DR SUSAN KRIEGLER

HOW TO RELEASE
PAINFUL EMOTIONS
THE SEDONA METHOD
SEE THE PERFECTION
IN THE SEEMING IMPERFECTION
Release and allow yourself to see the perfection
where the seeming imperfection seems to be.
What is your key to serenity?
It is so simple that it may confound you.
Let go of the feeling of wanting to change it.
It being anything in your life
or within the scope of your personal experience
you do not like and want to be different
than the way it is
including events of the past.
If you remain open to the elegance and simplicity
of this solution
it has the power to set you free.
Lester Levenson
How to Get Rid of Emotional Baggage
One of my favourite prayers is the prayer of St Francis, which ends with: -
"It is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
The conventional interpretation of this is the in order to live life to the full you need to let go of
desire. The Sedona Method is about 'releasing' emotions. The sub-title of the book is "How to
get rid of your emotional baggage and live the life you want".
The Sedona Method was developed by Lester Levenson after he was given three months to
live. He then lived another 42 years. Lester was a man who loved challenges. Instead of
giving up, he decided to go back to the lab within himself and nd some answers. Because of
his determination and concentration, he was able to cut through his conscious mind to nd
what the needed. What he found was the ultimate tool for personal growth - a way of letting
go of all inner limitations. He was so excited by his discovery that he used it intensively for a
period of three months. By the end of that period his body became totally healthy again.
Furthermore, he entered a state of profound peace that never left him through to the day that
he died 42 years later.
The Sedona Method written by Levenson!s pupil Hale Dwoskin, explains the system that he
discovered. Basically it is extremely simple, just a mantra of three questions. However, the
400+ page book describes a further development of the basic approach and gives specic
instructions of how to use it in many different contexts.
The Sedona Method of releasing painful emotions is similar to the age-old spiritual methods
which correctly identies emotions and not thoughts as the central cause of suffering. It is the
experience of the method!s founder, Lester Levenson, that all or nearly all of the main
suffering emotions (AGFLAP - Apathy, Grief, Fear, Lust, Anger, Pride) have behind them a
"want!. Specically, the want for approval, control, and security/ survival/ safety (there is
another want, which is an extension of this third want, the want to be separate).
In this method the non-suffering feelings are CAP - Courageousness, Acceptance, and
Peace. The ultimate goal is imperturbability. The basic method can be summed up as:
1) become aware of the feeling, 2) feel the feeling, 3) identify the feeling, 4) relax into
the feeling, 5) until the feeling releases. Levenson wrote that after living in bliss for some
time continually, he saw that was still "imperfect! and he dissolved that to a even deeper (and
more restful) peace - the ultimate Freedom of Impurturbability.
Look for the Freedom that is Here and Now
We hold on to our feelings and forget that we are holding on to them. It!s even in our
language. When we feel angry or sad, we don!t usually say, "I feel angry,! or, "I feel sad.! We
say, "I am angry,! or, "I am sad.! *Without realizing it, we are misidentifying that we are the
feeling. Often, we believe a feeling is holding on to us. This is not true we are always in
control and just don!t know it. As you master the process of releasing, you will discover that
even your deepest feelings are just on the surface. At the core you are empty, silent, and
at peace not in the pain and darkness that most of us would assume.
Begin by allowing yourself to notice where your problem is not. Even your worst problem is
not always with you in the present moment NOW. Start to become aware of your basic
nature of unbounded freedom: Stop the habit of looking for your problems when they are not
there.
Easily allow yourself to become aware of your SENSORY PERCEPTIONS beginning with
your sense of HEARING. Could you allow yourself just to hear, listen, or welcome whatever
is being heard in this moment?
Then, while allowing yourself to continue to focus on hearing: Could you allow yourself to
welcome the silence that surrounds and interpenetrates whatever is being heard?
Switch back and forth between listening to what is being heard, and not heard.
Allow yourself to become aware of your THOUGHTS. Could you allow yourself just to
welcome whatever thoughts are coming into your mind in this moment?
Then, while allowing yourself to continue to focus on your thoughts, could you allow yourself
to welcome the silence and the space that surround and interpenetrate whatever is being
thought?
Switch back and forth between focusing on your thoughts, and the silence and the space in
your awareness between the thoughts.
Allow yourself to focus on what is being SEEN. Could you allow yourself to welcome
whatever is being seen?
Then, could you allow yourself also to notice and welcome the space, or emptiness, that
surrounds every picture or object, including the space between the words on this page?
Alternate between the two perceptions for a few moments.
Next, focus on whatever SENSATIONS are arising in the moment. Could you allow yourself
to welcome whatever sensations are being perceived in the moment?
Then, could you allow yourself to notice and welcome the space, or the absence of
sensation that surrounds every sensation?
Easily switch back and forth between the two ways of perceiving.
Now, could you allow yourself to focus on a PARTICULAR PROBLEM, and welcome that
memory with all the pictures, sounds, sensations, thoughts, and feelings that are associated
with it?
Could you allow yourself to notice how most of your experience happens apart from this
particular problem?
And, could you allow yourself to welcome at least the possibility that is problem is not as all
consuming as it has seemed?
The Conscious Releasing Process
1. Focus on an issue that you would like to feel better about, and then allow yourself to
feel whatever you are feeling in this moment.
2. Ask yourself one of the following three questions:
Could I let this feeling go?
Could I allow this feeling to be here?
Could I welcome this feeling?
3. These questions are merely asking you if it is possible to take this action. "Yes" or "no"
are both acceptable answers.
4. Ask this simple question: "Would I?" In other words: "Am I willing to let go?" If the
answer is "no", or if you are not sure, ask yourself: "Would I rather have this feeling,
or would I rather be free?"
5. Ask yourself this simpler question: "When?" This is an invitation to just let it go now.
You may nd yourself easily letting go. Remember that letting go is a decision you can
make at any time you choose.
6. Repeat the preceding steps as often as needed until you feel free of that particular
feeling.
If You Feel Resistance to Letting Go
Allow yourself a few moments to fully feel and welcome the resistance.

