Emotional Freedom Technique for Health

Larry Christopher :

The Law of Attraction has been getting a lot of attention recently. With the popularity of The Secret (both the book and video), books such as the Abraham books by Esther and Jerry Hicks, as well as the many hundreds of ever-popular classics, such as Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, the idea that you can “create your own reality” has never been more fashionable.

There are also skeptics who deny that this is true. They say, “if it was so easy to create your own reality, why are so many people sick, poor and unhappy?” Who would choose such a reality? Even many people who believe in the ideas of positive thinking and the Law of Attraction are secretly afraid that it’s just too good to be true.

Well, my understanding is that the Law of Attraction is 100% true. There is only one catch, and it can be a zinger for those of us trying to apply this principle in our lives. The problem is that most of us have subconscious blocks to our efforts at creating prosperity consciousness and better lives in general.

The fact is, we consciously want all the good things in life, which is perfectly natural. Yet a part of us, often there since childhood, is convinced that we are not deserving, that money is scarce, that it’s not moral to be wealthy or some other such belief that is not consistent with actually manifesting abundance.

There is a simple technique that allows us to almost instantly remove blocks. It is called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and is based on the Chinese system of acupuncture (no needles though!) combined with modern psychology. It is so simple in fact, that many people are skeptical that it can really work –until they try it.

EFT works by having us tap various points on our body. This sends energy through the meridians (pathways that energy follows through the body). Tapping is combined with certain dialogue, which can be spoken out loud or too oneself. These are something like affirmations, but more sophisticated in that they are not only positive statements, but a removal of negative beliefs.

This “tapping” technique has been effective at treating a wide range of physical and emotional problems. One practitioner, Brad Yates, has specialized in using EFT for removing blocks to abundance. By tapping on certain points and repeating key phrases, we quickly come to believe that we truly deserve to be prosperous.

People have even reported having long term health conditions drastically improve after a few tapping sessions. This may seem miraculous, but when you consider recent medical evidence that much illness is caused by stress and other emotional conditions, it is not really so farfetched. If we can change the way energy moves through our bodies, we can change many conditions, both emotional and physical. This “trickery,” however, is an important part of the healing process, whether you are talking about a healing mantra or a pharmaceutical drug.

Belief is a very important part of healing -or not healing. This is why almost any method, if truly believed in, can be helpful. With EFT, however, we are talking about something beyond simple belief. When you tap, you are actually stimulating very real energy centers in the body. What’s interesting is that I’ve read cases of advanced EFT practitioners who could get the same effect by simply imagining that they were doing the technique! To a die-hard skeptic, this might suggest that EFT is “all in the mind” and therefore not “scientific.” To me, it just proves how important the mind is in the healing process. That is why EFT can be such a powerful technique. When combined with affirmations and other helpful self-talk, it works on the physical and psychological aspects of ourselves simultaneously.

I believe that the effectiveness of EFT, along with almost all techniques, whether medical, psychological or spiritual, is partly based on what is sometimes deceptively called the “placebo effect.” This means, simply, that the mind “fools” itself, and/or the body that it feels better because of a belief.

Is this technique too easy and simple to really work? Well, that point of view is itself the kind of limiting belief you can literally tap away!

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StewartRobertson:

Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT works successfully in controlling addiction and even substance abuse problems. There have been a lot of testimonies from people who have been cured of their addiction and abuse problems.

There various kinds of addiction and EFT work in almost all of these. Some of the common types or addictions or addictive patterns include illegal drugs, smoking, alcohol, eating or food, sex, shopping, among many others.

The results of EFT in these addictive conditions, according to numerous testimonies, are immediate and most of the time permanent. EFT works first and foremost on curbing the cravings of people in order to empower them to turn their backs from their addictions. EFT experts cite that addiction is not really about the object, substance, or the habit that people are addicted to or crave for, but the issues beneath the addiction.

EFT nips the problem or addiction in the bud, so to speak. It zeroes in on the underlying causes of addiction or what prompt people to smoke, get drunk, engage in excessive sex, overeat etc. Of course, the causes or ‘triggers’ differ from one person to another.

