I was reading your report and it occurred to me that I believe that's been MY problem all along too. I've done every last thing that I've been instructed to do in both of The Abundance Course and the Goals and Achievement course... And I've never seen any of my money or material goals. I, also, have been keeping the Six Steps in mind all the while, rather than keeping in mind the thought that my goal has already been achieved... I've followed the advice of wording my goals in "the present tense" and in "the Now"... But I've neglected to keep it in my mind that "I already have it". While reading my goals and releasing on them, I've been holding in mind that "I'm doing this so I can GET my goal..." I've never stopped reading thinking "that if only I hold-fast to The Six Steps... And keep remembering "I CAN DO THIS!"... That I'll GET my goal... After thinking about what you wrote, I agree that the number 1 Step should remind me that most important aspect of how to get my money/material goal.
Since reading what you wrote, I started to think about all the other things Larry's been saying all along. I too quit smoking with Alan Carr's book. I remember him saying to "think of the cigarette craving as 'the little monster' dying, and that in just two days time, the little monster will be dead..." This picture held in mind helped me tremendously to successfully quit smoking. So I started to think about how Larry has been doing the same thing with what he's been saying... But here's the important thing I realized... Larry hasn't been saying "think of it like this..." Larry has been doing something very different. He's been saying "It IS this way". Specifically, he's been saying that all of us are "like boxes of Kleenex" and that ARE over-stuffed with negativity and THAT's why we haven't been achieving our goals in life. That we NEED to and HAVE to pull out all of the Kleenex tissues (negativity) until the box is empty and we won't be attracting our goals to ourselves until we've 'released' all of our negativity.
As a devotee of Lester Levenson's work, I've been loyally accepting what Larry has been saying... So I've been "thinking" of myself as "filled with negativity" and thinking that I haven't done a good enough job of emptying myself of negativity and that's why I haven't gotten my money goals. This "belief" about myself has caused me to feel BAD about myself, rather than good.
Larry also insists that the reason we don't acheive our goals is that we're spending allof our time in 'escapes' instead of the only worthwhile thing to do in life - which is emptying myself of all of my negativity. He says that if your doing anything that's considered by most to be FUN - like TV, movies, socializing, reading, exercising, sleeping - then you're not doing what you need to be doing to get your goals - you're keeping yourself filled with negativity instead - and THAT's why your not getting your goals. So I've been feeling pretty crummy about myself since I've chosed to accept all of this crap because it's been coming from Lester's 'chosen one'.
It occurred to me after reading your opinion here that I agree with you and I've decided I believe Larry has actually gotten carried away with his teachings and they've instead become a form of brainwashing that hasn't been at all helpful to me. It's actually been harmful to me.
Lester says that the ONLY reason something is true is because we choose to believe it. That's the ONLY reason. That if we choose to believe something else is true, then it IS! I've been choosing to believe Larry's rantings and it's caused me to see myself as a person stuffed with negativity that I haven't been good enough at getting rid of... That I NEED to seclude myself away, working on myself, if I want to see any of my material goals, and the ONLY reason I haven't seen my goals is because I haven't done a good enough job on myself... So I need to seclude myself and work on myself better!
I realized today I've been brain-washed. Today I woke up and threw all of that crap-thinking into the garbage. Guess what happened next? I feel great! I stopped thinking of myself as a Kleenex box over-stuffed with negativity and realized I've NEVER been stuffed with negativity. I've always been a positive and happy person! I only got negative and unhappy when I started believing that garbage Larry has been selling me. Today I decided that was a bad-dream I had and I'm back to thinking of myself as I REALLY am - a happy and positive person. And it's the best I've felt since buying his courses and wasting all of my time like that!
When I first realized this today, I thought that this brain-washing by Larry was accidental on his part - that I just didn't receive what he was trying to say correctly and that he didn't mean for me to take it the way I did... But on further reflection, I'm not so sure. He sure hard-sells all of his products... He sure wants everyone to think they NEED this stuff of his in order to be happy... He sure wants us to think everyone who buys his courses and live seminars are achieving BLISS and incredible SUCCESSES! And when you wonder why you haven't been able to do it too, he's quick to say it's because you haven't done his courses right and what you NEED is to buy more courses and attend live seminars and more live seminars and more live seminars - because if you're not keeping up with this stuff on a daily basis and if your not constantly working at building momentum, you'll go back to being a Kleenex box over-stuffed with negativity!
I've decided I agree with what's been written here yesterday and I've decided further that I think Larry has turned Lester's teachings and good intentions into a 'brain-washing business'. I would never have dreamed I'd be saying this just a week ago... But now, for the first time in a long-time, I believe I'm seeing clearly.
I believe I will go back to Lester Levenson's (direct) reading material (I'm especially fond of his book "The Keys to The Ultimate Freedom") and use your suggested "Steps" in place of Larry's. I agree that your suggested steps are more appropriate for money-goal achievement and that Lester's direct teaching materials are much better than the brain-washing that Larry's teaching has evolved into.
I've also decided that I think Larry's 'teaching' has become Larry's teaching and isn't Lester's teaching anymore at all.
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