A New Earth of Presence-Awareness

The Sedona Method:
The Transformational Technique for
a New Earth

by Hale Dwoskin Secret Teacher and Author of The Sedona Method

I was thrilled, heartened and very grateful to read Eckhart Tolle’s newest book A New Earth; Awakening to Your Life’s True Purpose and see it gaining so much national attention. Tolle’s book is literally a manifesto for bringing the presence that you are into manifestation on a planetary scale and thereby bringing a new earth into being. It is rare I read a book which closely reflects and agrees with so much of the work we have been doing with The Sedona Method for over 30 years. The Sedona Method has been at the forefront of the wave of awakening on this planet since the Method was conceived by my mentor Lester Levenson in the early 1970’s.

Most of Eckhart’s book is designed to be a mirror of what he calls “ego consciousness” in order to give us the chance to see through this illusion. This consciousness of lack and limitation has dominated the thinking minds of this planet and produced both individual and mass turmoil for millennia. This exploration of ego is a good mirror of the illusions that most of us identify with and therefore live as though they are real. This way of thinking and feeling creates a life filled with suffering and spreads this unnecessary suffering to others. A New Earth then goes on to give suggestions as to how you and I can live life now free of this unnecessary suffering and stop imposing this suffering on others. It also shows you how to bring the presence of awareness that you truly are into the foreground of your consciousness and thereby change the mass consciousness of planet earth.

I recommend this book to everyone who is reading these words and suggest that everyone who reads this also explore or deepen their use of The Sedona Method. This elegant, simple method is the tool that will help ground this new vision in our physical world.

Tolle extols bringing the illusion of the separate person that he labels “ego” into conscious awareness to dissolve that illusion --and I agree. However, I have found that most people either rebel at the very thought of doing this or they glimpse what is beyond “ego” only to run back into the old patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving as though they are more real and vital than the presence and aliveness they have just uncovered.

The Sedona Method is a simple, powerful, easy-to-learn and duplicate technique that shows you how to uncover your natural ability to surrender – or let go. It naturally shows you how to let go of the tendencies that cause you to flee from freedom as opposed to whole heartedly embracing it. Every time you use The Sedona Method you lessen the power of what Tolle calls “ego” and the “pain body,” which The Method simply refers to as the thoughts and emotions generated by subconscious programming. You also immediately liberate the power and presence that you are, so that it can express more fully and completely through your life now.

As you work with The Sedona Method, you learn four basic ways of letting go of the limiting thoughts, feelings, tendencies and reactivity that Tolle collectively refers to as the “ego” and “pain body.” You learn to tap your natural ability to surrender by deciding to drop what is being experienced, welcoming or embracing what is, diving into the very core of the experience and through Holistic Releasing, which is embracing both sides of any apparent opposite. In our Retreats and The Inner Circle audio program, you will also learn what we call The Fifth Way of Releasing, which is not a way at all, but an exploration or uncovering of the presence that you are. The Fifth Way enables you to see that the “ego” or separate “me” is not actually here at all except in memory.

You will find that as you use all the forms of The Sedona Method, it will constantly bring you back to a greater awareness of the presence or Beingness that you are. This spacious inner being is all knowingness, all presence and all power -- not at some future time or place but here and now.

All of us have friends, relatives and coworkers who we would love to expose to this new paradigm who may not yet be willing, able or interested in delving into and letting go of their belief in separation, or who simply still believe more is better. The Sedona Method was created to bridge this gap; it not only helps those of us who are dedicated to presence but it also helps those who simply want to alleviate their suffering or have more money, better relationships and more radiant health and well-being.

Every time you use The Sedona Method, you are letting go of desire and surrendering to what is. This naturally lessens the pull of the “ego” and the “pain body” and brings presence into the foreground. You can use this process to get more or to stop a particular form of suffering and actually have that happen while at the same time being drawn effortlessly to the discoveries that will set groundwork for the presence that you are to easily take center stage in your life.

As you use The Sedona Method now, you will find that you naturally stop creating enemies, conflict and distress and you will find a greater harmony in your internal and external worlds. You will stop living your life based on what was or what might be. Instead, you will find yourself naturally and easily allowing this moment to live you now. As you live from what is most appropriate now, you effortlessly act from a feeling of acceptance, joy, courage and peace. This harmony that you are is contagious. Even a few people letting go in any organization, group or family produces a profound shift in consciousness.

I highly encourage you to allow yourself join this peaceful revolution in consciousness and value and honor the presence that lives through you and all that you know. Together, we can truly allow ourselves to create a new earth.