Wednesday, March 3, 2010

What is EFT like?

I want to start by explaining why my website is called www.dailyabundance.net. A lot of people use EFT but why use that term for an EFT website? It did not take long for me to realize after I learned EFT in 2005, to realize that it was erasing all the negative in my life. Negative symptoms, negative beliefs, negative thoughts, negative anything I could think of. And then, I was like a blank slate to put the positive in. Now the slate will not remain blank, just like garden earth will not remain weed free.

If you do not plant seeds or write new thoughts, the void will be filled in by whatever environment you walk through. So, I found that EFT helps you to become the person you were meant to be. Erase the negative with EFT. Replace by learning positive new ways of being.

A lot of EFT practitioners compare EFT to acupuncture and it really is a good comparison; if you know anything about acupuncture. You probably know that acupuncture involves needles stuck in the skin. You might know that it is an alternative treatment commonly used to treat a variety of symptoms and conditions. There is a small chance you know it has something to do with Chinese medicine and some kind of meridian thingies. But, I would venture to guess that if you asked 100 people to give an in depth description of acupuncture, 90% would not know much more than it has something to do with needles. I've never had an acupuncture treatment and I am all about alternative and complementary health.

One of the things Gary Craig, the originator of EFT, encourages practitioners to do, is to build a bridge (of understanding) with their clients. You do this by comparing EFT to something a client is familiar with, and when they say, "oh you mean EFT is like....," then you have a connection and a common ground of understanding.

So how does it work?

In any house with electricity, there are electrical pathways for that electricity to flow. And when the electricity flows as it was designed to do, you flip a switch, turn something on, or plug something in, and it works! You don't have to think about it or believe in it for that to happen. God bless Benjamin Franklin! Now, what happens if in a certain part or room of the house, you increase the demand for electricity---beyond what that part or room can handle? For example. In our family room, we have two computers, two printers, a tv, surround sound, DISH receiver, a lamp, an overhead fan and occasional other small appliances.

In the winter, we sometimes have a room heater, and in the summer, we always have a room a/c unit because we live in Arizona. That is all the room can handle. No more! But we forget that when it is time to vacuum. And so, we plug the vacuum in, and off we go until the whole room shuts off within just a few seconds. Oops. We forgot to turn off the a/c or fan and we overloaded the system, and the breaker in the electrical circuit box, flips off. My guess is, if the breaker did not flip, a fire might start.

Well, that's a problem if you want to use electricity in the family room. You cannot use it anymore. You can still use the kitchen, the bedroom, or any other part of the house, but no electrical service in the family room. Fortunately, there is an easy solution. We step outside the door to the circuit box, open it up, and flip the switch, and magically everything turns back on, and we can continue to vacuum. Hooray!

Our bodies are just like that. We have a flow of energy that runs along pathways (called Meridians--known about for 5000 years by the Chinese). And when that energy flows without interruption, we experience wellness and positive emotions. Like a house, we have different compartments (rooms) in us, with the potential for energy disruption. (We don't really have separated areas, just for the purpose of this explanation) So, we have a childhood compartment, and a job compartment; a family compartment, friends, religion, school, self-esteem, and so on. Whenever we have a demand in one of those areas, it's like an electrical drain in the house. We can handle, one or two or three or five, but at some point we reach maximum capacity and the breaker flips for the protection of the rest.

This is a good thing! We now have an emotional or physical symptom that is asking us to pay attention. Take a break. Rest. Focus on happiness. Take care of our selves. We might get a tension or migraine headache. Maybe we become very fearful of something. Maybe we become unable to see our own strengths. Maybe we begin avoiding something because it is emotionally painful to face. And on and on.

In a house this can happen gradually as I explained above, or suddenly. What happens in a bathroom or kitchen if an electrical appliance falls in the water? New technology breaks the flow of electricity in that outlet to immediately shut it off so someone does not get electrocuted. I had a home inspector recently tell me that the outlet is often wired in with other nearby outlets and all of them will shut off if one is overloaded. Interesting.

In our bodies, it also works this way. Little stresses can build up gradually until one more thing just shuts something down within us. Or a great big something...death of a family member, accident, divorce, diagnosis, or other trauma causes an immediate shutdown and strong emotional responses. And it can also shut down related outlets. So you may have a variety of symptoms or emotions to deal with. Most people handle it by just getting by until time passes and it fades into the background. This creates new problems down the road, because even though time will decrease the intensity (if you are lucky), there is still a disruption and each new demand on the system will connect in with that disruption until you get another big flip of the switch.

