The Sedona Method
lester levenson
The history of the Sedona Method
The founder of Revealing (Releasing) was Lester Levenson. In 1952, Lester, a 42-year-old entrepreneur and engineer in New York City, was diagnosed with a fatal heart defect. He was told that he had only a few weeks to live. In those weeks, Lester wanted only one thing: If he was going to die, he was going to die happy. All his life, he had been successful but miserable. In exploring the question of where happiness really comes from, Lester arrived at the insights and methodology he would later teach.
At first, Lester wondered when he had been truly happy in his life. Most of the time he had sought happiness on the outside in things like successful businesses and affairs, which quickly passed and left him as unsatisfied as before. He remembered two incidents in particular, one with his best friend and one with his former girlfriend, who later left him. In both situations, he realized that he had felt a strong sense of love. And indeed, just thinking about those situations evoked the feeling of love in the present! Could it be that simple? Was it possible to simply evoke the feeling of love and thus happiness at will?
In fact, Lester was getting better and better at strengthening the feeling of love through memories. But then obstacles arose. He remembered how dispassionately the doctor in the hospital, Dr. Schulz, had "informed" him of the imminent end of his life. Lester felt downright hatred for this doctor. The love had faded away. Intuitively, he then asked himself, "Can I let go of this hatred and replace it with love?" The answer from his mind was, "No! Schulz does not deserve it!" But Lester persisted and negotiated with his mind. He asked himself, "Could I let go of the feeling just a little for a moment? After that, I'll allow myself to be angry again." And suddenly he felt himself lighten, some charge of the feeling had left his body. He still resented the doctor's behavior, but the fire of anger had become an ember. Lester repeated the process. Now even love took the place of anger. Amazingly, this feeling changed his whole memory of the conversation with Dr. Schulz. He realized that the doctor was simply overwhelmed with the situation and with Lester.
From then on, Lester spent every waking hour letting go of negative emotions associated with all his memories and replacing them with love. Later, he also confronted more fundamental things like the fear of death, the desire for things to change, and the desire for approval. Finally, he was so blissful that he had to go to town to find things to bother him. He also let go of these disturbances. His health improved dramatically.
Finally, there were no more limits to Lester's happiness. He had the ability to let go of all limiting thoughts, ideas and emotions. Things he wanted on the outside appeared effortlessly in his life. After some time he began to teach. He eventually charged Hale Dwoskin with developing and passing on his teachings under the title "The Sedona Method".
the emotional scale
Three levels of living
The lower emotions: life is a burden
This level is where many clients begin:
Life is predominantly characterized by cycling between apathy and fear. Grief is mostly suppressed.
In apathy, many things seem heavy, meaningless, gray, laborious. Sexuality does not work, there is little vitality flowing. There is much brooding and worrying. Self-pressure and forcing is used to do what is necessary, action is taken out of fear of consequences ("I have to do this"). Distraction characterizes leisure time. One feels needy.
The middle emotions: I fight to get what i want
This is the openly egocentric level, where man fights for his goals and desires, asserts himself against others. It is characterized by desire, anger and pride. Learning to use these emotions proactively as a stepping stone to the higher emotions is an important part of my work. Their suppression and misunderstanding, is one of the most important reasons why men get stuck in the lower emotions. Without these, the emotional ladder simply is missing several rungs.
The higher emotions: Life is dynamic and fulfilling
The level where life is characterized by the balance of growth, courage, challenge on the one hand and acceptance, love and being on the other.
Men on this level enjoy a vital and dynamic life, achieve their goals, yet are relaxed and open. They are fulfilled and active instead of passive (lower level) or driven (middle level) and therefore also very attractive.
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