Creating a Better Life

Try It On Everything - A New EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Documentary

There’s a new documentary on EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in the works, called Try It on Everything. More information about it, including a trailer and a free ebook with articles by many proponents of energy healing, including Carol Look, Joe Vitale, and Bob Doyle, can be found at http://www.tryitoneverything.com/

The title of the documentary comes from what has become the #1 suggestion for EFT practitioners. Since the techniques have shown such excellent results when used on a wide variety of issues (from pain management to depression to addictions to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to performance issues), people have begun tapping on everything to see what kind of results they get. And while EFT is not claimed to be a cure-all, the results so far are pretty amazing.

I was first introduced to EFT through Bob Doyle’s Wealth Beyond Reason program. In that particular program, EFT is used to clear vibrational resistance to wealth creation, and there are some good articles on the EFT website itself about clearing limiting beliefs around money (See Using EFT for Money, Abundance & Success by Carol Look.)

One of my favorite things about EFT is that you don’t have to “believe in it” for it to work. You just have to do it. There is no claim that any of the theories behind it need to be accepted, any more than you have to “believe” that an asprin will take away a headache for your headache to go away. Of course, the placebo effect will always be a factor, so a belief in the treatment’s effectiveness will usually assist in having a positive outcome.

If you don’t believe in it so much that you aren’t even willing to try it, then you’ll get exactly no results.

On a personal level, I’ve had the most success with EFT when it comes to motivation and procrastination. Whether it’s getting started on a project that I’ve been thinking about, doing my Daily Target Praxis in the mornings, or sitting at the computer staring at a blank screen with nothing to write about, EFT is amazing. One round of tapping and I’m usually ready to go. Two rounds and I’m always ready.

I’ve had the least success with my cigarette addiction. One thing that I’m seeing regarding that is just how psychologically reversed I am when it comes to smoking (that’s just a fancy way of saying “I want to quit, but I don’t want to quit.”) The EFT DVD’s devote an entire section to addictive cravings, and when I tap rather than smoke, the craving does go. But the issue is deciding to tap before smoking - and until I’ve worked through the ambivalence, sometimes I’ll choose to tap, and sometimes I’ll choose to smoke.

When it comes to simply raising my mood, the tapping always works, and for someone who has struggled with clinical depression his entire life, this has be a godsend. But once again, you’ve “gotta wanna”, and unfortunately, a person in the pit of depression usually doesn’t feel like they have the ability to do anything. But I do know now that, while there is never a point of no return, it’s easiest to catch a slip in my mood early, while I may be a bit off but not yet completely down.

I’m really excited about this new documentary. I went ahead and purchased the All Access Pass that is being offered, which is a pre-order of the DVD (there’s still six months to go before it’s released) along with tons of bonuses, including pre-release versions of the interviews in the film. And anyone who purchases an All Access Pass also has the opportunity to send a free copy of the film to the institution of their choice, which I think is a fantastic idea!

If you haven’t already, give the trailer a watch. If it peaks your interest, be sure to pick up the Free EFT Get Started Package from emofree.com

And have fun tapping!

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[This article contains affiliate links to Gary Craig's Emotional Freedom Techniques site, the Wealth Beyond Reason Program, and the Simpleology program, all of which I'm a happy customer of. Please see my Full Disclosure Statement for more information.]

Expanding On “It’s OK To Want Stuff”

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post that mentioned the fact that “It’s OK To Want Stuff.”

I realized that this could be confusing to some people. Some might look at that statement and say “Well, Duh! Of course it is!”

But for those who are focused on a spiritual path, or who were brought up in a traditional Christian religious household, or both, it may not seem so cut and dried.

Slapped by Wattles

I’ll never forget the first time I read the following from “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles:

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.

That hit me hard; it actually offended me! Here I was, reading a book on getting rich, and I was insulted by the author’s statement that we had to get rich in order to live a full life.

Talk about being of two minds. While I had this natural desire for a better life, I’d been fed such a steady diet of “selflessness” and putting others first that I couldn’t comprehend the connection between my own acquisition of money and living a spiritual life.

