Lester Levenson : Original Sedona Method Simple Instructions for Releasing (Release Technique)

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Lester Levenson’s (Sedona Method ) Instructions 1. We must want ‘freedom’ more than we want ‘the world’ - This means we must want to be free more than we want anything else - money, relationships, career success, happiness from the world, status, etc. If releasing does not work for us, this is where most of us are lacking. 2. To gain freedom, we must quiet the mind - Lester then asks us to quiet the mind and enter beingness to gain freedom. However, he says that most approaches to quieting the mind do not work. He then says that our thoughts come from our feelings (unconscious garbage). So, we must release the feelings themselves instead of trying to control our mind (thoughts). 3. To release the feelings, we must use the method - The method described by Lester is simple. He says just let the feelings come up and pass through. He says that all feelings automatically want to leave. It’s us who are holding on to feelings. He says that when we “allow” the feelings to come up, they will come up in waves. One wave after the other and we just need to allow the waves to come up and pass through - until the waves stop. Then, you have released that particular feeling or group of feelings. 4. All feelings culminate into the three wants - As per Lester: a. All our garbage (feelings) culminates in AGFLAP. b. All AGFLAP (Apathy, Grief, Fear, Lust, Anger, Pride) culminates into Wanting Approval & Wanting Control. c. All Wanting for Approval and Control culminate into the Want for Safety. d. Behind/Below this Want for Safety is the Fear of Dying. Here’s a flowchart I created to describe the above - 5. The mechanism of letting go is to work with the three wants - Approval, Control, Safety - Lester says that we should begin with seeing each feeling as either wanting control or approval. Then, after some practice, we can add wanting safety to our releasing sessions. 6. To release: a. Allow the feelings to come up (do not try to release them asap else the release will not be successful. The key is allowing them to come up first). b. Once the feeling is pronounced and firm, see it as Wanting Control, Wanting Approval, or Wanting Safety. c. Then, either allow it to pass through naturally or use the Sedona Method questions. d. Repeat and release until you are done or feel lighter. e. Repeat again. f. That’s it. 7. You can go free in months - By releasing this way, one can go free in months - provided they want freedom more than anything else. First, we work with approval and control. Then, add safety. Then finally, we work on the fear of dying. 8. When stuck, let go of wanting to change the stuckness - After a while, each releaser will get stuck. This is because of unconscious resistance and ego attachment. We should then let go of wanting to change the stuckness. The idea is to accept the stuckness as is and it will evaporate. To do so, just ask any of the following questions until we have made peace with the stuckness and can allow it to be there: a. Could I let go of wanting to change this? b. Could I let go of wanting to change this feeling? c. Could I let go of wanting to change this feeling of stuckness? 9. Get everything by releasing only - This is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the releasing domain. I got clarity only after listening to Lester for a full day. He asks all of us to get everything by releasing only. By this, he does not mean we should run after the world, money, and other things. He means, whatever we want, we should get that by releasing only. This will help us on our way to freedom, as it will bring up all the garbage we have. Once we release that garbage, what we want will effortlessly fall in our lap - but the best part is - we will be free from any attachment or aversion to it already. Doing this again and again for everything we want is a shortcut to freedom, as we’ll have to face all of our garbage to get the things we want. This will help us release all of our garbage. So release to gain freedom, not things. 10. Tackle the fear of dying after a few months or weeks - Release on things that trouble you first with the intention to go free. Then release on your wants - the things you want. Then, after practicing for a few weeks or months on wants and releasing continuously on the three wants, work on the fear of dying.