Clearing remaining subconscious energy blocks

Even after the more obvious sources of stress have been identified and cleared by EFT, NLP or other techniques- there is more to be done to maintain a stress-free state. There may be times when you are uneasy or fearful about a situation but can’t pin down what it is. Odds are there is a subconscious fear lurking within. These free-floating anxieties may be related ghosts of issues dealt with previously, perhaps in slightly different forms.

EFT and NLP case studies often find that new issues appear after the initial issues are cleared. Gary Craig (EFT founder) likens this to “peeling the layers off an onion.” An issue may be cleared up with tapping and a new issue pops up that needs to be dealt with. This may happen repeatedly until enough “layers” are removed and the core issue appears; once the core issue is resolved the block is fully cleared and Flow is re-established.

With Flow established positive energy enables positive thinking, forward progress, and manifestation to take place.

Clearing energy blocks: De-stress anger and resentments

Negative emotions such as anger, resentment and jealousy are potent stress producers, and as capable of blocking Flow as fear and pain. These are negative, aggressive states that likewise (to fear and pain) release the stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. If you are able to forgive and release your resentment that is best, and the part of you that is God will be pleased. If your resentment keeps you from forgiving you must release that resentment. Try tapping to the tune of “Even though I can’t let go of my anger while trying to forgive [person’s name], I deeply and completely love and accept myself” as the accepting statement (see 2 previous posts.) Follow this with tapping the other eight points, saying “this feeling of anger”, “this resentment” etc. Repeat until you are able to feel forgiveness, or acceptance of the other. This will release that block and positive energy will Flow.

NLP can also be used to take the “sting” out of fears and resentments. [See previous post.] Re-Frame the fear or anger by making a mental picture of the event. Make it in black and white, and very small to reduce the emotional impact you feel. Now take the mental picture and put it in a mental frame, with flashing lights embedded in the frame. Add some honky-tonk or circus music. Enjoy the Flow while the old negative block fades away!

Left unchecked the stressful effects of these negative emotions may cause emotional and health problems. Stress is thought to the major cause of ill health, and is known to cause heart and circulatory problems, ulcers, and a contributor to perhaps all diseases. Dr. Robert Sapolsky of Stanford gives a short YouTube video summary of these effects at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPS7GnromGo .

Clearing Energy Blocks: De-Stress fears cont’d

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has a De-Stressing procedure that is likewise (to EFT) easy and fast. It is utterly simple to perform, and may even be done by oneself with little or no training. To learn this therapeutic technique one does not need an advanced degree or years of higher education. Nor spend months or years with a psychoanalyst (not to mention thousands of dollars.) It is NLP’s Fast Fear Removal Technique.

The Fast Fear Removal Technique is a purely mental technique that maintains positive energy flow while recalling the blocking fear-producing event in reverse. In terms of our mind/body/spirit energy flow model we have introduced flow into the phobia mix that blocked energy flow and caused the stress. So far so good, and this is similar to EFT. However, the added wrinkle of experiencing the fear event in reverse keeps the memory from being overwhelming and allows the phobic program and subprograms to now associate with flow. Flow and stress cannot coexist, the next time the phobia will be weaker. There will be flow at the end of the phobia tunnel!

The procedure is straightforward, and involves the following steps:
• First (to dissociate yourself and make the memory less threatening) be an observer: imagine yourself part of the audience in a movie theater.
• Watch as a small black and white picture that shows your fear experience episode starting before the event when you were safe and sound (with positive energy flowing) until afterwards when you are once again safe and sound at the end. If this is too threatening float up above yourself in the audience and watch from there.)
• Now watch the same fear experience in reverse, in fast backward motion starting at the end safe spot to the initial safe and sound spot. Repeat this procedure, but this time in full color, and jump into the action on the screen yourself in first person.
That’s it! You should now be able to face this previously un-faceable memory/thought.

There is a YouTube demonstration of this technique at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDwhqXWu-A . In this two minute video top NLP expert Paul McKenna cures a client of fear of needles. Watch as Paul leads the person through these simple steps. If you have a fear of your own, allow yourself to Join in, simply substituting your own private fear for the fear of needles.

Mind/Body/Spirit V: Mind Energy flow- NLP

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a related technique, borrowing from hypnosis and meditation some effective ways of working fairly directly with the subconscious. Those skilled in NLP have learned how to make positive to the people they work with without seemingly doing anything more out of the ordinary than having a conversation.

The NLP techniques are usually administered by someone well versed in NLP methodology, but may also be self-administered. A variety of these techniques are discussed on the NLP-techniques website. With some modifications an individual can apply them himself. A YouTube video about a Fast phobia cure shows how simple the technique can actually be.

Mind/Body/Spirit Positive energy flow.

When you are “in the Zone” life is good. Most of us have experienced being in this Zone from time to time, and have felt ourselves empowered beyond the norm. Maslow called these moments “peak experiences”. There are other names for this: “being in the flow”, “feeling good vibrations”, and being in the moment. These are moments of inspiration, and miracles seem more likely to manifest themselves at such times. We transcend our incongruent stressed out states and are enlightened and empowered.

