Agua, it's exciting to find someone else using similar methods. For people who haven't experienced it first-hand, it's hard to understand the immense transformative power of healing old distortions. I've cleared out stuff that, for countless lifetimes, has held me back and made life more unpleasant. It's amazing to clear out something and know that even after this life ends, I'll be more free and joyful. It's very satisfying to help other people discover their inner world; help them understand why they react to certain situations the way they do; and help them heal and find more peace and freedom from inner emotional tyranny. Broken bones are important but less so, in the grand scheme of things, in the same way that the physical body is less important long-term than one's polarity or inner harmony, for instance.
I think the question you and Aion have been discussing is a very important one. What is the relationship between old emotions and current choices? As far as I've been able to discern, old emotions are triggered by current stimuli and then predispose us toward old patterns of reacting, the way emotions do - e.g., if a situation triggers an old fear, one experiences more intense fear than he/she would otherwise; this makes it more likely that he/she will react by attempting to avoid/escape whatever the current situation is.
When the old fear is healed using the process we've both been using, then there still seems to be a force of habit that continues to predispose avoidance/escape, even when the fear is no longer present. Does that tendency dissipate on its own, in your experience?
There's another scenario I've been trying to figure out. When someone is experiencing acute distress, or continues believing in (i.e., accepting as valid) the distorted perspective of old emotions, they seem to be actually adding to their store of distress rather than healing it. The intensity of the emotion makes it harder for them to find the calm perspective from which healing of the emotion can be achieved. I'd be very interested to hear what your approach has been to these types of scenarios.
I think the question you and Aion have been discussing is a very important one. What is the relationship between old emotions and current choices? As far as I've been able to discern, old emotions are triggered by current stimuli and then predispose us toward old patterns of reacting, the way emotions do - e.g., if a situation triggers an old fear, one experiences more intense fear than he/she would otherwise; this makes it more likely that he/she will react by attempting to avoid/escape whatever the current situation is.
When the old fear is healed using the process we've both been using, then there still seems to be a force of habit that continues to predispose avoidance/escape, even when the fear is no longer present. Does that tendency dissipate on its own, in your experience?
There's another scenario I've been trying to figure out. When someone is experiencing acute distress, or continues believing in (i.e., accepting as valid) the distorted perspective of old emotions, they seem to be actually adding to their store of distress rather than healing it. The intensity of the emotion makes it harder for them to find the calm perspective from which healing of the emotion can be achieved. I'd be very interested to hear what your approach has been to these types of scenarios.