Let me know how you get on....
http://www-abundancecourse.com
sedona method and the spiritual path
This post is very relevant for many people using the sedona method and release technique.
I notice that many people have some odd ideas when it comes to being on a "spiritual path". The desire to love others, to give to people and to drop the ego gets confused with letting others walk all over you.
You have every right to set your life up in any way you see fit. It is your experience after all and if this fits with other people that´s great. If some people don´t like it so be it. Be careful about letting your want of approval destroy your the quality of your relationships.
Let me give you an example. I have some good friends in
England who do not wear shoes in the house so if you visit you will be asked to remove your shoes at the front door.
Now, most visitors have no problem with that. Well, some people won´t take their shoes off. What would you do?
This is where the practical nature of releasing comes in. Release on wanting approval, control and security and be free to ask others to remove their shoes or to leave. If they have so little respect for you it is perfectly okay to show them the door.
Self help means taking care of yourself too! For many people using the sedona method and release technique it is easy to forget this.
Let´s say someone steals from you. Is it okay to take legal action? Of course it is. Release first and when the cloud of emotion dissolves you will be clear about the best course of action - you might decide to ask nicely first and if that does not work move on to the next logical course of action.
The point I am making is that self help feel good and do good folk don´t always stand up for themselves out of a need for approval. The irony is once you do assert yourself, in a compassionate way, people pay much more attention to what you can share with them.
One more example, I was having lunch during the week with a friend who presents self help seminars that deliver magical results for people.
We were laughing about how people in the south of Spain are so laid back that have no concept of time. Now, this is great day to day but a real issue when you want to get course participants to turn up on time for an event.
No matter how he approaches it there are people who wander in well after the seminar begins. This disturbs his teaching and the small groups he works with.
What would you do? Would you work around this problem so as to not annoy the group? Would you try not to upset the late arriving student? What about the quality of life of the teacher?
Again, releasing is a practical tool for living your life. He could release and then make a clear headed choice on the best way to proceed. Having control is good
It is okay for him to have parameters. The same applies to you in your life. Be loving and giving and make sure wanting approval, control or security does not detract from your quality of life. Let go and have respect for your needs.
For people using the sedona method and release technique - check out this site for more tips:
http://www-abundancecourse.com/
I notice that many people have some odd ideas when it comes to being on a "spiritual path". The desire to love others, to give to people and to drop the ego gets confused with letting others walk all over you.
You have every right to set your life up in any way you see fit. It is your experience after all and if this fits with other people that´s great. If some people don´t like it so be it. Be careful about letting your want of approval destroy your the quality of your relationships.
Let me give you an example. I have some good friends in
England who do not wear shoes in the house so if you visit you will be asked to remove your shoes at the front door.
Now, most visitors have no problem with that. Well, some people won´t take their shoes off. What would you do?
This is where the practical nature of releasing comes in. Release on wanting approval, control and security and be free to ask others to remove their shoes or to leave. If they have so little respect for you it is perfectly okay to show them the door.
Self help means taking care of yourself too! For many people using the sedona method and release technique it is easy to forget this.
Let´s say someone steals from you. Is it okay to take legal action? Of course it is. Release first and when the cloud of emotion dissolves you will be clear about the best course of action - you might decide to ask nicely first and if that does not work move on to the next logical course of action.
The point I am making is that self help feel good and do good folk don´t always stand up for themselves out of a need for approval. The irony is once you do assert yourself, in a compassionate way, people pay much more attention to what you can share with them.
One more example, I was having lunch during the week with a friend who presents self help seminars that deliver magical results for people.
We were laughing about how people in the south of Spain are so laid back that have no concept of time. Now, this is great day to day but a real issue when you want to get course participants to turn up on time for an event.
No matter how he approaches it there are people who wander in well after the seminar begins. This disturbs his teaching and the small groups he works with.
What would you do? Would you work around this problem so as to not annoy the group? Would you try not to upset the late arriving student? What about the quality of life of the teacher?
Again, releasing is a practical tool for living your life. He could release and then make a clear headed choice on the best way to proceed. Having control is good
It is okay for him to have parameters. The same applies to you in your life. Be loving and giving and make sure wanting approval, control or security does not detract from your quality of life. Let go and have respect for your needs.
For people using the sedona method and release technique - check out this site for more tips:
http://www-abundancecourse.com/
Friday, March 24, 2006
sedona method and imagination
This article is very relevant to sedona method students so read on if you use the sedona method to achieve goals.
I met a very wise man last week. He lives twenty minutes drive from me, along the coast road.
He has written a number of books about consciousness and related topics and he has a deep understanding of what it is all about plus he can explain complex ideas in very simple terms.
He also understands subtle distinctions that many teachers either miss completely or just get wrong.
We were talking about creating what you want and he likes to refer to manifestation as "directed imagination".Now, I think that is very clever and a useful reminder of how we create our day to day results.
If you want things to change you need to hold in mind something different;if you want more of something you need to hold in mind more of it; and, if you hold in mind things as they are now that is what will continue to be the case.
It´s very easy to forget that we imagine what we want before we get it. When we feel stuck we often think we get what turns up and that we have no power to change things.