Could you allow yourself to release the resistance to letting go?

Would you let the resistance go?

When?
Check the Wants - Approval, Control, Security, Separation
Does the feeling come from wanting / fear of losing approval?
(Approval includes love, to be loved, to mother, to be mothered, acceptance,
admiration, caring, attention, understanding, nurturance, popularity, stroking.)

Could you welcome the fear of losing / wanting approval?

Could you let go of the fear of losing / wanting approval?

Would you let go of the fear of losing / wanting approval?

When?
Does the feeling you wish to release come from wanting / fear of losing control?
(Control may feel like wanting to understand, to manipulate, to push, to x, to force, to
have it your way, to be on top, to win.)

Could you welcome the fear of losing / wanting control?

Could you let go of the fear of losing / wanting control?

Would you let go to the fear of losing / wanting control?

When?
Does the feeling come from a fear of losing / wanting security?
(Security is about survival, safety, getting vengeance, self-protection, protecting
others, attacking, defending, wanting to kill.)

Could you welcome the fear of losing / wanting security?

Could you let go of the fear of losing / wanting security?

Would you?

When?
Does the feeling come from fear of losing / wanting separation?
(To be separate from others / love / goodness / God means superiority / inferiority, i.e.
specialness, and thus arrogance, being different, standing out, being alone,
disconnecting, getting away, not tting in, loneliness, self-pity.)
Ask yourself the same questions as above.
Make Releasing Constant
The secret to freedom from painful emotion is to make releasing constant. That is, instead of
suppressing or expressing feelings choose to let them go instead, moment to moment, as
the feelings arise. Pay attention to the feelings, question yourself about wanting approval /
control / security / separation, and let it go.
What happens when you make releasing constant?
You feel happier constantly and rest in Beingness more of the time than when you were
suppressing or expressing feelings. Your sense of ego fades away and the world seems less
real, less definite.
If you are learning and using the Sedona Method to get lasting peace, happiness and to
achieve goals, ultimately you may still want something even better i.e. freedom. Test it for
yourself - make releasing constant, it becomes a moment to moment choice before it
becomes a beautiful new habit.
You`ll feel happier, you`ll be more successful (even though that might no longer be a
concern) and you`ll be living free of resistance and enjoying the ease that comes with that.
If you only release now and then, that`s ok. Just bear in mind if you want to see the big
promises offered by the Sedona Method show up in your life, its constant releasing that
makes all the difference.
The system recommends doing this for good feelings as well as for bad feelings!
Levenson believes that inherent in us are nine emotional states: Apathy, Grief, Fear,
Lust, Anger, Pride (AGFLAP), Courageousness, Acceptance, and Peace (CAP), which
fall along a gradient scale of energy and action. In apathy we have almost no energy
available to us and take little or no action. Each successive emotion on the scale has more
energy and affords us a greater capability for outward action.
As you use the Sedona Method to let go of your apathy, grief, fear, lust, anger and pride, you
uncover the higher energy emotions, which are the real you that has always been there and
you will move into courageousness, acceptance and peace. He claims that your life will turn
around as a result and everything wil get easier for you.
As a further development of the model, Levenson maintains that everyone is motivated by
four basic desires that exist beneath our thoughts. These underlying motivators - the desire
for approval, control, safety and separation - form the core of all our limitation. When we
release these wants, we can have what we desire and stay motivated. In the process, we
simply let go of our sense of deprivation and lacking.
Releasing emotion does not in any way lead to emotional deadness. The exact opposite is
true. It is precisely because you have so much suppressed emotion already that you are cut
off from the goodness and richness of life.
When you practice releasing emotion you will be aware of everyting that is happening, and
you will enjoy it, but you wont be attached to, or bothered by, any particular outcomes. You
will remain at rest, at peace.
The Six Steps to Your Enhanced Life
The Six Steps are the essence behind The Sedona Method. I suggest you carry these six
steps on a piece of paper and laminate it. Keep them near you in case you need to revert
back to them during your daily routine. Here are the six steps.
1. Allow yourself to want freedom more than you want approval, control, security and
separation.
2. Decide that you can release and be free.
3. Allow yourself to perceive that all of your feelings culminate in the four wants: the
want of approval, the want of control, the want of security, the want of separation.
Then allow yourself to let go.
4. Make it constant, release these wants daily whether alone or with people.
5. If you get stuck, release the need to be stuck OR unstuck.