For the past five thousand years, healers, gurus and monks have been practicing meditative and spiritual healing techniques, attempting to regulate the body’s energy flow, referred to as “qi”. Recently these energy healing ideas have spread to the Western healing world as well. Miraculous medical and emotional healing results have been claimed, and indeed seem to have occurred. Scientific medical studies have documented many of these claims.

While there is scientific documentation supporting the efficacy of these techniques, there is very little in terms of scientific explanation of how they work. “Vibrations”, the “Law of attraction”, “Qi” and other energetic unseen forces are credited with improving or blocking our functioning. Some promising scientific medical studies are investigating neurochemical/DNA/hormonal changes. Whatever the explanatory principles of these various methodologies are, however, they have been shown to work and are worthy of pursuing.

These methodologies, with accompanying websites explaining how to perform these miracles, follow in the next few posts. Meditation and Breathing techniques, Yoga, Brainwave entrainment, Hypnosis, NLP and EFT are all effective positive energy ehancement tools, and in most cases can be accomplished via self-help.

The Law of SUBTRACTION, Think "Outside the Box" and the "Bubble of Reality"

Our past thoughts and experiences create a “Bubble of Reality” within which our consciousness is constrained to remain. This is the “box” we need to think outside of in order to overcome obstacles that we run into. The shell that boxes us in is the negative fear and limiting belief programs that we have mistakenly collected over our lifetime. THESE ARE THE NEGATIVE PROGRAMS that we subtract in order to expand beyond the limiting shell of our bubble. In the previous posts we discussed EFT and NLP fear and negative program removal techniques. There are other “energy” techniques helpful in overcoming negative emotional states such as meditation, and binaural brainwave stimulation. Perhaps most effective of all is prayer, and belief in a Loving God (“I will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.”) AS WE SUBTRACT EACH NEGATIVE PROGRAM a crack in our limiting shell appears, weakening the negative energy forces that hold us back. We then reach a new level of consciousness, as Einstein recommends. Continuing down this path will enable us to progress into new expanding positive areas, eventually breaking free of our shell into a reality of infinite possibility.

turning negatives into positives

The “new math”: you can turn a negative into a positive. We are seeking a “new level of consciousness”, as per Einstein’s suggestion that problems may only be solved from a different, new level of consciousness. For our purposes here that means reaching a positive level of consciousness. With the EFT and NLP techniques described in the earlier posts you are poised to achieve this. WHEN YOU SUBTRACT A NEGATIVE, IT IS THE EQUIVALENT TO ADDING A POSITIVE; thus you can reach a positive consciousness simply by subtracting the negative programs! Applying the EFT and NLP techniques have the effect of eliminating negative programs they are applied to! The negative programs are what constrains us to “staying within the box” as referred to in an earlier post. The negative programs- especially the fears and phobias- keep us from venturing outside our comfort zone. This puts a whole new light on our negative fear, pain and other limiting programs. As we discover negative programs within ourselves we are actually faced with opportunity. These now become our pathway for a quantum leap to positive: as we discover these negative programs and divert them to positive ends we subtract the negatives. Freed of the negative program, our thinking expands outside the box and our consciousness expands. All of a sudden it becomes desirable to encounter a negative program within yourself! This means that you have identified a negative that you can eliminate and therefore become more positive. As you eliminate your negative programs you are enabled to “pump yourself up” with positives, but not before because you self-sabotage your positive intents with the negative programs under the positive strata. So priority #1 is to identify and delete the negative programs. It is as simple (not easy as) as 123: 1. Identify a negative program 2. Eliminate it with EFT or NLP technique (see previous 2 posts) 3. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Start by making a list of all the instances that you find problematic. This would be situations that make you feel uneasy od uncomfortable. Next, apply the EFT tapping technique to that program. If this is a very problematic situation, that is GOOD. The more negative the program you eliminate, the more positive the gain. Finally, now search within for more problem areas. Odds are that you will become aware of deeper issues once you uncover the topmost problem. Continue down through the stack of negative issues and you will finally encounter the initial primal negative program. This is the initial NEGATIVE IMPRINT PROGRAM that you were most likely unaware of, and the elimination of which (by EFT or NLP technique) will propel you into a new state of consciousness OUTSIDE THE BOX!