ALL OF THAT to say, enter EFT and other similar modalities designed to restore the flow of energy. It is often just as easy as stepping outside, opening the box, and flipping a switch. And you don't even have to believe in it. Each of those meridian points are wired into different parts of your body, that are all connected into one system designed to flow. And so by tapping on one or more of those points, you figuratively step outside, open the box, and flip the switch. Easy peasy.

There are many, many, many situations of stress, anxiety, fear, physical symptoms, that in one or two tapping "sessions", are completely gone. Flip switched. Flow restored. Happy and healthy. Sometimes, in one round or one minute. About 10-20% of the time, it is a more involved process that needs 3-5 or more sessions. A single experience of trauma with PTSD symptoms can be resolved in one sitting. I've helped more than one person do it. A returning vet with hundreds of intrusive memories and thoughts, will take much more than one sitting. But, even in most of these severely traumatized men and women, in a half dozen session, they begin to resemble a completely normal person. This can happen in a couple of months instead of years and years and years of therapy!

See the PTSD video for evidence.

Well, I hope now you understand why EFT works. The how? Well you can just go straight to my website and get more information on that! www.dailyabundance.net What's it worth to give up YOUR fears, symptoms, grief, trauma? You deserve to live a life of abundance!

Be Believing.

Friday, January 1, 2010

New Year New You!

Isn't it time to be the person you were meant to be? Do you want to make NY resolutions? Or take charge and change your life for good? Don't put the same old tired resolutions on your list. I want to lose weight. I want to get a better job. I want to quit _________.

Why do people fail over and over again at these goals? I think it's because we are trapped in emotional ruts. And until you deal with the disruptions in your body's system, you will keep falling into the same old patterns.

You have to love yourself and get rid of those disruptions. How do you do that? EFT. Go to my website now. It works. Just do it.

www.dailyabundance.net

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

-- Norman Vincent Peale

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

-- Hamilton Wright Mabi

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.

-- George Matthew Adams

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete.
-- Charles Dickens

You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

-- Francis Pharcellus Church

Happy Holidays--no offense meant, none taken

So, I felt the need to express my opinion. I used to be REALLY opinionated and would be happy to tell you my opinion on just about anything. But, I finally realized most of the stuff I had opinions on were none of my business and just riled other people up. I prefer peace. Most of the time.

So, I used to get really upset about the Merry Christmas thing. But really, who does it hurt, if I am getting all excited about people not wishing me Merry Christmas? There are multiple holidays from Thanksgiving to New Year, so isn't it appropriate for someone to wish me a Happy Holidays? Maybe they are just covering all their bases, or holidays. As my oldest son used to say all the time, "I'm just sayin'." 

And even if someone does wish me Happy Holidays, I can still reply "and a Merry Christmas to you too." One of my friends today on Facebook wrote "Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays to everyone else who might not want a Merry Christmas." Well, I think that is a pretty good attitude. If someone doesn't want to have a Merry Christmas or wish you one, why should we get all upset about it? No reason. 

We Merry Christmas wishers all know THE REASON for the season, so really, sticks and stones, don't you think? A Happy Holidays is really not going to break our bones will it? I think if we take all the pent up emotion we have about getting grinchy about other people's season's greetings, and pray for them, or put a few coins in the Salvation Army bucket instead of trying to slide by while their backs are turned, we could really do a lot more. (Oh yeah, The SA santas aren't at very many locations anymore, oops).

And insisting that everyone say Merry Christmas, really makes me want to say Happy Holidays all the more. I can get a little stubborn sometimes. :-) Thus the title of this note. Is anyone still with me? Haha. One more thought. It's like someone saying hello to you (a happy greeting) and insisting they say I love you instead. "Happy Holidays." It's a really nice, happy greeting. And yet, we wanted to throw it back in the givers face by insisting they say Merry Christmas. I'm just sayin"......LOL.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Healthy minds, healthy bodies

Choosing what is going on in our heads is all well and good. Learning to control our thoughts is one of the most important things we can do to experience abundance. But putting the right things in our bodies, is also a fabulous way to experience abundance. Here are a couple of good links to consider. The first is foods that contain the most antioxidants. Antioxidants are powerful components of food that help repair damage done to our bodies by free radicals. See the list here:

http://drbenkim.com/articles-antioxidants.html

I believe changing our bad food habits will also bring us more abundant health. I have been on several fasts over the years, and I think I'll start a new one with the new year. I like this one:

http://drbenkim.com/full-body-cleanse-diet.htm

Instead of making empty promises about the weight you might want to lose in the new year, why not make some healthy choices to raise your levels of health and happiness?

