Choose Freedom ( Mastering your Emotions ) : Master your emotions Course Sedona Method Lester Levenson

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Virginia Lloyd - Jeannie Fitzsimmons - Lester Levenson - Master your emotions Course Sedona Method.pdf Choose Freedom ( Mastering your Emotions ) : Master your emotions Course Sedona Method Lester Levenson The intention of this book is to provide information about emotions, which I hope will inspire greater insight into your own personal emotional nature. This information was developed in over ten years of leading Sedona Institute seminars, which present a specific technique to let go of stressful feelings. This material is still a major part of the Sedona Institute Basic Course. While there are exercises included which I believe will allow you to begin mastering your emotions, the book is not intended to replace anything you're already doing that you feel is constructive and helpful for you. Additionally, it is not meant to be a substitute for seeking competent professional help if you should decide that you need it. No book can take the place of your attendance at a good seminar, or personal contact with a resource you find helpful, such as a minister, priest, rabbi or therapist (if those are things you want to do). However, I truly believe this book can be a wonderful supplement to any discipline, therapy or counseling. After you've read it, you can continue to refer to it as your own personal guidebook. You may want to read again the chapters that are most interesting to you or try some of the suggested ways of helping yourself out of negative feelings. Allow yourself to start enjoying your life. I believe that once you begin to understand your feelings, you'll see that you don't have to be the victim of them anymore - and that can make all the difference. Virginia Lloyd - Jeannie Fitzsimmons - Lester Levenson - Sedona Method - Release Technique - Letting Go - David Hawkins - Mastering Your Emotions Course Audiobook and Workbook Virginia Lloyd, Jeannie Fitzsimmons, Lester Levenson, Larry Crane, Hale Dwoskin, Anthony De Mello, Eckhart Tolle Topics covered on the January 29, 2008 Audio Interview Lester Levenson - Sedona Method Virginia Lloyd Interviews With Virginia Lloyd Presented By Jeannie Fitzsimmons Detail of topics covered: Keeping the work Pure; A Surprise Reunion with her mentor from long ago The Privilege of being her student and the passing of the first Sedona Method Instructor How Virginia met Lester in New York City and what he told her Lester's Way: "Squaring It All With Love" Virginia leaves her acting career and moves to Sedona in 1974 Women study at the Lester's ranch. She develops The Chart Of Emotions as described in her book, Master Your Emotions How letting go of resentment to others freedom and success results in joy and freedom The 'stunning seed' which Virginia blossomed into an entire body of stellar work Lester Says: "Two weekends are the key" Jeannie has found this to be true Virginia develops the system based on her skill and experience with emotions Lester said it takes '4 full days to reverse the habit of holding on' Virginia designs organically by 'trusting the process and the Basic Course is born Feelings aren't 'bad' unless we suppress them and live from the subconscious programs that run our lives Creating harmony at work and in marriage by releasing 'control' issues What is it about that 2-weekend Basic Course? It is a 9-Day Course! Parents are the role models for 'holding on' unless they learn to release Virginia speaks about The Sedona Method® and her students Virginia 'bottles simplicity' in the Basic Course Where has Virginia been for the last 17 years? Still being of service! Our acting backgrounds, stories, and how releasing sets us free to BE Virginia introduces 'skits' to teach about 'emotional freedom' The years with Lester were challenging and required lots of releasing Jeannie, Hale, and others share the Method in various ways How to remain calm in the midst of chaos through letting go was the model Calling Virginia for the first time in New York, Jeannie brings the method to LA Self-mastery is the gift of letting go of unwanted emotions, but everyone is at choice Even if you are overwhelmed now, you have a tool to 'let go', to use later Virginia Lloyd authors two books Choose Freedom and Master Your Emotions How three women at lunch release and it changes the world When couples let go of 'controlling' each other, good things happen! How releasing within families changes the dynamics in many positive ways Releasing cleans the slate, moment to moment, if you use it to be happy and be free Mastering Your Emotions with the Chart Of Emotions AGFLAP™ Course HeartWisdom™ Home • About Jeannie • Jeannie's Journey • Grace & Gratitude Special Radio Guest • Benefits of HeartWisdom™ Seminars • Event Registration Ask A 'Burning Question' • Teleconferences & Audio Downloads • Newsletter Testimonials • Thank You Virginia Lloyd! • Contact Us Audio Recordings From Live Teleconferences Interviews With Virginia Lloyd Presented By Jeannie Fitzsimmons and Global Heartrepreneurs Date Topic Special Guest Playback February 20, 2008 "The Basic Chart of Emotions" Jeannie and Virginia discuss gains from the Valentine's call, as well as, the very helpful "basic chart of emotions." Also discussed were the stunning findings of the Harvard study on the Sedona releasing work. Subscribe For Free Playback February 13, 2008 "A Special Valentine's Gift" About This Interview Jeannie and Virginia Discuss Ways To Increase The Love In Our Life Subscribe For Free Playback Additional Audios For Purchase Date Topic Details Playback January 29, 2008 "How to live a happier life through Releasing... Keeping It Simple!" List of Tracks/Topics On This Audio Order below Product Description Price Purchase Audio & Transcript MP3 Download and PDF Download** $19.