6. Each time you release you will feel lighter and happier.
TIPS on How to Release Your Feelings
1. Move from head to heart
Since you!ll be dealing with your feelings it makes sense to be working from the feeling area
of your heart. Allow your attention to drop from your head to your heart area. You may
nd it helpful to direct a few breaths to your heart area to help make this transition.
2. Identify the feeling
Choose an issue that!s bothering you, and ask yourself:
As I consider <this issue>, what feeling is present right now?
Eg: As I consider <tomorrow!s presentation>, what feeling is present?
Answer: I feel afraid fear.
TIP Avoid any temptation to go back into your head and start thinking I!m afraid I!ll dry up,
and they!ll think I!m stupid, and then. The beauty of Sedona releasing is that you don!t
need to get tied up with the complications of thoughts, you simply work with the feelings. As
you release the feelings, the thoughts fall away too.
TIP If it!s difcult to name the feeling, that!s OK, simply use a phrase like "this uncomfortable
feeling!.
3. Welcome the feeling
The next step is to welcome the feeling as best you can. Ask yourself:
Could I welcome this feeling?
In a gentle way, allow the feeling to be as fully present as possible.
Notice what it feels like. For example you might feel anger as tension in your chest, or
sadness as tightness in your throat. Or you may have more of an energetic sensation of
constriction. Or you may not sense anything - that!s ne.
Sometimes the feeling releases after this step alone!
TIP If it feels too scary to welcome the feeling fully, simply allow yourself to be in touch with
the feeling as much as you can right now. If this is just the edge of, say, a strong anger, that!s
ne.
4. Ask yourself three questions
Now youre ready to ask yourself the three questions at the heart of the Sedona
Method.
For all the questions, answer from your heart. This means trusting yourself
to go with your gut response .
For the first two questions, answer with a simple Yes or No.
1. Could I let this <fear> go?
2. Would I let it go?
3. When?
TIP If your answer to questions 1. or 2. is a No, thats fine. You may have
released the feeling anyway; if not you can ask the questions again.
TIP If your thoughts start to intrude with explanations why you cant let go,
simply take your attention back to your heart area, and focus on your feelings.
4. Repeat as needed
Letting go of emotions is like unpeeling the layers of an onion. Sometimes
the feeling goes quickly; other times you need to repeat steps 3. and 4. a number
of times. The good news is that once the feeling is gone, its gone forever!
Any more fear surfacing around public speaking is anther aspect of the
fear, which I can release in the same way.
The Delicious Nugget: With Sedona Releasing, letting go of emotions around an
issue is surprisingly quick and easy. Simply: move into your heart area, identify
the emotion present, welcome the feeling, then ask: Could I let it go?, Would I let
it go?, When?
Avoiding What You Dont Want
While its clear that wanting approval, wanting control and wanting security or separation are
running in the background, the ways in which we deny this is not always that clear.
Take wanting approval. If you want to avoid the pain of not getting your want of approval
satisfied, you might decide to avoid disapproval. What would that look like? You could avoid
situations and people that are likely to present you with the disapproval you fear.
You might also convince yourself that you don`t need or want the approval of anyone - you
decide to live with a lack of approval and never seek to get approval to ensure you never get
rejected.
The same applies to wanting control and wanting security. You might decide to adjust to living
with little control over you destiny and in a state of ongoing insecurity while all the time telling
yourself that happiness, success, money, control, security and self-determination are not
important to you.
This avoidance achieves nothing. Those unsatisfied desires are still driving you and taking
from your peace of mind. But you deny this and so you get stuck. What can you do about
this?
Be honest. What do you really want? If you want something, release and get it. Whether that
be a kiss, new friends, greater harmony at home, more success at work or some toys you
really want. So many people avoid going after their dreams because they fear failure and for
many they fear success even more! Be brave, face your fears and let it all go.
If you can handle success you can handle anything! With releasing you can drop the
AGFLAP that pops up when you become more in control, more secure and more approving
of yourself and the world. You`ll be okay!
Letting Go of Wanting
Why do you need to let go of wanting? Wanting indicates a state of lack, and as the Bible
says, from those who have not, from them will be taken away, even the little that they have.
But unto those who have, even more will be added unto them. This is a universal law of
how energy works. It is the basis of the Law of Attraction; if you feel and act as if you
already have something, you will attract more of the same.
Each Want Includes Its Opposite
Interestingly, each want includes an opposite or opposing force.

