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Copyright © 2009 Sedona Training Associates. All rights reserved.60 Torti lla Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336 • 888.282.5656 • www.sedona.com

by Hale Dwoskin

A Special Report on

Avoid the 5 Most Common Wealth and Success Mythsthat keep 90% of People in a State of Lack, and Join the Ranks

of the 10% who Manifest the Life of their Dreams!


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About the author,Hale Dwoskin

Hale Dwoskin is the New York Times best-selling author of The Sedona Method, and co-author of the best-selling Happiness Is Free: And It’s Easier than You Think. Hale is one of the original 24 teachers from the blockbuster book and movie, The Secret and a founding member of the Transformati onal Leadership Council. He is the CEO and Director of Training at Sedona Training Associates, based in Sedona, Arizona.

For more than three decades, Hale has taught The Sedona Method to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, transforming their lives dramati cally in the process. This amazingly simple, yet elegant method enables you to let go of any unwanted feeling or emoti on right in the moment. The Sedona Method is the “vaccine for emoti onal turmoil” that returns you to the power of your True Presence.

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Dear Reader,

You can fi nd thousands of wealth and success seminars and self-help courses wherever you look—along with hundreds of thousands of people taking these courses on a regular basis. Yet, the numbers remain fairly constant across the board:

Approximately 10% of the richest adultsin the world own 85% of our global resources.

Obviously, wealth and success come more naturally to the few than to the many. Or do they?

What is the ulti mate defi ning factor that separates the wealthiest and most successful individuals from the other 90% of the populati on?

Many people say it’s educati on. There may be some truth to this, but it’s not the ulti mate defi ning factor. How do you know? Step into any one of those wealth-building mega-seminars and take a closer look.

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“I don’t have enough (educati on / money / ti me…fi ll in the blank) to become wealthy and successful.”

Examine two students sitti ng side by side, with similar backgrounds, resources and opportunity, now receiving the same moti vati onal pep talk, the same educati onal materials, creati ve inspiring ideas, and ti me to implement their newly-found knowledge.

One will learn a lot and feel like he got great value, but never do anything spectacular with what he’s received. The other one? He’ll triple his income with just a single idea and become a powerhouse in his fi eld.

Two similar students. The same educati on. What’s the diff erence?

Very simple. One of the students had emoti onal barriers that prevented him from acti ng when the ti me was most opportune, from trusti ng his gut, from moving forward when the light was green.

The other student, without the confl icti ng thoughts and feelings that create self-sabotage and other internal blocks, simply moved forward according to plan and reaped the rewards of doing so.

Other common responses to the what’s-the-diff erence questi on may sound like this: “It takes money to make money—and I just don’t have it.” Or even, “My life is so busy just making a living that I don’t have ti me to be wealthy and successful!”

Unfortunately, as they say, when you argue for your limitati ons, youalways win.

“But you don’t understand,” the one arguing will say.

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And that statement is followed by a story or a very personal reason of why wealth or success has eluded the one who is speaking.

Well, it’s true. Your blocks to your wealth and success are very personal to you.

So, here’s a short exercise to give you a glimpse of what your very personal blocks are….

It’s Time to Find Out EXACTLY What’s Holding You Back…

• Take out a pen or get on your computer and write down any and all answers that come to mind when you ask yourself the following questi on:

“When I am thinking or talking about money and fi nances, what am I saying to myself or others?”

• Briefl y review in your mind your last conversati ons about money, the last ti me you thought about it or paid bills, went to get a loan, checked your credit report, looked at your bank statement or portf olio, tried to make a sale or close a deal, thought about your income or your enti re fi nancial situati on, and so on.

But don’t think too much. Just take 5 minutes and write non-stop in answer to the questi on above.

DO THIS NOW BEFORE READING ANY FURTHER!

Done? Good!

• Now, take a look at what you have writt en.

As you read what you wrote aloud, aft er each sentence ask yourself this questi on:

“What is the emoti on that is associated with this thought?”

• And then jot down the emoti on of that sentence in the margin.

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I have a feeling you may fi nd this exercise very insightf ul.

