I was raised from early childhood in an environment where homosexuality was taught to be the worst sin, a perversion, and that gay people would go to hell. I've never been able to free myself from the guilt that came with those beliefs, even though I've never even been in a same-sex relationship.

Later, I started developing serious health problems. I received several different diagnoses, but none of the treatments brought much improvement. I came across the idea in many books that guilt lies behind almost every illness. I think David Hawkins wrote about this as well.

Now I've decided that I want to let go of that guilt. I want to be free. I just want to love and be loved.

Does anyone have any ideas or advice on how to approach this? I appreciate any advice or insight you can offer. Thank you.

Apparently some esotericists believe you have to develop a "solar body" through some alchemical procedure because if you die without it you simply give back your elements to the universe since the soul lacks the "I" to make it go on (you're identified with the body or personality in other words). What do you think of it? Is it esoteric mumbo jumbo or is there merit to the notion that not everybody continues on? Doc never mentioned this thing particularly but why do so many so called initiates back this concept?

How do we actually do it?

I’ve heard Doc mention this a lot. And it makes sense. When we really let go of the body and trying to control it then we are set free from worry and anxiety

But what does this practically look like?

I’ve done various things but I don’t have a solid practice to try to cultivate this ?

Simply saying I’m not the body or mind over and over doesn’t seem to cause any shift for me

I have let go several times. The feeling I can best describe it as completely freeing, like I was totally in the present and accepted everything as is. I was like my best self Charamstic in flow it is a beautiful experience. The first time it happened I had a massage a few hours before then it all just hit me at once. It wore off that morning after unfortunately I tried to do it again but it felt like trying to go back to sleep to go back to a great dream you were enjoying.

It’s happened a few times since, most recently when I read a sentence in “a new Earth” by Eckhart Tolle.
I’ve been trying to get back to this state and make it permanent because my life would be magical if I could live like that 24/7.

Has anyone experienced this? If so have you managed to keep it up?

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🙏 Drop your prayer requests below.
Whether it’s for yourself, a loved one, or the world at large, simply posting it aligns it with the collective field of compassion. You don’t have to explain just a name or a word is enough.

❤️ If you feel moved, read through the requests and send loving presence or silent prayers. No effort is wasted. Everything offered in love contributes to the whole.

Let’s hold this space in gentleness and gratitude, knowing we are already held in a Love far greater than we can imagine.

Much love and blessings to all

I've tried to write this so many different ways and it's very very hard to explain, because it sort of happens in a place behind words, that doesn't have much to do with the mind.

Simply put - seeking comes from unfelt trauma or emotion in the body.

I want money - a feeling of being trapped in circumstances. I want a peaceful house - a fear of being exposed. I want a nice car - a feeling of not being enough, a poverty mindset.

Seeking, or wanting is a direct symptom of so called 'negative' feelings in the body.

The thing that people never touch on is the hardest part. It's the thing that as people we avoid the most, we do anything to avoid.

You must fully feel everything. Every trauma, every negative emotion, every difficult thought pattern. Every ache, every identity. The only way is through.

Feel it. Feel it. Feel it. No techniques. No meditations. No imagining. Nothing. No non-duality. No sedona method.

And it's horrible, don't get me wrong. It's confronting the absolute ugliest, darkest and grossest parts and sensations you spend every moment avoiding.

But the thing is, when you fully give attention to a negative feeling, let it 100% consume you - the 'you' that was living through that feeling burns up, and never comes back. And with it goes all of the thoughts and ideas and wants associated with it. It's all somatic, pure sensation, pure energy, pure body. Ignore the thoughts and images, that's the minds attempt to distract and stop you from doing this.

The ego hates this. It has to want, it's the thing that keeps it alive, it's its only purpose.

Just. Feel. Everything.

Don't question 'who feels' - or the method, or the why. Just notice you are avoiding feeling, and if it's true - then you take it from there.