Not only does wanting create a sense of lack in us, we also experience varying degrees of
conict between:
wanting to control and to be controlled / to be out of control
wanting approval and disapproval,
wanting security and insecurity, and
wanting separation and belonging
Is it any wonder that most of us get stuck somewhere in the middle?
Attachments are those things that we desire to hold close. Aversions are those things that
we desire to hold away. The operative word is hold. This is the cause of all our
unnecessary suffering. As the Buddha said, freedom is letting go of attachments and
aversions. To help you let go of wanting, ask yourself the following questions:

Would you rather want approval or have it?

Would you rather want control or have it?

Would you rather want security or have it?

In letting go of wanting, remember that you are not being asked to let go of approval,
control, security, or separation, merely to let go of your feeling of lacking them, of wanting
them (or their opposites).
Focus on a problem, intention, or goal.
Welcome what you feel about it. Then ask:
Does the feeling come from wanting

approval / disapproval,

control / to lose control,

security / wanting to die, or

wanting separation / belonging?

Be the Freedom You Want
If you`ve listened to the audios you may have heard Lester talking about going high to
release. This means getting into a high emotional state before releasing AGFLAP. That way
you are in a much more resourceful state and you can let go of the heavy issues much more
easily.
This is a key distinction Rich Furlanic noted when developing the Lesterizing process. A
core principle in Lesterizing is getting into the state of goal havingness before letting go of
the AGFLAP in the way of having the goal. At the same time you make sure to have step one
in place - you decide you want freedom more than you want the goal. Then its as if you are
looking down on the goal from a place of power over it, rather than striving to grow to get it.
How do you get into the freedom state?
You decide to! Simply pretend you can and imagine how it would feel right now in this present
moment. How would you sit, how would you breathe and what feelings would you focus on in
your body? This is all about using some imagination to create that state in the present here
and now. It feels just like making it up - because you are!
Maintain the freedom state.
Then release as you usually do. Maybe you like to use attachments and aversions. Release
on a polarity, then check you are in the freedom state. If you are not, get back into freedom
before releasing on the next polarity. And so on..
The AGFLAP-CAP Chart
The AGFLAP-CAP chart is a wonderfully accurate way of showing where we measure up
when it comes to our emotional state. I!ve encountered quite a few self-help books and
methods that attempt to map out the emotions. But I would say that none of these books
have come close to the Sedona Method and release technique when it comes to providing a
comprehensive chart of the different emotional states - in a way that is so simple to
understand as well.
Courageousness and Acceptance
The AGFLAP-CAP chart tells us that the emotional states of courageousness and
acceptance are both loving. Acceptance includes the following synonyms: friendly, gracious,
embracing, considerate, compassionate and understanding. How can a person walk in love
without these qualities?
In order to walk in love towards yourself and towards others, we need to have the kind of
qualities seen in courageousness, such as: aware, cheerful, compassionate, competent,
condent, decisive, enthusiastic, exible, giving, loving, self-sufcient and supportive. We
cannot adequately serve other people without these essential qualities - no matter how much
we want to. Without these kind of qualities, people can end up half-heartedly going through
the motions, not being able to make decisions and giving up when the going gets tough.
Courageousness, acceptance and peace are the states in which a person can be seen as
abiding in love, and for Christians - possessing faith. A person cannot say they have love if
they have a tendency, for example, to be: foreboding (fear), timid (fear), guilty (grief), listless
(apathy), frustrated (lust and anger), compulsive (lust) or opinionated (pride) - you get the
idea. If a person has these kind of tendencies, they will often wonder why life is not going so
well for them.
AGFLAP CHART
WANTING APPROVAL CONTROL SECURITY SEPARATION
APATHY GRIEF FEAR LUST ANGER PRIDE
Bored Abandoned Anxious Abandon Abrasive Arrogant
Can!t win Abused Cautious Anticipation Aggressive Boastful
Cold Accused Cowardice Can!t wait Annoyed Clever
Dead Ashamed Defensive Compulsive
Argumentative
Complacent
Defeated Betrayed Distrust Craving Boiling Conceited
Depressed Disappointed Dread Demanding Brooding Contempt
Demoralized Distraught Evasive Devious Deant Critical