Friday, December 11, 2009

Faith can move mountains

Approximately 10 years ago, on a freezing July night, the cold, hard, truth hit me like a freight train.

NO ONE WAS COMING TO MY RESCUE.

On our bedroom floor, my wife was giving birth to our son, he’d come so quickly that we had just called the hospital to tell them we were on our way. But we never made it out of the house.

The complication was he was breech, and when he had come out to his shoulders, the contractions stopped and he stopped coming. My wife and I stayed calm, but for all my trying I just could not get his head out.

While this was happening my sister had called an ambulance, but we were stuck in this position for about 15 minutes before they arrived and were able to fully deliver him.

What I didn’t realise was that the umbilical cord was obstructed and our baby was suffering asphyxiation. When he was finally born our boy was blue, and his heart rate was 40 beats per minute when it should have been 140 beats per minute.

As the paramedics worked on our son, pumping oxygen into his lungs, with a hand pump, I went outside to talk to God.

I'd been studying faith at a local church for a while, and had achieved some small successes. One of the scriptures that has always impressed on me the most was Mark 11:24 “Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be though removed and be though cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass. He shall have whatsoever he says.”

This scripture told me I had to take responsibility in the situation, and not wait for something to happen, but make something happen.

I felt strength flow through me as I reminded God what this scripture said. I told God that I was not going to ask for anything but that I was going to take control of the situation.

I had a strong belief that parents are supposed to protect their children, not just naturally but spiritually as well.

I also could not accept the idea that a child would be born just to die ten minutes later.

After my conversation with God I felt fearless and determined. When I went back into the house the main paramedic pulled me aside and asked me if he could have a word with me. With a grim look on his face and a professional tone in his voice he told me, “I don’t think the little blokes gonna make it.”

This was a defining moment, I refused to become afraid and accept his opinion!

Looking directly into his eyes I replied “No he is going to be fine.” I know I must have had a look that said I meant business, because the paramedic backed off immediately with a quick reply “Yer Okay”.

It’s amazing how quickly people will change their mind and come into agreement with you when you are clear and absolute about something.

Upon entering the hospital I repeated with conviction “No he’s going to make it, He’s gonna be just fine,” to any one that spoke to me.

As I stood back and watched Doctors and Nurses buzzing around my son in a hive of activity, things became surreal.

A smiling woman in a white coat approached, “You know when they called in, I thought they’d be bringing in a dead baby, but it’s a miracle, they’ve done a great job, he’s looking good.”

Of course our baby did survive.

But the next day he was placed in intensive care. At a meeting with the head of intensive care, the Doctor explained to us that our baby was “fitting” and this was most likely because he would have suffered brain damage and organ damage due to the lack of oxygen he received during birth. At this point, once again I reassured the Doctor, “No, don’t worry, he’s going to be just fine.” Because of what we had just been through, I thought there’s no way I’m going to start backing off now.

About this time we were interviewed by the hospital psychologist, to see how we were handling the fact our baby would be severely handicapped. After the meeting my wife sneaked a peek at the psychologist’s clipboard and notes. Amoung other things, my wife noticed the statement “This couple is not prepared for failure.” It was not written as a positive statement, but I found it incredibly empowering.

The ward is divided into ten sections. Section one for the sickest babies and our son was in this section. Some babies are in section one for months and some never get well. However, within two days our son was in section three and in three days he was in section nine. Within another three days we were taking him home in absolutely perfect condition.

Since that time I have pushed myself to learn as much as possible about this incredible power that saved my son’s life.

What I have learnt I have applied to many different areas of my life, I have used this power to transform my near bankrupt, failing business into a thriving prosperous company that has allowed me an income that has totally changed my lifestyle.

I have seen this power make cancer and arthritis completely disappear from people’s bodies.

I have seen it transform children with learning difficulties and sleeping problems into peaceful intelligent, happy kids.

I have seen it do many incredible, wonderful things in relationships, and every area of life. I believe this power controls the world, and I believe it exists for the benefit of mankind.

I truly believe it’s the answer to every obstacle we face.

“And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” John 8:32

Shayne Hammond

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Wanna be 25% happier?

Get your gratitude on! See this cool new site, where you can record what you are grateful for. www.gratitudelog.com Then go here and listen to why.

http://tv.philosophersnotes.com/28/the-how-of-happiness-episode-2