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! Audio MP3 Download** $14.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! Transcript PDF Download** $9.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! *CD is currently pre-order and will be available in about 2 weeks. **Downloads delivered within 24 hours or less. Learn more and register for Awakened Heart's HeartWisdom™ Seminars: Event Schedule & Registration HeartWisdom™ Home • About Jeannie • Jeannie's Journey • Grace & Gratitude Special Radio Guest • Benefits of HeartWisdom™ Seminars • Event Registration Ask A 'Burning Question' • Teleconferences & Audio Downloads • Newsletter Testimonials • Thank You Virginia Lloyd! • Contact Us Topics covered on the January 29, 2008 Audio Interview Lester Levenson - Sedona Method Virginia Lloyd Interviews With Virginia Lloyd Presented By Jeannie Fitzsimmons Detail of topics covered: Keeping the work Pure; A Surprise Reunion with her mentor from long ago The Privilege of being her student and the passing of the first Sedona Method Instructor How Virginia met Lester in New York City and what he told her Lester's Way: "Squaring It All With Love" Virginia leaves her acting career and moves to Sedona in 1974 Women study at the Lester's ranch. She develops The Chart Of Emotions as described in her book, Master Your Emotions How letting go of resentment to others freedom and success results in joy and freedom The 'stunning seed' which Virginia blossomed into an entire body of stellar work Lester Says: "Two weekends are the key" Jeannie has found this to be true Virginia develops the system based on her skill and experience with emotions Lester said it takes '4 full days to reverse the habit of holding on' Virginia designs organically by 'trusting the process and the Basic Course is born Feelings aren't 'bad' unless we suppress them and live from the subconscious programs that run our lives Creating harmony at work and in marriage by releasing 'control' issues What is it about that 2-weekend Basic Course? It is a 9-Day Course! Parents are the role models for 'holding on' unless they learn to release Virginia speaks about The Sedona Method® and her students Virginia 'bottles simplicity' in the Basic Course Where has Virginia been for the last 17 years? Still being of service! Our acting backgrounds, stories, and how releasing sets us free to BE Virginia introduces 'skits' to teach about 'emotional freedom' The years with Lester were challenging and required lots of releasing Jeannie, Hale, and others share the Method in various ways How to remain calm in the midst of chaos through letting go was the model Calling Virginia for the first time in New York, Jeannie brings the method to LA Self-mastery is the gift of letting go of unwanted emotions, but everyone is at choice Even if you are overwhelmed now, you have a tool to 'let go', to use later Virginia Lloyd authors two books Choose Freedom and Master Your Emotions How three women at lunch release and it changes the world When couples let go of 'controlling' each other, good things happen! How releasing within families changes the dynamics in many positive ways Releasing cleans the slate, moment to moment, if you use it to be happy and be free Mastering Your Emotions with the Chart Of Emotions AGFLAP™ Course HeartWisdom™ Home • About Jeannie • Jeannie's Journey • Grace & Gratitude Special Radio Guest • Benefits of HeartWisdom™ Seminars • Event Registration Ask A 'Burning Question' • Teleconferences & Audio Downloads • Newsletter Testimonials • Thank You Virginia Lloyd! • Contact Us Audio Recordings From Live Teleconferences Interviews With Virginia Lloyd Presented By Jeannie Fitzsimmons and Global Heartrepreneurs Date Topic Special Guest Playback February 20, 2008 "The Basic Chart of Emotions" Jeannie and Virginia discuss gains from the Valentine's call, as well as, the very helpful "basic chart of emotions." Also discussed were the stunning findings of the Harvard study on the Sedona releasing work. Subscribe For Free Playback February 13, 2008 "A Special Valentine's Gift" About This Interview Jeannie and Virginia Discuss Ways To Increase The Love In Our Life Subscribe For Free Playback Additional Audios For Purchase Date Topic Details Playback January 29, 2008 "How to live a happier life through Releasing... Keeping It Simple!" List of Tracks/Topics On This Audio Order below Product Description Price Purchase Audio & Transcript MP3 Download and PDF Download** $19.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! Audio MP3 Download** $14.