Most of the time the addiction can be traced from emotional and mental issues such as stress, anxiety, anger, guilt, fear among others, some of which may have scarred the person or caused trauma. These emotional or mental traumas or issues should be settled first, before the person can be freed from addition. If not, he or she will just move from addiction to another.

The process of facing one’s addiction is not as simple as it sounds and should not be forced under any circumstances. People with addiction should not be forced to withdraw from their addiction right away. It should be done gradually and in the most natural way. Each person should progress following their own pace.

Likewise, there is a different starting point for every person. To each his or her own, as they say. The important thing is that the person is relaxed or comfortable enough so that the process of eliminating his or her addiction will be effective. Acceptance is the key. The person should be reminded that despite the phobic condition, the person is loved or the he or she loves himself or herself. Eventually, the addiction will subside.

EFT has solved long-term addictions involving alcohol, cigarettes, and even illegal drugs or substances. Since most of these addictions are deep-seated, it takes many EFT sessions for the individuals involved to overcome the addictive substance’s hold on them. EFT experts or therapists usually press the addiction sufferers for the first time they smoked, drank alcohol or took drugs. Then they ask them about the circumstances at that time the urge or craving to do so appear. What is their mental or emotional state at those times when the cravings persist? Eventually, the desire or urge to smoke, drink or take drugs would lessen then finally disappear.

EFT works for some of the most unusual addictions as well such as nail-biting, hand-washing, hoarding, ice cream, computer, chocolate, or other food cravings.

Joseph Rettig asked:


What is EFT? EFT is a relatively new discovery, that can provide almost everyone on the world relief from disease, emotional distress and disease. This may sound like an empty claim, but it is not!

Simply stated, EFT allows you to stimulate established energy points within your body by simply tapping on them using your finger tips. This is called, EFT tapping. This process is easy to take in and you can use EFT techniques anywhere you happen to be and at any time you want to.

EFT takes some time to gain knowledge the techniques, but this approach is worth take ining for your own benefit and those you love.

Sometimes, accepted healing methods have a way of overlooking the obvious. These common sense approaches of EFT energy healing methods tap into the exhaustive data of the Law of Attraction.

The Law of Attraction is the comprehensive force that states "we attract to us what we think about." This is a Law that recently has been well covered in the recent bestselling book called "The Secret". Another way of stating this " Your thoughts become your reality."

The Law of Attraction is a part of nature that manifests our living reality. It could be said that what we think about becomes us. This idealism Law of nature has been a existential truth discovered thousands of years ago. There are many ancient texts from many different civilizations that discuss the Law of Attraction in great detail.

It has only been recently through the study of Quantum Physics that the realm of science has discovered the Law of Attraction to be a very real force of nature. In fact, it is because of this Law the physical life we all live is made possible.

An imperative point to consider is that even if you do not know how the Law of Attraction works, at least illustrate that it is working in you. You may not know how your lungs function to breath, but this does not stop you from breathing.

Another point to consider is that EFT techniques will always retain the Law of Attraction. You cannot have one working without the other. When using EFT, there is no switch that you need to turn on to face the Law of Attraction, it simply is already at work.

It does help you to illustrate what forces within you are at work while using EFT. This helps you to focus more with determination on the EFT exercise.

The emotional freedom technique of using EFT is a quick system of tapping on your body’s select merdian points, using thoughts, intentions and emotions. The tapping triggers the emotional release within your emotional center tied to the physical body. This emotional freedom technique of using EFT allows your body and mind to release the blocks that hold you to events causing your pain from the past.

EFT is often referred to as psychological acupuncture. EFT has been used by people to eliminate all types of physical maladies, as well as emotional and mental conditions, with great success and relief. Based on new discoveries, EFT has been clinically noted to be effective in thousands of documented cases.

The action of EFT will provide dramatic relief for panic, anxiety, trauma, abuse, fears, addictions and cravings, and several physical symptoms that have not been remedied before.



EFT for healing