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by Mouse » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:35 am
Yes it will work if consciously done but I would modify it to this:
Burning the paper, ok that's for those who like ceremony, it is not going to be effective unless you identify those prisoners that occupy your inner psychic space, manifesting in the chest region, e.g. mum dad, past lovers and friends, bullies.....any one you hold a grudge against and even those whom you have done wrong to.
Say inside "Are you listening in there YOU ARE ALL FREE TO GO, OUT YOU GO" Imagine opening the bamboo cage in the chest and leaving the door open. Say "I free you and hold nothing against you". You are talking to those little psychic memories that are a bit like vodoo dolls and every time you think about them you stick an emotional pin in them or they in you, same thing. All past emotion. Time to be free.
So they might all go for a while but may come back like homing pigeons. You got to keep shooing them out.
Next start practicing not thinking. All thought is about the past.
Don't talk about the past.
The above directions are adapted (from memory) from Barry Long's "Start Meditating Now" audio recording which is excellent and fully recommended as well as his "How to Stop Thinking" audio.
I was pretty extreme when I did this and really practiced it strictly especially the not talking about the past. Eventually they all go but it does require conscious dedication. There is no easy route like burning the list though there is no harm in trying. I remember chucking out all my favourite music tapes because I wanted to be free of all those songs playing in my head. So that is a bit like burning a list I suppose, but it meant a lot it was symbolic.
This getting free of the psychic/energetic past is absolutely necessary to get lift off in to the present state of being.
I have been inspired by Barry Long's teaching and I write this so as to acknowledge my source of inspiration. It is a wonderful help, and it is a wonderful gift.