In the three years I’ve known the Sedona Method, my biggest obstacle has been getting stuck. I think most people have the same problem
In the golden Six Steps of the Sedona Method (Lester’s original framework), Step 5 is extremely important: when you’re stuck, release the wanting to change the stuckness. This step is critical and cannot be skipped. It completely determines whether your releasing is like walking or like flying. Releasing stuckness is harder than ordinary releasing — it basically requires a double layer of awareness. There are three parts to it:
Allow yourself to feel the stuck feeling. Allow yourself to notice the desire “I want to change this stuckness.” Allow yourself to notice that desire with ease (in a relaxed, effortless way).
Once you do that, the stuck feeling naturally starts to leave, and you’ll find your releasing becomes much more effective. Lester’s claim that you can awaken in three months isn’t empty talk. The problem is that most people simply aren’t doing what he said. If you want complete freedom badly enough, you will continuously let the wants arise and leave, day after day, without interruption. I’ve come to see that a lot of people in this sub are still very stuck and releasing inefficiently. Many are still mainly releasing emotions. Releasing emotions is only practice — what you actually need to release are the three basic wants (wanting approval, wanting control, and wanting security/survival). In Chinese online communities, many people have achieved major goals and even real awakenings through this method. A large number know the Method and actually practice it. I think this is because the pressure in China is truly immense — possibly among the highest in the world. Many people feel a kind of desperation similar to Lester when he had cancer and was close to death. Some of them found the Sedona Method and used it to break free from the world’s limitations.