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Sedona Method Progress, Or Lack Of

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:10:55 +0000

I have to admit that this thing is harder than I expected. It is one thing to follow along with the Sedona Method lessons, but it is another to remember to use the techniques while life is going on around you.

The ironic thing is that it is in the real life situations that the opportunities to apply the method come up. When I am listening to a CD and I am asked to think of a situation I am struggling with, I find it difficult to bring it up and feel any emotion about it.

I find myself trying to release feelings that just aren’t there and not noticing that any change is taking place. But then I come across situations that trigger intense emotion, but it never occurs to me until later that I could have used the method.

My wife is also following the course. She has Multiple Sclerosis and finds it very difficult to do things that used to be easy. On top of that, she was never the most patient of people before. Her reaction to the smallest thing going wrong can be extreme to say the least.

I have constantly told her over the years that what you give energy to is what you create. By always focusing on what she can’t do, she creating more lack of ability. Somethings when I hear hear one of her outbursts, it is like a knife through my heart.

Of course, it is an ideal opportunity to release on those feelings, for both of us. But do we remember to do it? Never. For some people, including us, a degree of persistence is required to internalize the process and have it available at any moment.

It is only as I write this that I have noticed that we are missing these golden opportunities to practice. That could be a breakthrough in itself. And it convinces me all the more how valuable this program could be for us.

I am feeling much happier than when I started writing. In fact I am literally sitting here with a smile on my face. This is an emotion that I am feeling. Perhaps I should try to release on it. We are told that feelings are real and emotions are liars.

I find that when I ask the question, ‘could I let it go?’, the answer is no. But that is an honest answer which also makes it a valid answer. Apparently, you can still release even if the answer is no. Having tried the process once, if anything I feel the emotion more strongly.

I think that that is better than keeping it suppressed. I feel inclined to go off now and try more repetitions. At least I have a real emotion to work with now. Maybe this thing is working in the background, despite my lack of awareness. It’s all good.

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Personal Advice From The Sedona Method

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:41 +0000

I felt today that the Sedona Method had something to say directly to me personally. The method has been around for a long time, and Hale Dwoskin has seen thousands of people go through the course. And deep down, we all share many of the same issues. I just seemed to hear exactly the right thing at the right time.

I spent the weekend agonizing over what I should do about a particulate aspect of my life and wondering what would be the outcomes of the various possibilities. The outcome of the weekend was that I made no decisions and achieved nothing.

Then this morning, I listened to the next lesson of the course and it was about letting go of wanting to figure out what to do and control outcomes. And, you know what, it works! As soon as I stopped trying think of what to do, what to do became obvious.

A couple of stressful days and sleepless nights could have been avoided if I had worked through this lesson earlier. There was another thing that struck home for me. I had not been keeping up with the course and using the method because I wasn’t feeling much.

As I tried to do the releasing process, I seemed to be doing more thinking than feeling and not really noticing any results. I thought that I had pretty much recovered from my long period of depression but I realize now that my feelings are still very much locked down.

From listening to the participants at the live events, this is very common and another thing that you need to release from wanting to control. Hale Dwoskin says himself that he was a ‘neck up’ releaser in the beginning. Instead of letting this be a barrier, I should be celebrating becoming aware of it.

It is an important step in the process. I am coming to the conclusion that I am in the hands of someone who really knows what he is talking about. My enthusiasm for the process is renewed and I am happy to continue and let things happen in their own time.

That is not to say that major breakthroughs cannot be achieved very quickly. Some people have had remarkable results in dealing with issues that have troubled them for many years. But we must not fall into the trap of trying to force the issue.

It seems that I am not the only one who tends to think about what I am feeling and then, think about what I’m thinking and then… This is exactly why I think this course is so valuable. There is no need to go back and analyze and relive the past.

It is enough to address what is happening in the moment. That is a skill that few of us possess and all of us would benefit from. To live fully now and not have half an eye on the future and half an eye on the past. It is a skill I am eager to develop.

Sedona Method Scam

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:24 +0000

I finally bought the Sedona Method course, having heard several good reports about it, but then life happened and it was forgotten in a drawer for a couple of months. When I made the decision to begin to work with it, for no particular reason, I Googled sedona method.

One of Googles suggestions was ‘the sedona method scam’. I had glanced at the course material and it was pretty much what I had expected. I couldn’t resist checking out what people were complaining about.

I visited several forums and read some of the threads attacking sedona and other programs. My first impression was that these people seem to have some extreme views about programs they don’t appear to have used.

Someone said that the layout of the sedona.com website made it obvious that it was a scam. He didn’t even mention what was written on the site. Not having achieved a state of serenity yet, I had to leave. These people make me so angry.

