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LOVE From The Standpoint Of An American Master - Lester Levenson

by Sam_Beatson

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for handing in there
while we worked out all the bugs on the site...I believe your
patience will be rewarded.  I know some of you have not received
the free MP3s you are due, as we changed the handling of the
emails, and had to rebuild the list.

Those will be out the first week of March. With February's
holiday of St. Valentine, I thought I would write about the
subject of Love from Lester's viewpoint.

He 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 first kiss with our high school
sweetheart, or meeting our spouse-to-be for the first 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 defines 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 due 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.

There 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 infidelity and affairs.  The same person who
incited that cocktail just can't do it any more.  Sound
familiar?

On to what Lester had to say. At a New York City impromptu short
lecture Lester gave, he made this powerful statement, "LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE, and you'll you be so happy....and healthy....and
prosperous!" How could that be? The secret lies in Lester's
definition of Love.  "Love is total selflessness.  Wanting for
the other one what he/she wants for themselves (not what we
want).

Love is someone knowing that "I AM YOU."  Those reading this who
are Sedona Method grads will remember that 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.  Lester said that Love is Giving, with no
thought of Receiving, wanting nothing from the other one. 
Difficult?  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.  We don't want Love from them,
just for them to 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.  They don't remember our scolding yesterday, or
that we forgot their favorite cookies. 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!

There resides the incredible power of the Sedona Method (Release
Technique). Lester told me if I became totally loving by using
his technique, all my goals would just drop in by a mere
effortless thought.

Why?  Because it 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 programs). 
The Big 3 Master Programs are released with the Sedona Method
Release Technique Course.

Getting back to Lester's statement at the lecture, 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 trouble.

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.

Once while in Sedona for an intensive, I made a goal, "I decide
to Love people no matter what."  It stirred me up so badly I
became violently ill and threw up for days.

Lester nearly yelled at me, "Why did you stop releasing? You
could have gone free!"  We don't like the insecure or rejected
feelings, so we slow our progress down. If you remember a time
you were truly happy, you were most likely feeling very loving.
  
Is it true?  Maybe you were helping in a selfless way, or maybe
giving a gift to someone you really wanted to make happy.

You might have been teaching a child to ride a bike the first
time or enjoying a video game with him.

A good exercise is to go back and find times when you were happy
and investigate with the Method what got in the way. Or during
the day, when someone does something to bother you, see if you
can release and Love them anyway.

You will find yourself lighter and happier, freer and freer.
Remember as Lester said, "LOVE LOVE LOVE, and you'll be so
happy....and healthy...and prosperous!!!"

Sam Beatson publishes the website <a
href=http://www.goingfree.org>http://www.goingfree.org</a> He is
a <a href=http://www.goingfree.org>Sedona Method</a> and Release
Technique graduate and works closely with another of Lester's
original students who had his blessing, Stephen Seretan. Check
out http://www.goingfree.org for more info and a <a
href=http://www.goingfree.org>FREE ebook</a>

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