Disillusioned Embarrassed Frantic Driven Disgust Dogmatic
Doomed Forgotten Horried Envy Explosive False dignity
Drained Guilty Hysterical Fixated Frustrated Gloating
Failure Heart-broken Insecure Frenzy Furious Hypocritical
Hopeless Hurt Nervous Greedy Harsh Judgmental
I can!t Ignored Panic Hunger Hatred Know-it-all
Indecisive Inadequate Paranoid I want Hostile Never wrong
Indifferent Its not fair Secretive Impatient Indignant Opiniated
Its too late Longing Shy Manipulative Irritated Overbearing
Lazy Loss Skeptical Miserly Jealous Righteous
Lost Mourning Stagefright Must have it Murderous Rigid
Numb Nobody cares Suspicious
Never enough
Outraged Smug
Overwhelmed Poor me Tense Obsessed Rebellious Snobbish
Powerless Regret Threatened Possessive Resentful Special
Stuck Rejected Trapped Pushy Spiteful Spoiled
Unfocused Tortured Uncertain Ruthless Vicious Stubborn
Why try? Unloved Vulnerable Selsh Violent Unforgiving
Useless Wounded Worry Wanton Volcanic Vain
CAP CHART: TOP GOAL = IMPERTURBABILITY
(THE PEACE THAT CAN"T BE DISTURBED)
THE FREEDOM OF HOOTLESSNESS (DON"T GIVE A HOOT)
COURAGEOUSNESS ACCEPTANCE PEACE
Adventurous Abundance Ageless
Alert Appreciative Awareness
Alive Balance Being
Assured Compassion Boundless
Certain Delight Calm
Cheerful Embracing Centered
Clarity Empathy Comlete
Competent Enriched Enlightened
Condent Friendly Free
Creative Fullness Fullled
Daring Gentle Glowing
Decisive Gracious Light
Dynamic Harmony Oneness
Enthusiastic Intuitive Perfection
Flexible Joyful Pure
Giving Loving Quiet
Humour Open Serenity
Independent Playful Space
Initiative Radiant Still
Integrity Soft Timeless
Optimistic Tender Tranquility
Secure Understanding Unlimited
Strong Well-being Whole
Visionary Wonder Zen
Anger
We cannot adequately serve ourselves or others if we are regularly in a state of anger, which
includes the synonyms: abrasive, aggressive, argumentative, brooding, demanding and
jealous. If we are regularly angry or jealous towards people, then that anger can easily
become diverted towards those people whom we say we love. This is particularly the case
when the want for approval is the motivating force behind such acts of benevolence, and that
want is not being fullled by the other person!s appreciation.
Apathy and Grief
If a person is in a state of apathy or grief, they will hardly be able to do anything good for
others or themselves; apathy includes: depressed, drained, indecisive, lazy, and unfocused
and why try? Living a peaceful and courageous life requires commitment - apathy or grief will
rob a person of that ability to keep on going when the way gets hard. In fact, if a person is in
apathy, they will lack the energy to do even the simplest of things.
Lust
Even lust, which has enough energy to commit to something for a time, cannot serve people
well; synonyms for lust include: devious, driven, envy, impatient, manipulative and pushy.
When a person is in lust they want something - they are operating in one or more of the four
wants and maybe some of their opposites as well. When a person is in a state of lust they will
often make efforts to be kind, friendly and helpful - but it will be subconsciously, and perhaps
consciously, motivated largely out of a compulsion to full their wants in some way.
The Want for Approval and False Love
The want for approval is a huge motivator for those who do seek to do nice things for people.
I have seen many people who say they love their husband / wife. But they complain that they
have invested so much time and effort into the marriage, only to nd that they are at
loggerheads with their partner and their efforts don!t seem to gain them the reward, attention
and appreciation they were hoping for.
The Need to Let Go of Pent-Up Emotion
The AGFLAP-CAP chart of emotions can give us a clue as to why our best efforts to be kind
to other people never seem to endure or full our expectations. We can become more aware
of our real intentions by focusing on our emotional state in relation to our actions. This is not
intended to put someone into a state of morbid introspection, but to simply become aware of
our feelings so that we can release them effectively.
If not released, these negative emotions simply become ignored, repressed or expressed in
the wrong way. Repressed emotions often become expressed through other channels when
the emotions become too much to contain and when the opportunity presents itself - often
when a person least expects it. You could see releasing as a means of opening these
emotional pressure valves as a means of letting go of pent-up emotion.
Releasing versus Positive Thinking
Living life by a set of rules simply does not work. There are scores of Christian books that
advocate following principles and maintaining a positive attitude as a means of being
blessed. There are also scores of secular self-help books which do a very similar thing. In all