The tag line for the sedona method course is, ‘Your key to lasting happiness, success, peace and emotional well-being’. I admit that maybe that sounds a little hypey. But I don’t think that it promises miracles either.

Nothing that I have read or heard so far, tells me that just listening to the first CD of the course will cause a truckload of gold to be deposited on my driveway. I am not looking for that anyway.

The problem is that many people are. They are constantly on the lookout for some magic system that will give them everything they want, with little or no effort. They constantly hop from one thing to another, do nothing with it and call it a scam when they get no results.

Finally, they end up on forums, whining about life not being fair and complaining about things that they haven’t even tried and people they have had no contact with. They would probably still give you their cow for some magic beans though. I have no time for these people and no interest in their views.

I intend to work through the course with an open mind and see where it leads. One thing that is emphasized early on is that you are not expected to take anything on trust. You are asked not to believe anything unless you can prove it for yourself.

That seems entirely reasonable to me and not some kind of double bluff to get me to believe anything that ‘they’ want me to. It was my decision to buy the course and it is up to me to make use of it. So far, I do not feel scammed.

See if you think that the Sedona Method website screams scam.

Maybe if the Sedona Method was complicated it would be more believable for these people. Perhaps anything this simple must be a scam.

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Is The Sedona Method Too Simple?

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:19:35 +0000

The first thing that strikes you about the Sedona Method course is its apparent simplicity. One thing that previous personal development courses have taught me is that simplicity is not always a good thing.

Sometimes, we need to have things explained to us in 7 different, complicated ways before we can accept that it was really quite simple. So what is wrong with simplicity?

We all have our stuff. We are experts in it. We could do lecture tours on it. Most of us have been carrying it around for years, like a sack a cement on our backs. That stuff is heavy and complicated, isn’t it.

Who the hell is this guy to come along and tell me to just let go of it. If it was that easy, don’t you think I would have done it long before now. And what would it say about me if it really was that simple?

Here I’ve been, suffering all these years, and I’ve really suffered. How dumb would I look if it turned out to have been my choice all along. Rather than admit that to ourselves, it can seem like a better option to try to justify how we’ve been feeling.

Somehow, it seems logical to keep feeling bad, rather than just stop now. We seem to need to jump through hoops, rack our brains and work before we can allow ourselves to feel good.

The Sedona Method doesn’t seem to bother with all that. It just hits you right between the eyes with simple and it doesn’t seem right somehow. I have to admit to a tendency to over think things. What does it mean? How does it work?

What the method is asking you to do is just notice how you are feeling right now and let go of it. That is, notice how you are feeling, not think about how you are feeling. That is going to take some practice for me. But I hope it will be worth it.

I have experience in the past of being able to instantly flip out of unresourceful states and it was great. Somewhere along the way though, I lost it. I let myself slip back into not being aware of my feelings moment by moment. In other words, not noticing that I was feeling bad.

From what I have heard, the Sedona Method, as well as being simple, is fun and effective. I just need to get my mind out the way and enjoy the journey.

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My Almost New Year Resolution

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:32:55 +0000

I don’t believe in New Year resolutions. I have always thought that you can make new choices in your life, any day of the year. You can make them having carefully considered what would be the best area to improve.

Most people come up with their resolutions on the fly, when somebody asks about them. This is usually at a party, when they are semi inebriated or when they get back to work and begin to contemplate another year of the same old same old.

It is no surprise that people fail to follow through on these spur of the moment ideas that they never made plans for nor committed to. This is why I gave them a wide berth during the holiday period and I am now writing this on January 18th.

I have read, watched and listened to a whole host of personal development books and programs, yet I have never reached stratospheric heights of success. What is the reason for this?

I have to ask myself if I have ever stuck with a program and really taken action on it. (The answer is yes, but that is a subject for another post). In the main, I have not tested out these programs rigorously enough to come to any valid conclusions.

That is about to change. A couple of months ago, I bought the Sedona Method Course. This is something I had heard of from several different sources and it was highly recommended by everyone. But so far, it has remained virtually untouched.

This is now the time for it. I have set goals for the year but I have been slow to get moving on them. I am hoping that the Sedona Method will help me to let go of what has been holding me back.

I am now setting, not a resolution but an intention, to work through this course diligently and see if I can get the benefits that it promises. I have decided not only to do the course, but to write about it regularly and publicly.

This is an extra incentive for me to complete the program and I also hope that it will be useful to others who are searching for something to give their lives a kick start. I am already feeling better just from making the plan.

Read more about the Sedona Method at sedona.com