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! Transcript PDF Download** $9.95 Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! *CD is currently pre-order and will be available in about 2 weeks. **Downloads delivered within 24 hours or less. Learn more and register for Awakened Heart's HeartWisdom™ Seminars: Event Schedule & Registration HeartWisdom™ Home • About Jeannie • Jeannie's Journey • Grace & Gratitude Special Radio Guest • Benefits of HeartWisdom™ Seminars • Event Registration Ask A 'Burning Question' • Teleconferences & Audio Downloads • Newsletter Testimonials • Thank You Virginia Lloyd! • Contact Us Posted by u/happyprocrastinator 1 year ago Has anyone learned Sedona Method from Virginia Lloyd? I read her book , Choose Freedom, in which she shares a bit about Lester Levenson's life and then tells how he started on releasing. In an amazon review of the sedona method book written by Hale Dwoskin, someone shared that his book is plagiarism of Virginia Lloyd's teaching and that the way she teaches, you just need one weekend with her and boom!!, you release. Here's a portion of the review:: Virginia teaches it about 100 times more effectively and with incredible finesse, as she guides students extremely lovingly and intuitively (never rote, cookie-cutter or robotically), because she knows it inside-out and backwards and applies incredible heart to it. Again, she developed it, so it's an actual extension of her. But, barring being lucky enough to learn it from Virginia herself in her original, live, two-weekend training format (if you could somehow coax her to do it again), 44 Comments Share Save Comment Markdown Mode Sort By: Old | Search comments User avatar level 1 YESmynameisYes · 1 yr. ago I, too, am curious about this! 2 Reply Share User avatar level 1 BananaBeach007 · 1 yr. ago I'd be interested to learn as well. But to be fair, if it is true that Hale plagiarized - it spread the message far and wide. I would have never heard of the Sedona Method or the methods of releasing without him. 3 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 1 yr. ago Yes but he teaches in a way that you become dependent of him and then he offers another thing and another program, and another book, and another and another until he runs out of ideas. With Virginia, one class with her is enough to release. I really wish the person who wrote the review had shared more info. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 3 BananaBeach007 · 1 yr. ago You know where to find an ebook of her Choose Freedom online? I could only find her Master Your Emotions, and Happiness is Free. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 4 happyprocrastinator OP · 1 yr. ago I got it from a public library in my city. Check on worldcat.org for libraries near you that may have it. And Happiness is Free isn't her book; it was published by hale dowskin. https://worldcat.org/title/11762264 1 Reply Share User avatar level 5 andreouc3000 · 4 mo. ago Can you scan it for us? 2 Reply Share User avatar level 3 IAMTHAT108 · 3 mo. ago What would you like to know? 1 Reply Share User avatar level 4 happyprocrastinator OP · 3 mo. ago I was always intrigued by how Lester decided that he was going to be a millionaire and things happened that Led him to become one. Or how he decided to travel and met someone on the street and next thing he knew, he got a way to get there even though he didn’t have the money to travel with him. So, did Virginia Lloyd’s teaching taught people to reach the point that Lester did, in which he could have it all effortlessly? Or was her program focused on releasing resentment, sadness, etc? And how can one release resentment (to forgive)? 1 Reply Share User avatar level 5 IAMTHAT108 · 3 mo. ago Both are the same, ultimately - getting to the point that Lester did, where all was fulfilled spontaneously and effortlessly, and releasing unwanted feelings from their underlying ego-wants for approval, control, and to change. Releasing the ego "wants" gets us to this natural state of fulfillment. Virginia mostly focused on having her students stir up and release their likes/dislikes (vasanas) from the roots of w/a, w/c, w/ch, and at times used Goal Charts in the process. Ultimately, getting everything effortlessly comes from a quiet mind, which comes from knowing/being what one truly IS, and that is easier when the likes/dislikes are released and the mind becomes tranquil. This helps the Self (Pure Awareness) become obvious, like a calm lake clearly reflects the sun without the distortion of ripples or waves on the surface. Use the "Clean-up Process" for releasing resentments, and letting the seeming "other person" be as they are and wish to be, not as you wish them to be. Resentment comes from wanting to change or control the other person or wanting their approval and not getting it and perhaps feeling threatened by them. Recognize this and the pain the wanting to change, control, and get their approval causes. Then drop it like a blazing-hot ember in your hand. Let them be as they are and love them the way they are, even if they've made mistakes and continue to make them. Do this for you. Release until you feel, "You are me. I am you. We are one." That is Love/Truth. Those harming others only do so from ignorance of their true nature, as we all do. So we forgive, we love, we patiently endure and encourage others to stop hurting others and themselves out of ignorance, ego-selfishness, and anger, and to more and more recognize the true nature of Self/Reality/Love. Sometimes all we can do is lovingly point in the right direction over and over again. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 3 EukaryoteVRM · 1 mo. ago That’s very objective. I have learned from Hale and Larry Crane. Crane was heavy handed. Dwoskin never. I never became dependent and use the methods to this day after 20+ years. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 1 greyhoundsss · 1 yr. ago I wish Virginia’s training materials were still available. I’ve been studying this method from the materials of Hale, Lester, Dr. David Hawkins, Cedric Bertelli (who teaches a similar method called TIPI/EmRes/emotional resolution) for years. I made some progress, but feel like I’m not quite doing it right. It sounds like Virginia’s teachings could help slow learners like me get on the right track. 3 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 1 yr. ago I never heard about Cedric Bertelli, I am going to have to search him. Did you get benefits from using his method? 1 Reply Share level 1 [deleted] · 1 yr. ago They were Lester Levenson's teachings, to be precise. Hale Dwoskin was Lester Levenson's caregiver and eventual successor, although Larry Crane also created his own version called The Release Technique. The Sedona Method and The Release Technique don't teach releasing, they just provide the context where the release happens all by itself. Releasing is natural, after all, although in our crazy busy modern lifestyles, we have lost that ability. 3 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 1 yr. ago His sucessor was actually Virginia LLoyd. I hope to one day find her original teachings or someone who learned from him willing to teach me. I hate that teachings that help people have been suppressed by greedy people who want to sell lame programs for money. 2 Reply Share level 3 [deleted] · 1 yr. ago · edited 1 yr. ago The Sedona Method Book has been available for almost 20 years now. It contains the basic system and is available for around £10/$15. What's with all the nonsense you are talking? 2 Reply Share User avatar level 3 Matti19 · 11 mo. ago Sorry, but this is not true. Lester replaced virigina as leader of sedona institute because she wasnt «high» enough to be of most service to others and later chose Hale. Lester chose Hale as his sucsesor years before he past away, so this is simply not true. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 4 happyprocrastinator OP · 11 mo. ago hale is of service to others**?** the guy who keeps creating different programs to get people to pay him? did you even read the first post in which i posted someone's review? 2 Reply Share User avatar level 5 Matti19 · 9 mo. ago · edited 9 mo. ago Absolutely he is! I know from my own direct experience, having met him and worked with him directly. That is your projection. People find them helpful and that is why he keeps doing it, its not about the money. He offers a lot of free stuff as well. There is no forcing new programs on people. I did, and that is the belief of one person. Virginia did not create the method but was part of the group which did. She wasnt even the first sedona method instructor, she took over after Kathelyn (i think that was her name) stopped teaching. The truth is Lester fired Virginia and hired Hale instead. He knew what he was doing. I guess some people find that hard to accept. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 6 happyprocrastinator OP · 9 mo. ago I don’t believe it. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 5 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago · edited 7 mo. ago The Sedona Institute produced a magazine for graduates called Release. I received that magazine regularly for more that a decade. Up until 1990s there was never any mention of Hale, but there was regular mention of Virginia, and her book Mastering Your Emotions in every issue. Then any mention of Virginia or her book disappeared from the Release magazine, and Hale was the only one mentioned. What is true is that Hale ended up with control of the Sedona Institute and Virginia did not. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 6 new_old_trash · 1 mo. ago He also "overwrote" the ISBN of Choose Freedom with his own book (Happiness is Free), and it outnumbers her book in the wild greatly - consequently I have never been able to purchase it. I have tried 3 different times in fact and have received HIS book each time. Absolutely infuriating!!! Based on what you said above I wonder if it was intentional and not accidental ... 