NLP phobia/fear easy self-help cure

There is more good news for those who are held hostage by pain and fear programs. NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) has a likewise fast, simple and effective cure for phobias and fear-laden issues. This technique, known as the fast phobia cure, rivals the tapping technique described previously for fast, simple effective relief. This technique, as well as other NLP techniques, is described at the website http://www.thenlpcompany.com/techniques/ . The strategy used in this cure is to re-live the trauma event, but in reverse! The procedure is to imagine being in a movie theater, and to experience the trauma second hand, vicariously, as it is being run in reverse on the screen. Because recalling the memory of a trauma can be problematic, the trauma victim is encouraged to recall the traumatic event as if it were happening to someone else, remaining detached from the event at first. The subject is instructed to pretend to be in a movie theater, observing himself in the audience watching the action on the movie screen. Thus he is twice removed from the action. Once the mind movie sequence is run in reverse, then the experience is to be experienced first-hand by “jumping in” to the movie for the reverse experience. In terms of our mind model, what has happened is that negative trauma program now has an alternative to ending in the emotional soup once triggered. Previously the triggering of the trauma memory led the subject one-way to the painful conclusion. Once the trauma is experienced in reverse, there is a new program, the “reverse trauma” program, present that gives the mind an alternative choice to the “emotional soup” that leads to the status quo of before the trauma. And as mentioned before, you always and automatically select the most resourceful alternative!

The Psychology of Subconscious Thinking.

The following entry contains an important new self-help technique from the field of energy medicine. To be in the upcoming book The Psychology of Subconscious Thinking. Einstein said that in order to solve a problem that we are faced with, we need to find a “new level of consciousness” from which to approach it. And that makes sense, especially if the problem is within you. If your consciousness contained the solution, and you were aware of it, you would have already solved your problem! You need to think outside the box - the conscious “map of reality” mind box. This box is your conscious awareness, and you need to expand your consciousness. This part of your mind is based on all of your past experiences, it is part of your past and you need to reach outside this box to go forward into your future. Open up your consciousness and expect a miracle! These past programs have us boxed in, in a number of ways: Pain/fear programs. Perhaps the most toxic of all programs are the traumatic episodes from our past that persist and interfere with our present. These programs often operate outside our awareness and outside our control. However, some methods for detoxifying traumas and their phobic responses have recently been developed. Two very simple techniques are from the fields of EFT and NLP. Tapping. This technique, also known as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), consists of tapping on the body’s energy meridians used in acupuncture and acupressure, the ancient Asian energy medicine therapy points. This 5,000 year old healing science has been largely ignored by mainstream Western medicine, at least until lately, as research and practice has shown it to be an effective alternative method for treating many and varied physical and psychological ailments. The WebMD website has an explanation of these energy healing methods at: http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/acupressure-points-and-massage-treatment The energy healing EFT tapping technique was developed by Gary Craig, in 1993; this was an adaptation and simplification of a similar energy healing technique being used by psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan at that time, plus some of Gary’s insights as a NLP Master Practitioner. Gary was able to streamline and simplify Roger Callahan’s methodology to the point where anyone, even a child, can quickly learn the technique and use it effectively. And this is all without medical treatment or drugs, and at no cost to the user. (This may be part of the reason that the medical establishment has largely ignored this promising new field of energy healing.) The procedure is deceptively simple; it consists of a two-part phrase that is spoken aloud and (at the same time) gently tapping with the fingers on some easily accessible “meridian” spots of the upper torso. The first part of the spoken phrase focuses on and “exposes” the problematic condition (perhaps a headache) or negative memory (perhaps a fear of heights from a childhood fall). The second part of the phrase is a spoken assurance of self-acceptance (“I deeply and completely accept myself”). This phrase is repeated each time while tapping on nine meridians as detailed in the website below. Gary Craig offers this website for those who want to learn EFT to heal themselves and/or others, or to teach it. This free website, http://www.garythink.com/ offers full information, free EFT tutorials, videos and much more. Gary is a man on a mission to reach out and help others with EFT. He is now working with his daughter, Tina, researching and developing new ways of promoting healing. No doubt we’ll be hearing more from them. So how does this tapping procedure work? Most theoretical explanations revolve around balancing the body’s energy system known as “qi” (chi). This qi flows throughout the body through a network of channels that may be accessed at various “meridians”. While the most obvious component of qi energy would seem to be transmitted by the nervous system, other components are thought to be the skin, connective tissues, the bloodstream, etc. And these are all part of the body/mind/spirit package that is us. Sometimes “blockages” can occur in this energy flow, presumably from some past physical or emotional occurrence. As these meridians are stimulated by tapping on them while focusing on the cause of the unbalance, (the first part of the spoken phrase) and pairing it with the second, self-acceptance part, the qi is redistributed and balanced. In terms of the Hebbian/NLP model of the mind presented in The Psychology of Positive Thinking, we know that negative programs may well interfere in our daily life, consciously and subconsciously. These are the “dead-end” programs that can land us in an emotional soup. They may also be seen as causing the emotional “qi” blockages that occur, and result in the unbalanced energy system. The effect of tapping on the meridians while focusing on the negative program triggers the balancing effect of the redistribution of qi. The negative program is no longer the only player; the entire somatic nervous/energy system gets involved. And pairing the exposed negative program with the second self-acceptance program makes the negative program become a trigger for self-acceptance! This gives the previously negative program new choices to connect to emotionally free alternative programs. And the beat goes on, with emotional freedom. The previously dead-end program now has viable alternative programs to connect to, instead of the emotional soup. You (your conscious or subconscious) now have a more resourceful choice,(and according to NLP's main principle)you always and automatically select the most resourceful alternative!