Another summary of awakening

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“So I read the Bible from beginning to end and really understood the original meaning, most of which has gone out of the Bible by reinterpretations again and again. And then I looked at the schools of metaphysics, theosophy, went through all of them so I'd have the language of communication. Then I realized after going through all that, simple English will do it.” (‭“Lester Levenson, Hale Dwoskin - Lester Levenson (Sedona Method) Magnum Opus PDF-Lester Levenson _ Sedona Method (2024).pdf”, 103)

Sb or sth (at point A) has negative valence (= it is a ~~bad person~~ person that you don't like or a bad thing; first noble truth (SN 56:11); at point B) for the reason that you want (= second noble truth; at point C) approval, control, etc.

1. “Now this, monks, is the noble truth of stress (dukkha; n.; badness (= “the quality or state of being bad”)): Birth is stressful (dukkha; adj.; bad), aging is stressful, …”. (SN 56:11)

I.e. dukkha (n.) means badness/negative valence, not feeling worried and tense (_CCALD_, stress (n.), sense 2; at point C).

2. ““And this, monks, is the noble truth of the origination of stress: the craving (= taṇhā; “Craving or excessive or inappropriate desire”) that makes for further becoming—accompanied by passion & delight, relishing now here & now there—i.e., craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, craving for non-becoming.3” (SN 56:11)

“Craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, craving for non-becoming” are Buddha's “wanting approval, wanting to control and wanting security.” Craving for sensuality is similar to Keyes's “addition” to Levenson's list, wanting to experience pleasurable sensations.

3. ““And this, monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of stress: the remainderless fading & cessation, renunciation, relinquishment, release, & letting go of that very craving.” (SN 56:11)

“__2. Allow the <u>wanting approval</u> [= wanting “to be liked ~~and admired~~” (_CCALD_, approve (v.), sense 2)], <u>wanting to control</u> and <u>wanting security</u> to come into your awareness and immediately let it go.__” (gains_workbook-sedona-method-release-technique-1992.pdf, 90)

“This is called the Noble Truth of the Cessation of _dukkha_ (_Dukkhanirodhaariyasacca_), which is _Nibbāna_, more popularly known in its Sanskrit form of _Nirvāṇa_. (Rahula 1978, chap. 4, 35, https://archive.org/details/RdZW_what-the-buddha-taught-by-walpola-rahula-british-library-cataloguing)”

4. …

_References._

- “1. When something ~~obnoxious~~ occurs to you at point A (your Activating Experience or Activating Event), you feel sorrowful or sad at point C (your emotional Consequence) because you tell yourself at point B (your Belief System), …” (Ellis and Harper 1975, 77)

- “A term used to indicate the intrinsic goodness or badness of an object, event, or emotion. A positive valence is good and thus desirable, a negative valence is bad and therefore something we seek to avoid.” Jeanes, Emma. "valence." In _A Dictionary of Organizational Behaviour_. : Oxford University Press, https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191843273.001.0001/acref-9780191843273-e-308.

- Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56:11), 7 March 2026, https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN56_11.html.

- …, badness (n.), 21 August 2026, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badness.

- _Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary_, stress (n.), sense 2, 21 August 2026, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stress.