1 Reply Share User avatar level 1 Matti19 · 11 mo. ago · edited 11 mo. ago The format Virginia taught the course in, is on youtube if you search for sedona method 1992. Its Hale and another women teaching it over two weekends and it is the exact thing Virginia did as well. Moreover, she didnt create the sedona method. She and a group people where studying under lester and developed it with his guidannce and support. There are even recordings of her telling a story of a womanin that group who came up with the question, could i let it go. 4 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 11 mo. ago · edited 11 mo. ago How do you know the video online is the class that virginia taught? 1 Reply Share User avatar level 3 Matti19 · 9 mo. ago That is what i have heard from different sources. I also recall listening to Virginia talking about the two weekend format, which they use in the videos. Besides that, why go searching for what she did? Every tool from the Sedona method and from Lester is easily available. You dont need virginia teaching you or anyone else for that matter. It is all up to you, there is no need to search for something new to discover what Lester discovered. It is all there.. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 1 SallyNova · 10 mo. ago I just read that review as well! Yeah, I really wish there was a way to contact that person and get some info out of them...🤔 2 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 10 mo. ago I can't find anything about Virginia Lloyd. Not even reviews about her class. This was the closest I got about it. I even called the phone number on her book, but it was disconnected. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 3 IAMTHAT108 · 3 mo. ago Unfortunately, she passed away. She was a kindhearted woman and a great teacher. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 1 SallyNova · 10 mo. ago · edited 10 mo. ago I was searching YouTube in case there were any virgina lloyd videos, I didn't come across any. Just the other guy, and he just seemed to be telling ppl to find their issue and release it. That was it. But a video by Tara Brach came up, and she's incredible. I've been listening to her for sometime now and in this video I feel like she's doing the sedona method - but in her own way. She's very peaceful and explains things in such a beautiful way. She also has a pod cast under her own name. https://www.youtube.com/live/j5f859MuqwI?feature=share 1 Reply Share User avatar level 1 Matti19 · 9 mo. ago Jeannie Fitzimmions did work with Virginia and according to her website offers the course as Virginia taught it: «Jeannie offers HeartWisdom™ Seminars, small sized advanced retreats, as well as the original 4-Day Core Releasing Basic Course, as developed and taught by Virginia Lloyd, former Director of Training of the Sedona Institute» https://www.heartwisdomseminars.com 2 Reply Share User avatar level 1 TheAncientOne1949 · 8 mo. ago I learned the basic method in the early 1980s. I also met Virginia and Lester at that time. The basic method taught in the Sedona Method book is definitely not the method I was taught, and the way it was taught in the 1992 video, is not the way the class I took was taught. According to Hale's bio the format in 1976, when he took the Basic training, was the same as the one I went through, which was an instructor and a group of people around a table, with the instructor going from person to person asking if there was something they wanted to release on. She would work with that person until that person released or did not want to continue, and then she moved on to the next person. There was little or no lecture. It is my understanding from Choose Freedom that Lester and Virginia formed the Sedona Institute in 1974, and that she was the director of training and also the spokes person for the Sedona Institute until sometime after Hale arrived in Arizona. Hale did not arrive in Arizona until 1987, so what I learned may or may not have been Virginia's version. According to Choose Freedom, Lester did tell Virginia that she was not high enough to be of service to others, but he said that years before he and Virginia formed the Sedona Institute. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 2 happyprocrastinator OP · 8 mo. ago I read Choose Freedom and loved how she shared Lester's story. I like that he told how he went through each person whom he held something against. Did you learn with Virginia? Is it true that Virginia Lloyd does not teach anymore? I cannot find anything about her and I am unsure if the people who claim to teach the method are teaching what she taught or what Hale claims is the method. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 3 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago I did not learn directly from Virginia. I found an obituary for a Virginia Lloyd who lived in Sedona, it did not mention Sedona Method, but did say she was an actress, author and listed her children Richard and Eric. Here is the link https://www.mykeeper.com/profile/VirginiaLloyd/ Since Sedona is not very big, it seems unlikely that there were 2 Virginia Lloyds of about the same age with the same background, and with 2 children with the same names. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 4 Foreign_Occasion_731 · 5 mo. ago That is exactly Virginia. I have Virginia book of "Choose Freedom" and I saw her picture there. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 3 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago Did you ever wonder if what is in Choose Freedom, is actually what Lester did? He did just 2 things, and he was relentless at doing those two things. Sometimes they worked fast, and other times they did not, but he was diligent and he took as long as it took until he was released from one event after another. What if it were that simple? What if all you had to do is open yourself to the possibility without a push without prodding, without deadlines, and in that opening up to the possibility things began to change by themselves. How effortlessly could your life transform. Let yourself imagine doing what Lester did, and doing it over and over again, no matter the problem whether the size of a mountain, or a pebble. Could you allow it without concern with whether you would or when you might, and just allow it to be possible. Is this not what Lester did? What if it is that simple? Then you have everything you need. You no longer need Hale or Larry, or Virginia, or even Lester. What if you have the keys right now, and all you have to do is trust yourself, and let go, and in doing that you are already changing, and the changes can continue, one after another after another. How wonderful is that as you allow yourself to create this possibility over and over again. 4 Reply Share User avatar level 4 happyprocrastinator OP · 7 mo. ago It seemed that what Lester did was sit down, close his eyes and just think of whatever was bothering him and then...release. But my issue is with releasing. It seemed like he did it for hours for some stuff. I peaked at Hale's book, and he said to do 9 rounds to release - or maybe I heard in one of hi videos on youtube. I was skeptical of him because he pretends Virginia doesn't exist. Do you know if Virginia Lloyd still teaches the sedona method? 1 Reply Share User avatar level 5 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago · edited 7 mo. ago Virginia Lloyd died in 2021 at the age of 91, so there is no chance to study with her. When Hale took over the Sedona Institute in the early 1990s all traces of Virginia were erased. Lester's focus was in my estimation totally different than the one presented by Hale or the one I learned at the Sedona Institute. When I read Choose Freedom my releasing became much more effective, because my focus changed from releasing once in a while when I thought I needed it, to release on everything no matter how small, as soon as it happens, an example is my web page didn't open fast enough. This is a small thing and before I would have ignored it, but no longer. But the most important change was to start going through my life in order to release on each and every event that I wanted to change. Cleaning up ones own life is what Lester did, and he also immediately released anything in the present that disturbed his umperturbability. It took Lester a long time to release on things in part because the situation in which he was trying to change the feelings to love was a really big situation. I have found that changing my negative feelings about someone into feelings of love to be much more difficult than letting go of wanting to change the way that person behaved, or was, or the way I feel about the situation. It seems that it was more difficult for Lester as well, since the times he spent hours working on something was when he was trying to change his negative feelings into feelings of love. Once, "He saw himself as subject to and victim of everything he wanted to change. He began dissolving all that." From that point on in the book there are no references to him spending hours working on one something. Instead, his releasing accelerated. The right number of times that it takes to release something is the number of times that it takes. Lester focused on changing his negative feelings to feelings of love only because he wanted to be happy, and the only time he had been truly happy was when he was loving. But loving your enemies is hard. Is it possible? Yes it is possible, but in my experience there is a lot more resistance, than letting go of wanting to change that person. I finished reading Choose Freedom the Friday before Memorial day almost 4 weeks ago, and I have change more in that time since reading the book and applying what Lester did than in the previous 40 years of using the Sedona Method. I have only worked on portions of the past, 5 years of my life, and I have so much farther to go. I have not gotten close to the worst parts of my life, and now I am looking forward to getting there and releasing on it. I am becoming like Lester in that I want to see how far I can go. Where I am now is good, but how much better is possible? My level of unperturbability has sky rocketed, and yet there is so much more that is possible. 3 Reply Share User avatar level 6 happyprocrastinator OP · 7 mo. ago I’m surprised that you are getting more benefits after reading the book than from the class. I guess the book complements the instruction you received in class? Is there any trusted Sedona method instructor out there who teaches the way Virginia taught? Or do you know where I can find her material (if there is any)? You mentioned that there was little to no lecture, but I was hoping that maybe the instructor gave out manuals or basic instructions for students to review at home. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 7 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago · edited 7 mo. ago I do not know any Sedona Method Instructors, so I cannot help you find one. But it is doubtful that you will find anyone who will train exactly as Virginia did. People change things. Also, I know of no manuals either. I had been curious what Lester actually did. When I read those sections, I had an aha moment, and things changed for me. Lester changed negative emotions into love, and he let go of wanting to change things he could not change. How to do the first is on page 74, and how to do the second is in Chapter 5 of the Sedona Method book, but the way Hale does it has many more steps and is much more complicated than what I was taught. Doing those 2 things, Lester attained enlightenment. He had no guru. What else does anyone need. If Lester did it, so can anyone else, if they are diligent enough and follow the path. The book shows the path. I was never shown the path before I read Virginia's book. Now I know the path, and so I will see how far it will take me. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 7 TheAncientOne1949 · 7 mo. ago · edited 7 mo. ago I just realized that you do not own a copy of Choose Freedom so let me go over what I think Lester did. What steps did Lester use to change a negative feeling into love? He started with the doctor who sent him home, and Lester discovered he really hated the doctor. After Lester had spontaneously released the hate and the hate became resentment, Lester asked himself, "What did I do?" This is his answer. Can I change these feeling of resentment into feelings of love? That is the technique. It isn't in the Sedona Method book (SMB). I find asking, "Could I..." feels more gentle to me than asking , "Can I....), but that may be just personal preference. But letting go of wanting to change something is in Chapter 5 of the SMB. The way the SMB releases wanting to change something has more steps, than the way I was taught in the early 1980s, but both accomplish the same thing. Also, in Chapter 5, Hale states that letting go of wanting to change things is what Lester did in 1952. In Chapter 5 of the SMB the process is Think of something you want to change. 2. Welcome in what you want to change. 3. Ask, "Could you let go of wanting to change it?" 4. Would you? 5. When? The wanting will do one of 4 things. It will get stronger, weaker, stay the same or disappear. If it disappeared, you can stop releasing. For the other three, just keep releasing until the wanting goes away or you want to stop. Always be gentle with yourself. If you do not want to continue, just stop. If you do not want to start, don't start. So have fun, and keep releasing, and always be gentle on yourself. 2 Reply Share User avatar level 8 happyprocrastinator OP · 5 mo. ago Lester decided that he wanted to be a millionaire and he managed to eventually become one, by releasing. I do wonder if it is possible for someone else to duplicate those results. What results have you seen since you read Choosing Freedom? 2 Reply Share User avatar level 9 SLPERAS · 1 mo. ago He did not became a millionaire by releasing. He went free first and then will it into existence. You have it the other way around. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 10 happyprocrastinator OP · 1 mo. ago Ohhhh I see. 1 Reply Share User avatar level 3 IAMTHAT108 · 3 mo. ago Those teaching the method currently are not teaching what Virginia taught. And she was strict about it being taught over two weekends. Reducing it to one weekend takes a lot out of its impact, which is what made her course 100x better to me. So no, they're not the same course, and unfortunately, Virginia passed away and so learning from her directly is no longer a possibility. Releasing, as Kate Freeman teaches it, would likely be the next best thing: https://heartofreleasing.org/. Very intuitive and heart-centered. Her courses are closest to Viriginia's style of teaching that I've found. Kate is lovely and is an outstanding teacher/facilitator. She may not be very well-known compared to the other two more well-known teachers, but she was part of the original crew around Lester and her classes are excellent. Virginia only focused on letting go of the w/approval, w/control, and w/to change. She did not teach students to focus at all on w/security or w/separation. I asked her why not. She said the w/approval, w/control, and w/change are themselves the survival and separation programs. She said Hale introduced the w/security and w/separate later and that they weren't necessary. But, I guess if one finds them helpful, they can't hurt. Anyway, I think any of the main Releasing courses out there will be helpful if one is sincere. As Sri Nisargadatta taught, it all comes down to "earnestness." If one is sincere and earnest in discovering their true nature, nothing can stop them. Or, as the first of the "Six Steps" might state: "You must want freedom/imperturbability (the goal) more than you want approval or control." 2 Reply Share