We can ask ourselves non-judgmentall y:

What am I resisting here? What is my worst case scenario?

If you choose option four (and really you don’t have to) - then you will actually begin to find real, useful information about what you can do differently to create a new

outcome. Whatever your ’worst case scenario’ - this will reveal the place where you most likely have the most resistance (usually in the form of fear, anger, or guilt). When you become totally okay with your worst case scenario, then and only then are you free from it. Until then it will remain as a repressed image in your subconscious - which you are constantly feeding and energizing with fear, anger, and guilt. These are the things which keep showing up in your life.

If you can’t stand people being rude to you, then you will keep tensing up whenever you encounter someone having a bad day, and you will be a thousand times more likely to interpret his/her actions as rudeness. Then you will resist it, and spend the rest of the night telling yourself (and others?) how you hate it when people act like this. Can’t stand people who don’t keep their word? Guess what your life will be filled with!

In short, when you learn to love your enemies (to include situations & annoying traits) - then you will be free. In other words, then and only then will you stop having to deal with this situation. When you release on these issues- and most importantly when you choose FREEDOM more than you choose fighting the problem- you will be free of it.

Two things generally happen: One, you attract it less. And you tend to interpret situations more generously (thus you are no longer seeing demons behind every plant and lampshade), Two, even when the situation (rude person) does present itself- you are now completely

unaffected by it. You are free. This doesn’t mean that you have magically "poof" eliminated all the rude people in the world. What it does mean is that you have dropped your resistance to them. You can now see them as just having a bad day. You can extend love instead of feeling triggered. You remain in your healed state- you remain in heaven (CAP, bliss, peace, ease, etc.). They no longer have the power to pull you into hell (resistance and AGFLAP).

In a sense, you become undefended. And I say this in the best possible sense. The world shoots it’s arrows at you- and they pass right through you. You become transparent to the former problem. In short, the problem doesn’t exist for you when you are in a high enough energetic state. It’s simply another opportunity to love. This doesn’t mean that you never get triggered, but from a ’healed mind’ this triggered feeling simply becomes a reminder to choose freedom- again and again. And notice that with practice you are able to regain your peace - almost instantly.

Unfortunately, learning to love your most feared possibilities can seem like an endless process. If you notice, you will find that once you feel totally at peace with your worst-case-scenario, then there is your "second worse" case scenario. What else are you resisting? And what else? It can seem like a long list, and if you are like most people - it is!

On the bright side, it’s easy to use some very simple logic here. Let’s assume you will be alive for a certain amount of time. And the amount of time starts now- and it ends when you die. Simple enough? From now to whenever the end is. Now would you rather spend that time re-creating all of the various worst case scenarios in your life? Now usually this doesn’t happen all at once, and the better you are at suppressing, then they usually only show up in tiny ways - even if it’s just "always being on guard" and tense- cringing as you wait for the problem to

occur. Then when it does, you can say "See! This always happens to me!" It’s so much fun being right, isn’t it?

The other option is to live the exact same amount of time with life getting continuously better - as you release on these issues. And as we continue to clear out all of our inner obstacles, we move closer and closer- to our own experience of heaven.

This sends the mind into finding proof. Your powerful subconscious then looks for - and finds - evidence of what you did to make this happen. And here is your proof of "how it’s all your fault."

Now unless you can use this information for anything other than feeling guilty or angry at yourself (hopeless, scared, etc.). All this process does, is that it gives you proof of "how it’s all my fault."

The more productive choice is to use that exact same power of your subconscious mind to find solutions, skills, and opportunities which will make you feel more powerful, happy, healthy, and resourceful. In short, you can use your inner resources to make your life worse - or you can use your power to make your life better. The choice is yours, and often all we need to do is simply learn to ask better questions.

Questions are one of the most powerful ways to direct the subconscious mind:

What can I do to improve my skin- from this day forward?

What can I do to improve my physical heath?

What foods help me feel great?

And then take action on the very simple and practical answers you get.

If you find yourself blocked, then it often means that you are just in a low mood:

What can I do to get myself in a better feeling state?

What can I do to improve my mood?

What activities do I most enjoy doing?

Other ideas include: 1. Making a written list of all your positive memories. 2. Listing what you are - or could be - grateful for. 3. Spending time helping someone less fortunate.

4. Volunteering with an organization. 5. Finding any way to get into a loving state. 6. Pet your cat, dog, etc.

7. Watch one of your favorite movies. 8. Listen to music.

Then when in a better state it is easy to find (and list) positive actions, thoughts, and ideas that can improve the part of your life which you would like to improve. The mind loves to

daydream about metaphysics, but just make sure that these deeper questions you ask - help to move you in the direction of your dreams.