Eventually there's no seeking at all. The wanting machine doesn't have any power. You're just spacious aliveness, no name, form, past or future. This is the space of awareness you could say, undistracted. Sure it's what you've always been, but don't let thoughts trick you into thinking there's nothing to do. Energy wants to move, life wants to live, expression wants to express. But a mind wired with trauma wants to keep things small, to make a tight fist around the hose of life force energy and keep things safe.

Eventually you'll notice, a new sort of desire arises - it's pure, and vibrant and the system is set up to create it, effortlessly. And vibrationally its different - wanting has a clench, a pull, and no excitement. But pure desire from source, it's bright, and alive, and doesn't need a 'me' to co-opt it.

Don't get me wrong - this stuff can be heavy, scary - particularly if you're deeply identified with what's arising.

It helps a lot to first notice that you are not the thoughts, or the feelings, or the sensations. In fact there is no 'you' - just this aliveness, and beingness. From this knowing, the process can be a lot more efficient.

And last thing, there is no finish line, don't let letting go become a 'should' - it's a gentle shift into a place of allowing the body / mind / energy system to move naturally.

Hi guys,

Letting go and meditation has really helped me get out of a ‘high-functioning depression’, release stored trauma and emotion, and live a lighter life

I have friends struggling. I see it so clearly

I find it hard to help them. Partially because it sounds woo woo to the inexperienced individual.

They acknowledge their pain. Want help. Want to talk.

But they never actually buy the book. Run the mechanism. Try to meditate

Wondering if anybody have successfully helped other people into this, and what helped?

A while ago I had two consequent tragic losses that brought too much pain to this one. A beloved relative in the family that was like a grandmother to me passed away, and shortly before that a cat I had raised for three years died. The two events happened in an abrupt way that created a shock in me but I was unconscious of it. I suppressed my tears, I never allowed myself to cry. I used very little surrender and too much escapism. Those were busy times that I didn’t have time for myself. It’s been about a month since those events happened and it’s been eating out of me; the feeling is one of hell. Another thing that has ensued from this overall situation is a paranoia about how everyone in my life is gonna die at any time. This includes a mixture of anxiety and depression and hopelessness.

This post can also be a way of asking for prayers for the healing of all the above ❤️‍🩹

I’m ready to give it good cry tonight!!

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it will always be that way.

People often want all sorts of explanations, to really break things down. I can give you one piece of advice. Dr. Hawkins' books have everything you need to develop your level of consciousness and awareness, what to do, how to walk the path.

If you don't understand something yet, don't push the power of understanding. You are not ready for some part, for some information yet. That's why you are not allowed to unlock it yet.

Over time, as you leave the old ego programs and walk the path of God more, clearing your Karma, you will suddenly understand something, just like that. It can be even a small thing that makes a difference. You haven't studied anything, and now that thing that didn't make sense to you or that you've been racking your brain over all this time, is suddenly easy to realize and understand in other contexts. Consciousness has moved up a point on the scale and it knows itself on a new level.

Actually, you didn't even understand anything, you just moved forward in development, where this information and knowledge is already accessible and a new awareness has been achieved.

This also applies to those who, for example, come across Dr. Hawkins' work and don't understand at all, although they might want to. It doesn't necessarily mean that a person is stupid, etc. It's not their time yet. When it happens, it will open and become accessible.

Reality has its own mechanisms and everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be and is allowed to see and know what they currently meet the conditions for. (purity of Karma and suitable conditions)

After 2 years of letting go, I can definitely say it worked so well that I don't even think about it anymore. It is automatic. I can watch my thoughts and feelings while doing other things.

Things have changed so much. I went from being unemployed to working as a security guard, and now I am doing an internship at one of the biggest energy and oil companies in the world. I also met my new girlfriend 8 months ago. I am living a dream. No fear, no stress, no anxiety. Fear may come, but I just have to stay present and it is gone.

The only fear I notice a lot right now is the fear of dying and losing all the things I have right now. I think it is something I have to work on.