Thank god I continued to read the book, and didn’t just toss it to the side.

Roots of Not Wanting

While it’s not my intention to attack any organized religion (they all have their place), if you take a look at the history of Christianity, a major part of it shows a pattern of acquisition on the part of those in power, while those who weren’t on the “inside” went without.

It seems like the Bible was used as a tool to control the masses and keep the wealth and power for themselves, rather than as a collection of spiritual writings aimed at empowering those who needed it most.

Combine this with translation problems, changes that were probably made to the original text, and taking passages out of context, and you end up with some quotes that can easily be used to encourage lack, such as:

“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:16

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” 1 Timothy 6:10

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24

Each of these quotes are part of a larger context, each of which points more to the problem of attachment and putting things before your own spiritual growth rather than a direct condemnation of money and riches.

Consider the following:

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”

John 12:1-8 (New International Version)

No matter what Judas’ motivations were, it seems to me that Jesus didn’t mind a little pampering now and then. A “year’s wages” for a bottle of perfume; that better be some sweet smelling stuff!

No More Guilt

Money isn’t the end all and be all of life. But it’s a useful tool, and the most flexible tool that modern society has at it’s disposal.

So stop feeling guilty for wanting stuff, even money. Don’t let the people in the media tell you that your desire for money boils down to greed while they run their billion dollar corporations. Don’t let the religions of the world tell you that you have to pay them a set amount of your income while you are struggling to pay your bills. Don’t let the Hollywood celebrities convince you that because you haven’t given X amount of your dollars to their pet cause that you are selfish and stupid.

Follow your own heart. Your desires are born of God, and are therefore good.

It’s what we do with those desires that make all of the difference.

[This article has been included in the premier edition of the Abundance Thinking Blog Carnival]

“Think and Grow Rich” and “God’s Law of Adjustment”

More free ebooks:

• I’m not sure why it took me so long to add this one, the granddaddy of the self-help/Law of Attraction (before it was called the Law of Attraction)/Wealth books: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, courtesy of the Internet Sacred Text Archive
• This one was pretty interesting… an 18 page ebook titled “God’s Law of Adjustment” from Self Improvement Ebooks

Enjoy!

The Secret - Riches Visualization Tool

I got a link to this in my email a couple of days ago, and it was so good I wanted to share it here.

Thanks to Jennie of Advertopia for sending this to me!

Think and Get A Job!

I’m a part of a Mastermind Group that is currently working it’s way through Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. This week’s exercise was to read Chapter Six, Imagination.

One of the things that struck me most about it was the story of the man who finally made a decision and took action after 2 years of thinking about it.

I used to be that man. As a matter of fact, I’ve owned Think and Grow Rich for a long time. I’ve read it, over and over and over again. I’ve thought about it, over and over and over again…

But I wasn’t growing rich. What’s the deal here?

I now know why. I wasn’t Thinking AND Growing Rich. I was Thinking ABOUT Growing Rich. (That’s not an original, by the way, but I don’t know where I got it.)

As a matter of fact, one of the comments my wife has made to me in the past was “How about think and get a job????”

And she was right.

Something that’s been coming up for me quite a bit lately is the idea of stability. On the Mastermind calls that I’m taking part in, Michael Dlouhy has said more than once not to quit your day job until you are earning at least 3 times your current salary in your business.

In Simpleology 102, Mark Joyner talks about the phenomenon of stability.

In Wealth Beyond Reason, Bob Doyle talks about our negative emotions attracting to us more of the same. If a person quits their day job without absolute certainty that they are going to be at least OK financially, they are going to get caught up in massive fear if (usually when) the money doesn’t start rolling in that they had hoped would.

The key word there is “hope”. It isn’t about hope… it’s about certainty. It’s about knowing that you are deserving of everything that you want out of life, and taking action to get you there. And that certainty has to run deep.

Turning our thinking around does take time.

But only as much time as we let it take.

And taking action can really help us turn our thinking around.

What are your thoughts?