The desire to assign blame about the past is just one way the ego like to delay your healing process. Since we are all intelligent beings, we are always learning - and therefore moving towards healing.

The ego just likes to slow all this down (to maintain the status quo) - as a way to make you more comfortable. But just ask yourself this, if the status quo isn’t actually what I want (oily skin) - then why allow the ego to slow me down? Why go into blame stories about my role in things? Why not use the power of my mind to move me towards an easy and satisfying resolution of the situation?

You can make changes in your body by releasing.

There are many ways of doing this.

- let go of disapproving of your body - give your body approval

- let go of resisting a condition - give your body love

For example, take a particular condition and sit quietly for an hour doing nothing but sending love to that part of your body. You‘ll notice less tension, greater sense of well-being and maybe a reduction in the intensity of any symptoms.

One day I was doing this as an experiment on my ears and I could feel my inner ears relaxing and my hearing improved after just 10 minutes. Afterwards I was listening to music and the sound was richer, clearer and more complex.

Some healers say the body is made up of light and information. By changing the energy flow you change the condition of the body its like pressing reset. Releasing can be used to clear up all sorts of physical conditions.

Some esoteric teachers speak of the energy body or an aura that surrounds and inter-penetrates the physical body. What could this possibly have to do with releasing?

It is my belief (and I admit that this is only a belief) that all healing that creates permanent change does so by making permanent changes in the physical and energy bodies. All healing is a literal re-wiring of the brain, the body, and the energy body. It doesn’t even matter if you understand anything about the body, brain, or energy body. A good therapist (loving, healing, good listener) has an effect on us. As we release the past... as we release our blocks to success in the future... our neurology literally gets re-wired.

How does the Sedona Method accomplish this?

In some magical systems, they refer to things known as "elementals." These can include anything from fairies, imps, gnomes... and all kinds of magical creatures... these elementals are sometimes referred to simply as "thought forms." There are many new age philosophies that refer to the aphorism: ‘thoughts are things’.

Some claim that they physically exist. They exist in some unseen way - in the same sense that radio waves, cell phone signals, and television signals are all buzzing through the air... in fact right through walls, solid objects, and even right through your body. In the same way,

thought-forms (elementals) are said to exist and move through the air. Some claim that everything that exists, was first created on the level of thought. An architect works from a blueprint, but first it existed as an image in his/her mind. Many success teachers work with this idea, and others simply might call it visualization. Sports

psychologists use imagination and visualization to "help create success first" on the imagined level.

In the book, The Magus of Strovolos, the teacher, known as Daskalos, speaks of our entire personality as being made up of a collage of thought-forms (elementals). He creates healing for people by dissolving the elementals that are not serving the person. These elementals can be a thought, an emotion, a story about a person/place/situation. They can be an urge. It’s like a little packet of consciousness. In truth, it’s nothing more than energy and information.

A thousand little vectors of intention. Each pushing in its own direction.

So imagine that your personality is nothing more than hundreds of intersecting stories,

thoughts, and feelings - and that each of these exist as little packets of light. Each little packet contains a thought, a feeling, an urge, a desire, an image, a sound, some bit of information.

Now whether this is true, or if it’s just a useful metaphor - either way - we can see how the Sedona method dissolves many of these feelings (elementals) almost like letting the air out of a balloon. In fact, you can imagine each elemental as a little colored balloon, and your energy body as a collection of these colored balloons. As we release an emotion, these balloons get more and more deflated. The balloons of AGFLAP get released or at least become smaller. The same with our feelings and stories of lack. As our undesirable elementals get deflated, we begin to feel relief on any given issue.

As we release our attachments to control (another series of thought-forms) - we can now have the blessing of having good feelings even WHILE certain problems continue to exist. In short, as our attachment to running the whole world decreases, we can then live more peacefully within our

"current personality." Essentially, one of the greatest blessings of releasing is that as we release our resistance to all our elementals, they no longer freak us out.

Instead of our own personal demons (negative thoughts, feelings, and beliefs)running US - now we control THEM. As we release on our thoughts, stories, and emotions - we now become more at peace with "what is" to include our inner world as well as the external circumstances of our lives. We begin to develop a sense of mastery over our mental and emotional worlds. With this additional peace and confidence, we are now more able to leverage "what is" and resourcefully use it as raw material for moving towards our dreams.

This releasing path offers huge rewards. It offers power, wealth and

happiness. But it asks a lot too. It requires that each person take full responsibility for their own healing. And that one dives in, commits to the process, and stays with it until they reach the goal. The ultimate goal is obviously enlightenment in all its various forms. It could be called imperturbability, or the peace that surpasses understanding, happiness-for-no-reason. It doesn’t really matter what anyone calls it. It’s all an act of courage. And as your courage grows, your healing accelerates...