Everything seems so effortless. Life is so easy. Wow. I used to meditate for one hour a day and watch David Hawkins videos, but I feel so good that I don't do that anymore... Maybe it is a trap. I have to keep going.

Just try it, guys.

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Does our LoC fluctuate?

No. This idea doesn’t align with DrH’s teachings. In fact, Doc clearly addressed this several times, especially during Q&A sessions after his lectures. In "Letting Go," Hawkins specifically mentions that although emotional states naturally shift and fluctuate, these temporary changes don’t reflect an actual shift in your overall LoC. Doc always stressed the difference between emotions that come and go and the foundational level of consciousness, which is more stable.

Hawkins described consciousness as hierarchical and exponential: the higher you calibrate, the more immune you become to lower influences. Sure, you can have moods like frustration or moments of joy, but these temporary emotional states don’t change your fundamental consciousness calibration unless there’s intentional spiritual advancement or significant regression.

Put simply, your basic LoC stays pretty steady.

To clarify further, your core LoC typically only shifts after major events like profound spiritual breakthroughs, deep healing or releasing of significant emotional blocks, trauma, severe emotional shocks, being around highly evolved spiritual teachers or groups, divine intervention, or engaging with strongly negative energies, misuse of power, egoic inflations, or extended association with low-calibrating influences. LoC shifts aren’t common or casual. DrH noted that the average person moves just about 5 calibration points in an entire lifetime. So always approach any claims of frequent or casual fluctuations in LoC with healthy skepticism.

About seven months ago, I went through a severe mental health episode driven by emotional turmoil and substance use. Looking back, it was likely a hypomanic state.

I changed completely. In many ways I turned sociopathic. I hurt people I cared about, acted like an asshole, and did some incredibly embarrassing things toward people I genuinely admired or cared for.

I’ve processed a lot of the guilt and shame since then. Some of it has improved significantly. But there are still a few memories that, when they come up, trigger an immediate physical reaction. Sometimes I twitch, blurt something out, or laugh involuntarily. It’s like my nervous system still can’t fully digest what happened.

I’ve been practicing letting go and sitting with the feelings without resisting them. It has helped. But this particular shame still feels deeply charged.

What makes it especially difficult is that it happened in front of people I looked up to. Also posted a lot of embarrassing thins on my social media.

I’m curious about the Hawkins perspective on this.

Can shame actually be fully resolved? Can it be processed to the point where there is no emotional residue left, or will certain memories always carry some degree of embarrassment?

Interestingly, I can imagine coming to terms with the guilt. Shame feels harder. It’s difficult to imagine a place where I fully accept myself for what happened and feel completely at peace with it.

Has anyone here experienced a genuine resolution of deep shame through Letting Go?

I practice letting go, as well as The Sedona Method release often. Last night I woke in the middle of the night with a distinct memory of a distant past time when I was deeply depressed. The feeling of that depression was not present.

I thought, if anything needs to be released, it is that depressed feeling, so I mentally welcomed it, but it would not arise. In the process of welcoming it, I fell back asleep.

So, what happened? My first guess is that perhaps that feeling has already been released. There is a slight inkling in my mind that the feeling is still there but too deeply repressed for easily welcoming it. What you you folks think?

What has been the key or process to practicing this in your life?

In “Discovery of the Presence of God” Doc writes,

“The decision is actually to ‘allow’ rather than to ‘do’. It involves the willingness to surrender either clinging to or avoiding the parade of witnessed phenomena, whether they originate internally
(mind/emotion) or externally (perception/the senses).

**It is only necessary to relinquish the attraction or aversion to transitory phenomena.**”

What do you think about pride? I have suffered for over 20 years with cptsd and mcas and I am finally starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.

I've never been very proud in my life, but now that I've worked hard to process my emotions and change myself for the better, I've started to feel a little pride in myself. Is that a bad thing? Should I let my pride go?