Busting Loose - The Process

[Tom Be]

Hello everyone..

I am brand new here. Seems like a great community of like minded people.

Just finished reading BLFTMG. I know there is another very long thread in this forum. I did start reading it, but it seems that it's more of a discussion about the concepts, whether you believe them or not, etc.

I was hoping to start a purely practical one.

For example:

1) How long does it (did it in the beginning) take you to go through The Process?

2) How do you apply The Process when you are in the middle of your day activities (dealing with people, driving, working) and you can't sit down, close your eyes and really follow the steps?

[alambrose]

I ordered this book but haven't read it yet... could you provide a brief synopsis of the 'process' you mentioned?

[ButterflyWoman]

Originally Posted by Tom Be

1) How long does it (did it in the beginning) take you to go through The Process?

How long does it take to cook a meal? Depends on the meal, right? Well, in the case of processing energy "easter eggs" (as the BL model terms it), it just depends on the egg.

For me, some things have come up over and over and over again, and every time, I had to process them. Some things came up briefly, were processed, and have not resurfaced. It can take only a few seconds, or twenty minutes, or an hour, or longer. It just depends.

Originally Posted by Tom Be

2) How do you apply The Process when you are in the middle of your day activities (dealing with people, driving, working) and you can't sit down, close your eyes and really follow the steps?

You don't have to site down and close your eyes. You can come up with an abbreviated method that works for you, once you get the knack of it. I often process stuff while driving. If I'm alone, I'll just say it out loud (something like "I recognise that I created this situation with my beliefs and expectations, and I'm grateful that my reality is so responsive. Now I'm going to remove my energy from this situation. I recall my energy, I pull it back, I retireve it" and I just go with it until I feel like stopping. The steps given in the book(s) are just a guideline. You can do it however you want.

If you REALLY can't concentrate at the time that something comes up, you can say, "I'm putting this aside right now, but I intend to return to it very soon. Until then, it will wait patiently for me to deal with it."

[Tom Be]

Originally Posted by alambrose

I ordered this book but haven't read it yet... could you provide a brief synopsis of the 'process' you mentioned?

You apply The Process when you feel any form of discomfort. You basically dive right into it and FEEL it in your body. Not as much intellectually, with your logic. Then you say certain phrases in order to reclaim your power from it. I'm sure you can find more detailed description on the internet, but I think it's much better (for me it was) if you read the chapters that lead up to The Process first. It will be much more fun that way.

Originally Posted by ButterflyWoman

For me, some things have come up over and over and over again, and every time, I had to process them. Some things came up briefly, were processed, and have not resurfaced. It can take only a few seconds, or twenty minutes, or an hour, or longer. It just depends.

I figured I'm probably gonna have to apply The Process to the same situation / discomfort / emotion more than once. I was just curious how long do people usually take each time. I see it can vary greatly, from seconds to over an hour.

Originally Posted by ButterflyWoman

You don't have to site down and close your eyes. You can come up with an abbreviated method that works for you, once you get the knack of it. I often process stuff while driving. If I'm alone, I'll just say it out loud (something like "I recognise that I created this situation with my beliefs and expectations, and I'm grateful that my reality is so responsive. Now I'm going to remove my energy from this situation. I recall my energy, I pull it back, I retireve it" and I just go with it until I feel like stopping. The steps given in the book(s) are just a guideline. You can do it however you want.

This is great, thank you.

So far, the few times I have tried, I had a hard time going from feeling the discomfort to feeling like the Expanded Self. I just couldn't make that transition.

[alambrose]

Again, haven't read the book yet but from what I am reading it seems a bit like The Sedona Method (another book I have on my nightstand, that I haven't got to yet and only have a tertiary understanding of at present).

[aSparrow]

Hi. I just finished the book today, but have been applying the process for a few days now, with varying degrees of success.
I'm having the same issue, in finding a suitable time to apply it; it is usually when I'm with someone, and they keep talking at me while I attempt to process!
Another problem I'm facing, is that when I try to go into my feeling, it starts to dissipate before I can reclaim the power. I guess this is because I'm calming down (I have a lot of anxiety to work with)? Has anyone noticed this, or have any suggestions?

[Tom Be]

The book suggests to dive into the feeling and then when it peaks.. that's when you should start applying the individual steps.

The thing is... the longer I stay with the feeling, the less intense it gets. It doesn't really peak, it gets weaker and weaker. Does it mean that I shouldn't really stay with the feeling? I should just apply The Process the minute I notice a discomfort?

[Debo]

The same happens for me, as soon as I put my awareness onto the discomfort, its depletes immediately, but I still do the process best I can,

Debo