After doing some releasing in the morning, whilst in bed lying down, I felt a tinge of joy. I then did this:
1. Could I welcome this peace and calm
I then felt my head relax followed by other parts of my body relaxing. Then, I did:
2. Could I allow this peace and calm to be present here
And I felt again, more relaxation.
For the next 1/2 an hour, whenever, i did the above 2 steps, the peace and calm arose accompanied by relaxation and calm.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
The Letting Go Movie
One of the most enlightening movies I have ever watched:
The Letting Go Movie
In addition to the usual standard letting go technique in the original Sedona Method technique, Hale Dwoskin adds a new technique called The Triple Welcoming Technique at position 4.25
Triple Welcoming Technique:
1. Allow yourself to think of a situation in your life that you've been wanting to change, improve. As you focus on this situation, could you simply allow yourself to welcome whatever thoughts, whatever feelings, whatever beliefs. Anything at all associated with that particular issue. Could you simply open and welcome as best you can.
2. Could you also allow yourself to welcome any wanting to fix it, any wanting to change it, any wanting to improve it, any wanting to do anything at all with it, any wanting to push it away or to hold it close, any sense of attachment or aversion. And remember, simply do this inside [opening arms wide], just simply open, and relax, and welcome.
3. And could you also allow yourself to welcome any sense that it's personal that it's about you or who you are, any sense of identity. And then, remember, just do this inside [opening arms wide] ...
4. And then, could you just just simply let go...
Notes:
Step 3 in purple above is the new script.
In the original Sedona Method,
Step 3 is Could you let it go?
Step 4 is Would you? and
Step 5 is When?
The Letting Go Movie
In addition to the usual standard letting go technique in the original Sedona Method technique, Hale Dwoskin adds a new technique called The Triple Welcoming Technique at position 4.25
Triple Welcoming Technique:
1. Allow yourself to think of a situation in your life that you've been wanting to change, improve. As you focus on this situation, could you simply allow yourself to welcome whatever thoughts, whatever feelings, whatever beliefs. Anything at all associated with that particular issue. Could you simply open and welcome as best you can.
2. Could you also allow yourself to welcome any wanting to fix it, any wanting to change it, any wanting to improve it, any wanting to do anything at all with it, any wanting to push it away or to hold it close, any sense of attachment or aversion. And remember, simply do this inside [opening arms wide], just simply open, and relax, and welcome.
3. And could you also allow yourself to welcome any sense that it's personal that it's about you or who you are, any sense of identity. And then, remember, just do this inside [opening arms wide] ...
4. And then, could you just just simply let go...
Notes:
Step 3 in purple above is the new script.
In the original Sedona Method,
Step 3 is Could you let it go?
Step 4 is Would you? and
Step 5 is When?
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Felt immense peace and lightness from Sedona Method
For the first time in my life, I experience immense peace and lightness after doing Track 9, Release on Wanting of the Sedona Method Course 6. I released on wanting security and wanting to control relating to my job and my feelings.
I lay down in bed and the joy arose. I asked: Could I welcome this happiness and joy and it flooded my entire mind and body. I felt the tightness in my chest completely disappear for the first time in my life. It felt so light and easy to breathe.
I lay down in bed and the joy arose. I asked: Could I welcome this happiness and joy and it flooded my entire mind and body. I felt the tightness in my chest completely disappear for the first time in my life. It felt so light and easy to breathe.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Sedona Method by Hale Dwoskin
I first read the above book in Nov 2005, i.e. about 13 years ago. At that time it made little sense and does not seem to work. However, coming back to Sedona method again on Sept 24, 2018, it made more sense and seems to be effective. I guess in 2005 I was not ready for releasing, but after 13 years, I may be finally ready to release.
I have also started listening to these audios again:
I find that I can easily release on almost anything. For example:
Can I welcome wanting things to be different and allow it to be here?
Can I let go of wanting things to be different?
Would I?
When?