Right now, if you examine your dominant thoughts you may well find that your life is consistent with what you allow in. Your life is no better than you allow it to be with the sedona method.
In my view if you can handle success you can handle anything. And the fear of success is what holds us back from allowing in more happiness, success, love and peace.
When you begin to notice that this situation starts with a thought you are on the road to making things better - observe your fear of success and if you like, let it go.
When you think about it... if you congruently want something and yet take little effective action towards having it there must be an opposing force at work. We can call it fear.
Drop the fear and direct your imagination to what you want by holding in mind the goal and dropping the attachments and aversions to having it. Changes can then take place very quickly with the sedona method.
Directed imagination can be like magic once we drop the blocks to allowing in what we really want.
I met a very wise man last week. He lives twenty minutes drive from me, along the coast road.
He has written a number of books about consciousness and related topics and he has a deep understanding of what it is all about plus he can explain complex ideas in very simple terms.
He also understands subtle distinctions that many teachers either miss completely or just get wrong.
We were talking about creating what you want and he likes to refer to manifestation as "directed imagination".Now, I think that is very clever and a useful reminder of how we create our day to day results.
If you want things to change you need to hold in mind something different;if you want more of something you need to hold in mind more of it; and, if you hold in mind things as they are now that is what will continue to be the case.
It´s very easy to forget that we imagine what we want before we get it. When we feel stuck we often think we get what turns up and that we have no power to change things.
Right now, if you examine your dominant thoughts you may well find that your life is consistent with what you allow in. Your life is no better than you allow it to be with the sedona method.
In my view if you can handle success you can handle anything. And the fear of success is what holds us back from allowing in more happiness, success, love and peace.
When you begin to notice that this situation starts with a thought you are on the road to making things better - observe your fear of success and if you like, let it go.
When you think about it... if you congruently want something and yet take little effective action towards having it there must be an opposing force at work. We can call it fear.
Drop the fear and direct your imagination to what you want by holding in mind the goal and dropping the attachments and aversions to having it. Changes can then take place very quickly with the sedona method.
Directed imagination can be like magic once we drop the blocks to allowing in what we really want.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Sedona Method - Happiness and Havingness
I was sitting by an open fire last night in an Indian restaurant by a lake in the spanish countryside.
My buddy was asking me about happiness and I was talking to her about the difference between improving your standard of living and your quality of life. Big difference!
While improving your standard of living is a worthwhile objective, it is good to pause for a moment to notice how good we already have it. If you´re reading this you have electricity, internet access - not to mention food and shelter. There is no reason to take this for granted.
Most of the six billion people on this planet don´t even have clean running water. They would be stunned to see how concerned many of the people in the richest nations are about their standard of living.
The irony of it all is that when you give more attention to your quality of life you will have more peace of mind, more happiness and more time to enjoy the people and the things you love.
This in turn gives you more energy to be productive and effective in the world, giving rise to an even better standard of living if that is what you want.
Having more will not make you happier. It will not improve your quality of life. Yes, more money can ease certain hassles and day to day pressures however success brings with it other issues to deal with. You may find all you do is upgrade your concerns!
I contend that success is the ultimate challenge! Can you handle it when you have it? And that is why quality of life is the ultimate goal - in the form of health and vitality, happiness and peace of mind. Success may come and go but feeling happy can endure regardless when you master releasing.
How hard is it to have peace of mind? It´s easier than you think actually. Can you let go of one distracting thought? Yes, of course you can! Let go of two? Yes! Three, four, five, and so on....
It all comes back to one fundamental principle - you can let go of any self-imposed limitation and thereby have more quality of life and more happiness.
A little releasing a day goes a long way...........
My buddy was asking me about happiness and I was talking to her about the difference between improving your standard of living and your quality of life. Big difference!
While improving your standard of living is a worthwhile objective, it is good to pause for a moment to notice how good we already have it. If you´re reading this you have electricity, internet access - not to mention food and shelter. There is no reason to take this for granted.
Most of the six billion people on this planet don´t even have clean running water. They would be stunned to see how concerned many of the people in the richest nations are about their standard of living.
The irony of it all is that when you give more attention to your quality of life you will have more peace of mind, more happiness and more time to enjoy the people and the things you love.
This in turn gives you more energy to be productive and effective in the world, giving rise to an even better standard of living if that is what you want.
Having more will not make you happier. It will not improve your quality of life. Yes, more money can ease certain hassles and day to day pressures however success brings with it other issues to deal with. You may find all you do is upgrade your concerns!
I contend that success is the ultimate challenge! Can you handle it when you have it? And that is why quality of life is the ultimate goal - in the form of health and vitality, happiness and peace of mind. Success may come and go but feeling happy can endure regardless when you master releasing.
How hard is it to have peace of mind? It´s easier than you think actually. Can you let go of one distracting thought? Yes, of course you can! Let go of two? Yes! Three, four, five, and so on....
It all comes back to one fundamental principle - you can let go of any self-imposed limitation and thereby have more quality of life and more happiness.
A little releasing a day goes a long way...........
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