And you may be interested to know that more than 90% of the people who do this exercise fi nd that nearly every sentence they have writt en is full of emoti ons such as fear, anger, frustrati on, grief and shame.

Emoti ons like fear, anger, frustrati on, grief and shame are NOT green light emoti ons! In fact, no matt er what conscious, positi ve goals and intenti ons you may have, emoti ons like these will override anything else! This can take you out of the game every ti me. Someti mes before the game has even started!

It’s not your perceived limitati ons that keep you where you’re at, but your feelings about your circumstances that stop you from moving into the tenth percenti le of those who manifest the life of their dreams.

Yes, it’s only unmastered emoti ons that stand in the way of 90% of the populati on having the wealth and success that they truly desire.

Remove emoti ons like these and people tend to move forward toward their goals with far greater ease and success.

“I’ve bought the sports car of my dreams, manifested a house overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway and have a signif icant amount of money in the bank.” – K ris Waldron, Margate, NJ– K ris Waldron, Margate, NJ

Although we may get a really good idea of what is holding us back from an exercise like this, many of our thoughts and feelings are subconscious, that is, below the level of conscious awareness. These thoughts and feelings are the most powerful. They are the soft ware in our operati ng system. And they run their programs day and night.

Many people who have discovered this get discouraged because they think they have to spend hour upon hour fi guring out exactly what it is that is holding them back.

And this brings us to…

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“I have to know what my subconscious programs are or dig up the past in order to let them go.”

People spend years in therapy and doing self-help programs looking for underlying beliefs that are sabotaging their success. This can be very ti me-consuming and exhausti ng. Never mind not any fun!

But the truth is your subconscious thoughts and feelings are being refl ected in your moods and emoti ons from moment to moment. When you go to pay bills and you feel like throwing something against the wall—or eati ng a quart of ice cream—you do not have to run to therapy or probe your past to fi nd a corresponding negati ve belief.

So here’s exactly what to do to get at those sabotaging thoughts and feelings…

All you have to do is to pause and release any feeling that is arising in the moment.

A Simple Process to Release Unwanted Emoti ons Now

Take a moment to check inside and noti ce any feeling you may be having in this moment.

Now ask yourself the following questi ons:

“Could I let this feeling go?” (In other words, am I able to?)

“Would I let this feeling go?” (Or, am I willing to?)

“When?” (This is an invitati on to let it go now!)

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You don’t even have to name the feeling “frustrati on” or know that it started when you were fi ve years old when your brother always got the

good stuff and you didn’t. All you have to do is noti ce the feeling you are having right now—and then let it go.

The practi ce of releasing emoti ons as they arise in the moment eliminates limiti ng beliefs quickly, eff ecti vely and without dredging up any past trauma. Self-sabotaging beliefs are gone for good.

“Y ou cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. Y ou must learn to see the world anew.” –Albert Einstein–Albert Einstein

If you want to be able to manifest the life of your dreams, you don’t need to dig up your past or spend years in therapy. You do, however, need the skill of being able to change your emoti onal state in the moment.

“Today I sat down to pull together my business accounts. I knewthe previous 3 months had been great for business. What I didn’t

realize untill now is in the past 3 months of actively releasing each day, I’ve earned more than 100% of what I’d earned in the previous 9

months.” – Verity Smith, Westcliff on Sea, Great Britain– Verity Smith, Westcliff on Sea, Great Britain

Yes, your emoti ons are the glue that holds your thoughts and beliefs in place.

And your thoughts create your reality.

I know, I know. You’ve probably heard that before!

Which brings me to the next very popular cultural myth about wealth and success…

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“If I hold in mind what I want long enough—and desire what I want hard enough—it will manifestin my world.”

As in Myth #1, there is also some truth to this.

But let’s take a moment to separate truth from error.

This myth has been propagati ng wildly out of control since the debut of the blockbuster fi lm The Secret grabbed the att enti on of the world.

The Secret, as you may know, talked about the importance of the Law of Att racti on. In short, if you hold in mind that which you desire to create, you will att ract it to you.

Well, yes and no. There are a couple of clarifi cati ons that need to be made here.