It also spontaneously brings smiles. When I was practising Bhante Vimalaramsi's 6R, I was suppressing my emotions without knowing it. Everytime a bad feeling arises, I automatically suppress it by smiling. Which works, because the smile brings up a warm glowing feeling whilst feeling the bad feeling at the same time. This causes the bad feeling to fade away, but actually is being suppressed. Deliberately bringing up a smile to generate good feeling would cause tension in the head and sometimes chest pains. It is better to let the smile arise spontaneously, which the Sedona Method seems to do.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Glimpse of Awakening
For the past few days I have feeling panic attacks again. And each time, I use Bhante Vimalaramsi's smiling method to overcome it. I have also been revising on Echkart Tolle by watching his youtube videos.
This morning whilst lying down in bed, my mind was racing with very negative thoughts of fear about my health after waking up from a dream about visiting a shop and driving a Honda car. Then, suddenly awareness arose that I am personalizing the thoughts of fear. And there was immediate relief. I then remembered what Eckhart Tolle says about spaciousness around negative thoughts. That we suffer because we identify with it as me. A few times after that, negative thoughts tried to surface but each time, I manage of become aware of taking the thoughts personally, remembering Bhante Vimalaramsi's words about "taking things personally". I also remembered Sadhguru's Isha Kriya meditation about: "I am not the body, I am not even the mind".
This was a glimpse of awakening. Prior to it, the method of meditation I used was a mixture of smiling and awareness of breath and relaxing and some remembering of Sadhguru's I am not the body and not even the mind and also Eckhart Tolle's teachings on trying to become aware of unconscious thoughts that try to pull awareness into it.
The immediate thought that struck me after the awakening was: "Now I understand why Eckhart says that intense suffering can be your teacher and it will cause awakening". Because the pain was too intense, the awareness stepped back and saw that taking it personally was causing all the suffering. Awareness also saw that it was not the sufferer and it was already free from it. What a relief.
Throughout the day, whenever I felt negative thoughts begin to arise, I ask the question: "Who does not like it?" to borrow Bhante Vimalaramsi's phrase, and the negative feeling subsided.
This morning whilst lying down in bed, my mind was racing with very negative thoughts of fear about my health after waking up from a dream about visiting a shop and driving a Honda car. Then, suddenly awareness arose that I am personalizing the thoughts of fear. And there was immediate relief. I then remembered what Eckhart Tolle says about spaciousness around negative thoughts. That we suffer because we identify with it as me. A few times after that, negative thoughts tried to surface but each time, I manage of become aware of taking the thoughts personally, remembering Bhante Vimalaramsi's words about "taking things personally". I also remembered Sadhguru's Isha Kriya meditation about: "I am not the body, I am not even the mind".
This was a glimpse of awakening. Prior to it, the method of meditation I used was a mixture of smiling and awareness of breath and relaxing and some remembering of Sadhguru's I am not the body and not even the mind and also Eckhart Tolle's teachings on trying to become aware of unconscious thoughts that try to pull awareness into it.
The immediate thought that struck me after the awakening was: "Now I understand why Eckhart says that intense suffering can be your teacher and it will cause awakening". Because the pain was too intense, the awareness stepped back and saw that taking it personally was causing all the suffering. Awareness also saw that it was not the sufferer and it was already free from it. What a relief.
Throughout the day, whenever I felt negative thoughts begin to arise, I ask the question: "Who does not like it?" to borrow Bhante Vimalaramsi's phrase, and the negative feeling subsided.
Muse
I bought a muse headband from Amazon for RM1200 including dhl and tax.
It arrived in Sept 6 and I started using it since then. It is basically focussing on breath.
It arrived in Sept 6 and I started using it since then. It is basically focussing on breath.
Sadhguru's Isha Kriya Meditation
Sometime in Aug 2018, I experimented with Sadhguru's Isha Kriya Meditation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgD9En6Vso
Basically you remind yourself that:
"I am not the body. I am not even the mind."
And you chant "ah" from the navel to suffuse the body with that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgD9En6Vso
Basically you remind yourself that:
"I am not the body. I am not even the mind."
And you chant "ah" from the navel to suffuse the body with that.
Bhante Vimalaramsi's Lovingkindess Meditation
In February of 2017, I registered for an online Meditation Retreat to learn Bhante Vimalaramsi's teaching on Loving Kindness Meditation. Below is the confirmation email from David, the facilitator of the online retreat.
Bhante's website is: https://www.dhammasukha.org/
That is my start of Bhante Vimalaramsi.
Bhante's website is: https://www.dhammasukha.org/
That is my start of Bhante Vimalaramsi.
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