Courage, determination, commitment,

And so I repeat: So if this is true- and maybe it’s not- what can those who TRULY want more success, love, and abundance do?

And this is my best answer:

Courage, determination, commitment.

It’s not the only answer, and it’s certainly not "the right answer"... it is simply part of the journey... and part of what it takes... to truly allow the healing process to unfold... when you develop these three qualities, things will begin to happen fast for you.

Until then, it may seem like "two steps forward- three steps back." It’s as if there is some part of us that is fighting change. For every bit of progress, there is an equal and slightly

greater amount of backsliding...

What to do?

Well... unfortunately... nothing. Unless you are committed, and willing to do the work, nothing you try will help. There is no right therapy, no magic therapist, no "perfect"

relationship, no ideal job- nothing on the outside will fix it. And nothing on the inside will change either. We all have an internal self-regulatory system that keeps our lives basically the same over time. The only way to over-ride this... is by wanting it bad enough... and getting excited enough to make the commitment... to work your ass off... to do whatever it takes... to reach the goal...and when you do this... things start happening fast.

This has been my experience. First nothing changes. No matter what you do, no matter how hard you work, nothing changes. Am I doing this right? Do I understand it

properly? Why isn’t it working? What’s wrong with me? Maybe releasing just doesn’t work for some people? Maybe it doesn’t work at all... And then... you get fed up with all the "poor me" complaining...and you decide enough is enough... and you decide to take some action... whatever it takes...you decide to make it happen...This is when the magic starts to happen!

Another angle on this (I agree with all of the ideas above) is that you are not really "releasing"feelings when you release on a feeling. What you are actually doing is more in line with theenergy of welcoming. Allowing yourself to HAVE the experience you are having. So with fear,for example, it’s not the "getting rid of" that allows the fear to dissolve. It is the process of allowing yourself to actually FEEL this emotion that you were suppressing, denying, or distracting yourself from. The method works by "reconnecting the wires."

When we run from a feeling it’s like trying to fix your car engine by cutting the wire that runs the "check engine" light in your car. Releasing/Welcoming is in many ways a process of willingness. This

willingness to feel ALL of our emotions- the good as well as the bad- allows us to process them quickly and get all the messages they are conveying to us. So our minds and bodies don’t have to keep trying to re-send the message.

Now, with "good emotions" we might not mind being stuck in them for a while, but here you can see that we are actually doing two things. We are enjoying the feeling AND terrified that we will lose it. The second element is what ruins it. The fear creates a kind of clutching or holding on - and thus the "losing the good feeling" becomes a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. The clutching carries with it a contracted kind of consciousness as well as a tense body posture.

When you release on the good feeling it is actually a kind of confidence that there is "plenty more where that came from."

Holding onto the good feeling (instead of releasing it), creates a belief in scarcity.

There is sometimes a bit of tension between certain "camps" in the healing community. The more one has been profoundly helped by some tool, technique, or modality - the more one tends to "swear by it" and insist that it is the one right way to heal. This is very common, and it happens regardless of whether one invents some system on their own - or if they are a devout follower of someone else’s technique or method.

There are the purists, and the tinkerers who feel a need to play with everything and change things around to suit them. Which way is right?

Well, in my experience, neither. The entire question is loaded and tends to be a bait-and-switch proposition. Just like the magician who wants you to look at his left hand, while his right hand is pulling something from his sleeve. The real thing to look at isn’t what works or even if you have the right to monkey around with a proven technique. The real issue is about the nature of healing itself. I find that it is part of the human condition- to conform to the subconscious images one has oneself. If you believe that you are unworthy of healing - somehow not good enough - then you will take ANY method, no matter how effective, and then change it around as a way to keep yourself stuck. It is also tempting to do this as a way of avoiding any of the difficult or upsetting portions of any transformational process.

True change is often scary and WAY outside of one’s familiar comfort zone. I often get the image of the cartoon turkey that is going into the oven, and it keeps blowing out the match - so the owner cannot light the oven for thanksgiving dinner. No one wants to get cooked!

And that is what real transformation is all about. You are "going into the oven" and you won’t come out the same person. Parts of your ego are not going to like this.

The actual process of change is not about "getting everything you always wanted" and magically eliminating all the bad stuff. It is much more like going to the gym and putting in

The actual process of change is not about "getting everything you always wanted" and magically eliminating all the bad stuff. It is much more like going to the gym and putting in