Setti ng a goal and holding it in mind can assist universal energy in coalescing in a certain way. But this process can easily be thwarted by a couple of things.

The fi rst one is all the emoti ons you have that are running counter to whatever you are holding in mind—as we learned from the previous myths.

The second is that the process is not complete unti l you have let the goal itself go!

Let me say that again:

You have to let the goal itself go!

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Otherwise, you are simply lusti ng aft er a goal. And lust is an emoti onal state in which we hold ourselves back from having what we want, oft en

without even realizing it.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t achieve your goals when you desire them strongly enough.

Many years ago, when I was selling real estate, I had a practi ce of “head banking” instead of banking in the

bank. That means I was constantly thinking about all the money I was going to make and have.

It was Lester Levenson, my mentor and the man who inspired the creati on of The Sedona Method, who gave

me the advice to “Bank in the bank and not in your head.” And ulti mately, when I allowed myself to

let go of the lust that was causing me to fantasize about how great it was going to be to make

sales—and instead just went about the business of making sales—I closed many more deals.

Head banking is not only popular in sales, but also in investi ng.

Most investment decisions are emoti onally based, as opposed to being based on solid facts and clear intuiti on.

Unsuccessful investors, and even some successful ones, oft en begin counti ng their gains and losses before a transacti on is actually closed.

They count their paper profi ts and spend them mentally before the actual results come in. They also tend to stay in a transacti on longer than they should, because it might get bett er.

Both of these acti ons are due to lust and its inherent substi tuti on of fantasy for what is. If you fi nd yourself fantasizing about your fi nancial situati on, you can let go of your lust instantaneously by using a simple releasing process that’s an alternati ve to “head banking” that really works:

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Releasing the “I Can’t” in Lust

Take a moment and think of something you want.

• Can you feel the lust feeling associated with that want?

• Dig a litt le deeper. Can you feel the feeling of “I can’t” built into the lust?

• Can you welcome the sensati ons, sounds and pictures coming from the feeling of “I can’t”?

• Just for now, could you let that want go?

• Could you be open to the feeling of having as best you can?

When you do, you’ll make wiser investment decisions.

If you release before you enter or leave any business deal or stock transacti on, you will fi nd that your ti ming improves.

If you also let go before you act when you have a hunch, you will be able to tell the diff erence between intuiti on and fear or greed. The more you use the Method in all your business acti viti es, the more you will fi nd yourself following fact instead of fantasy, and intuiti on rather than lust and fear.

If you honestly examine your past experiences, you’ll discover that most of the goals you’ve achieved are the ones that you let go of wanti ng – even if not by choice. You may have really wanted them at one ti me, but it’s in the process of letti ng go of your desire that the energy is freed up within you, making it much more likely that your goal will manifest.

Without this greater understanding of the Law of Att racti on, you are simply fantasizing about success. It all boils down to: Would you rather fantasize about success—or would you rather have it?

This is not just my point of view. Nearly half of the other original 24 teachers of The Secret besides me also use letti ng go or “releasing” to manifest their heart’s desires. And that’s because it works.

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So, here’s the kicker. Results are most easily achieved by reaching an internal feeling state that Lester Levenson called “hootlessness.”

Hootlessness is when you don’t “give a hoot” whether you achieve the goal or not. Ironically, the more hootless you are about your goals, the more likely you are to get them. To some of you this may sound outlandish. Which brings us to our next obstacle to achieving wealth and success…

“I don’t believe it will happen for me.”

Many of us get so wound up in the spiral of living from paycheck to paycheck and struggling to get by, that we have no concept that wealth and success is even possible for us.

We get stuck in a certain mindset and set of circumstances and we just simply don’t believe wealth and success are a present possibility because they are in such stark contrast to our current reality.

A more recent variati on of this myth, “I don’t believe it will happen for me in this economy,” really has a foothold on many people right now.

But if you take a look at history, even in the worst economic ti mes, there are always people who thrive despite what’s going on around them. The economy at large is just a general refl ecti on of what the greater numbers of people are thinking, feeling and believing.