of these methods the onus is put on the adherent to think positively - which is often easier
said than done! Releasing offers a simple and effective solution to this dilemma by allowing
the ability to release emotions and their underlying wants.
The Subject of Love from Lester's Viewpoint
Lester Levenson often said that Love was one of the most often used but misunderstood
words in human experience. What Love brings to mind for most of us is that rst kiss with our
high school sweetheart, or meeting our spouse-to-be for the rst time.
When we "fall in Love" there is a real chemical cocktail that is uncorked, poured into our
blood, and we feel high, giddy, and for a time, the world is a blissful place. We see our
beloved bathed in Love-colored hues, and he/she is perfect.
I've often thought if they could put this into a pill, we'd have a drug problem of horrendous
proportions! Lester said that human Love is totally different from the way a Master denes
Love, which is the real Love of Beingness/God. He said that human Love is a very limited
thing.
"You do this for me, and I will Love you." I, in turn will do that for you, and you will Love me."
In Latin, we use the term :Quid Pro Quo, or "this for that". There is the law of mutuality always
running, and this so-called Love is partly a type of human arrangement for some kind of
desired result. It could be a planned family, a promising business future, or a myriad of other
lustful fantasies.
These fantasies may or may not work out, and even if they do, there is no guarantee that
Love, Inc. will survive. After all, the reminder of that drug is always on our minds, and that is
why we hear about so much indelity and affairs. The same person who incited that cocktail
just can't do it any more. Sound familiar?
At a New York City impromptu short lecture Lester gave, he made this powerful statement,
"LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, and you'll be so happy....and healthy....and prosperous!" How could
that be? The secret lies in Lester's denition of Love. "Love is total selessness. Wanting for
the other one what he/she wants for themselves (not what we want).
Love is someone knowing that "I AM YOU." On the feeling chart, Love is very high, in
ACCEPTANCE, right below total PEACE. So, we need to query ourselves, "Am I really
loving?" Probably not, most of the time. When we Love our pets or someone's newborn
infant, we feel this Love. Love is Giving, with no thought of Receiving, wanting nothing from
the other one. Difcult? Not really, according to Lester. He said, "Loving people is the easiest
thing to do." Then why does it seem so hard to Love people? How many of you have heard
others say, "If only people were as easy to Love as dogs."
The reason for that is simple. Just like our dog, we want them to just be there when we get
home, wag their tails or purr, take walks with us, etc., and Love us for what we are, not what
we are not. We want them to forget our scolding yesterday, or that we forgot their favorite
cookies. This is easy for dogs, because they exist in the NOW moment.
We humans have a hard time loving people because we fear rejection. We put up walls
around ourselves to protect us from any more hurt and to buffer the pain we are sure is to
come. We want Love instead of feeling safe to give Love. Lester said "Wanting equates to not
having." So when we want Love, we create the opposite, or rejection. Lester was often heard
to say, "Every feeling is a non-Love feeling." Fear, Pride, Grief, Apathy, etc. are all
expressions of non-Love. So when we release the Wanting Love program, it takes thousands
of non-Love feelings with it!
Because Love is such a high state, you are in tune with the Whole Universe, which is ALL
LOVING. When the mind is quiet with no thoughts and feelings, all the power of one's Self is
available, untethered by the baggage of the past (the want programs).
If we would Love all the time, we would achieve a very successful and happy life. Loving
totally would amazingly give us all the knowledge we seek as well. So what keeps us from
doing this? Just holding on to non-Love feelings we think will protect us, but in fact cause us
so much trouble and heartache.
The very fear of rejection causes us to be rejected. Anger at him/her for something said
causes us to create the same thing over again with someone else! Also, because Love is
such a high state, it automatically will bring up all the AGFLAP, or non-Love feelings, just as
wording a goal in a high energy. If you make it a goal to Love people no matter what," it may
stir up a whole hornet!s nest of non-Love feelings. That is why intimate relationships, and
especially marriages, where we promise to Love, stir up so many non-Love feelings, and are
such wonderful places to practice releasing.
Each time you remember the Truth of who you are, you bring more Light into the world.
Setting and Attaining Goals
The procedure involves three steps:

EXPERIENCE IT

LET IT GO

AND MAKE IT SO
Formulate Your Goal:

In the NOW, as if it is already achieved

In positive terms

So it feels realistic and attainable

Include yourself in the statement

Be precise and concise

Be specic but not limiting

Remember to:

Eliminate the word want

Facilitate letting go

State the end result, not the steps / means of achieving it

Relate your goal to courage, acceptance, or peace

Examples:
I allow myself to love and accept myself or .................. no matter what.
I allow myself easily to achieve and maintain my ideal body weight.
I allow myself to enjoy eating foods that keep my body slender, healthy, and t.
I allow myself easily and naturally to establish and maintain a lifestyle and habits that
promote my emotional wellbeing and peace of mind.
I allow myself lovingly to support ..................... in his / her growth and freedom.
I allow ........................ to have what he / she wants for him / herself.
I allow my relationship with ......................... to be easy, relaxed, harmonious, loving,
open and mutually benecial.
I allow myself effortlessly to run my business efciently and successfully.
I allow myself to feel fullled and to receive abundant nancial reward for the excellent
service I provide.
I allow myself easily to nd and develop a career that utilizes my creative abilities and
talents and which provides abundant nancial rewards.
I allow myself to have and enjoy all the good things in life.
Imagine it Vividly
Using your imagination, paint a picture in your mind of what it would be like when you
have attained your goal.
Check whether there is any feeling in you that says No, I cant have this, or This is
just a fantasy.
Could you welcome this contrary feeling?
Explore it in terms of wanting approval / disapproval, security / insecurity,
control / no control, separation / belonging.
Could and would you welcome, and then let the contrary want go?