The want for separation and oneness do not feature in the Release Technique basic course. These wants do feature, however, in The Sedona Method basic course. The reason for this is that the wants for separation and oneness are rather advanced concepts. The original creator of releasing, Lester Levenson, believed that the want for separation was the main want.
The Want for Separation
Separation is when someone has the desire to make themselves separate and distinct from others. People who have a want for separation are typically highly competitive people and highly opinionated people. They seek a sense of purpose and identity through what they do and what they have. The emotions that typically accompany a want for separation are those of anger and pride. People who want to be separate will see themselves as being better than other the people; they will constantly judge others according to what they do and what they have; they will compare themselves with others and constantly put other people down.
Religious people can tend to operate in a want for separation as they look down on other people with a holier than thou kind of attitude. People with a want for separation tend to get angry with other people when they don't feel that they are recognized and rewarded for their hard work and achievements. They can also have a sense of self-righteous indignation, which explodes with anger, towards those people who they feel are unworthy of recognition and reward - basically, people who are not like them.
I think low AGFLAP people can manifest the want for separation in some rather weird ways. Please don't get me wrong, I love science fiction and I used to be heavily into fantasy novels -- I love Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and anything else in that genre. Yet I feel that people who are heavily into fantasy such as Dungeons & Dragons, tend to want to separate themselves from reality and step into a fantasy world -- a world in which they are portrayed as being a powerful wizard a mighty warlord or whatever. I think the "alternative" scene is full of people who cannot accept and live in normal life and choose to create their own alternative existence -- out of the want for separation.
Those who are in high AGFLAP will be close to courageousness. Therefore high AGFLAP people, who have a want for separation, will often have times of genuine confidence -- confidence which is born out of love, which is the higher nature. If someone is operating in courageousness, acceptance or peace -- what they do will tend to be accepted, appreciated and rewarded by others. Whereas, those who are operating out of one of the four wants, such as separation, will tend to have their efforts ignored, rejected or even mocked by other people. If a person looks to what they do and what they have as their sense of security, identity and purpose -- they can find themselves stuck in that position, because they will always feel that they have to redouble their efforts to please others.
Those who are in low AGFLAP will also tend to have a want for separation, which will manifest itself as an aspiration to achieve something which will bring them acceptance, distinction, fame or fortune. But these aspirations will be nothing more than a fantasy. Such people will always be on the lookout for some sort of formula or method that they can use that will enable them to change their life for the better and make themselves feel more secure and distinctive. It is for this reason that neurotics are typically drawn to self-help and spiritual practices which promise power, status, prosperity, healing, miracles and inner transformation.
The concept of programming the subconscious mind with positive thoughts has been around for a long time now. This concept seems to be constantly being reincarnated and repackaged in order to appeal to the masses. The latest incarnations of this concept seems to be The Secret and The Law of Attraction. Christianity has also sought to appeal to the masses by promising its followers power, status, prosperity, healing, miracles and inner transformation. I used to be engrossed with what came to be known as Word of Faith, particularly the teaching of Kenneth E. Hagin, which is basically a Christian equivalent of The Secret and The Law of Attraction.
I still believe that people can use spiritual and self-help methods, even Christianity, and get their needs met and find prosperity and healing. But as soon as these things become the main goal, the formulas that we use to pursue these things become a frustrating mind game. Grace Christianity, releasing and inquiry all share the same ultimate goal: inner peace. The attainment of peace is the best way in order to find healing, restoration and prosperity.
The Want for Oneness
The wants for oneness is the opposite of the want for separation. People will have a want for oneness typically when they feel that they do not have what it takes to make themselves separate and distinct through what they do and what they have. People who have a want for oneness want to blend in with the crowd; they do not want to be noticed because they don't feel secure in who they are.
People who have a want for oneness will usually go along with the rest of the crowd. They will adopt the traditions, fads and fashions of those in their peer group. Whereas, those who have a want for separation will typically do those things that will make them stand out from the crowd: they will seek to set trends, make bold fashion statements and so on. People who have a want for oneness will tend to avoid speaking-up for themselves; they will agree with other people, even when they think they are wrong, just to avoid having an argument, standing out from the crowd and potentially making a fool of themselves.
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