So we allow our beliefs to hold us back from taking acti on or even being open to the possibility that we can change our lot in life. We grumble and complain and feel envious of those who appear to be able to manifest their dreams. And/or we dwell on our past mistakes and let them stop us from taking chances now.

Instead of believing in ourselves and moving forward, we get mired in our emoti ons and a sea of “I can’ts.”

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Even if we are somewhat successful, we may not believe that we can break through to the next level of success because we doubt our ability to do

what it takes and have the atti tude that we dont’ know we need for success.

It does not have to be this way! All forms of releasing help you break free of your limiti ng beliefs.

When you set a goal for yourself, you can choose to bring into your awareness the att achments and aversions you have to that parti cular issue. Then, as you release or let go of your att achments and aversions to the goal, you will either achieve it or you won’t. Either way, you’ll have lightened your load of suff ering.

A Holisti c Release You Can Do Right Now to Get Unstuck

One of the fi ve ways of releasing is called Holisti c Releasing. This is a technique in which you release back and forth between two diff erent polariti es or opposites.

• Ask yourself the following questi on:

Can I allow myself to feel as stuck as I do?

• Then take a moment to feel anything that comes up for you with this questi on.

• Now ask yourself:

Can I allow myself to feel as abundant and prosperous as I do?

• And take a moment again to tap into the feeling of abundance within you.

• Ask the questi ons again, one at a ti me, taking a moment with each one to noti ce what you feel.

• Do this several ti mes, back and forth between the two questi ons. As you do this, you may noti ce the emoti ons on either side of the equati on become less charged.

• Keep asking the questi ons unti l your emoti ons on both sides are neutral.

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When you practi ce releasing consistently, you’ll fi nd that releasing negati ve emoti ons in the moment will dissolve the charge that locks the underlying

beliefs in place. Then the beliefs that once felt so strong and locked into place will just naturally fall away on their own.

As you use your natural ability to release, you’ll create a solid, positi ve mental atti tude that will help you succeed where others might fail, even in today’s challenging economic ti mes.

This leaves you free and unencumbered to create the wealth and success you desire.

“My real estate commissions have increasedby well over $100,000 a year.” –

Kay O’Connor, New YorkKay O’Connor, New York

So here’s what we know so far:

• It’s only your own unwanted emoti ons that stand in the way of you manifesti ng the life of your dreams.

• These emoti ons can be conscious or subconscious, but the subconscious ones are the most powerful.

• The good news is that you can eliminate thoughts and feelings that sabotage your success by learning to release them in the moment without having to dredge up the past or spend years in therapy. This is the way you create the opti mum state within yourself most likely to produce the results you want.

• The practi ce of releasing negati ve thoughts and emoti ons as they arise sets you free to be, do or have whatever you desire. This is the way you achieve emoti onal mastery—and mastery over your own life. Releasing sets you free to have, be and do whatever you desire.

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The Sedona Method® The series of techniques called The Sedona Method have helped hundreds

of thousands of people around the world create the life of their dreams for over thirty years. The most popular way to learn The Sedona Method is through a 20-CD home-study course that comes with personal 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week releasing support.

The Sedona Method helps you to easily break the patt erns of thought and behavior that cause your self-sabotage to reoccur and prevent you from having what you want, including fi nancial security. As you use the powerful Sedona Method goals process, you’ll fi nd that struggle is unnecessary. The acti ons that you take to achieve your goals will be taken with a lot less eff ort and drama. This can keep you moving forward and taking right acti on on your million dollar ideas.

It will also help you to:• Dissolve all the inner barriers to lasti ng eff ortless wealth and success• Master the process of achieving your goals• Make more money with less eff ort• Access your intuiti ve knowing and clear reason in order to make bett er investments and life decisions• Free yourself of fear, worry and anxiety, including fear of failureand success• Work smarter not harder• Boost your self-confi dence and fl exibility

Here’s what you receive:• The complete program on 20 CDs in a beauti fully packaged vinyl album• The 198-page workbook—a $30.00 value—fi lled with exercises to help you get the most from these four programs• Free 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week support through The Worldwide Releasing Community• And, for a limited ti me, a bonus copy of the New York Timesbest-selling book, The Sedona Method by Hale Dwoskin

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