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Possible EFT alternative
Jan. 25th, 2007 01:46 pmI was reading the EFT manual, and I realized their description of the affirmation portion of the process was bothering me. Their affirmation is structured similar to:
"Even if I have this [condition/fear/emotion name], I completely accept myself."
This statement reaffirms that the person *has* [condition name] or that [condition name] is a part of the person, when it really isn't. This kind of affirmation hasn't worked very well when I've tried it. Instead, what if the affirmation said,
"As I walk through [condition/fear/emotion name], I unconditionally love myself."
This statement doesn't affirm that the speaker "has" a condition, or that the condition is in any way part of the person. It affirms that the speaker is walking through something and moving forward, but unconditionally loves him/herself at all points on this chosen journey.
The part about the affirmations came from the EFT manual which I downloaded and stored on our server for reference (http://www.rialian.com/EFTmanual.pdf). The actual description starts on p20. That manual says that in preparation for the actual EFT, the person is supposed to rub the 'sore spot' (lymph node directly in front of and to the left of the armpit) and repeat affirmation to self to hasten the clearing process. Actually the rubbing of that spot while bringing up a picture or emotion makes sense.
Another method: "Bring up the emotion/memory as strongly as you can, touch 7 times on each of these meridian points, then try to bring up the emotion/memory again and see if anything has changed." The practitioner may experience a significant lessening of whatever was causing the fear.
"Even if I have this [condition/fear/emotion name], I completely accept myself."
This statement reaffirms that the person *has* [condition name] or that [condition name] is a part of the person, when it really isn't. This kind of affirmation hasn't worked very well when I've tried it. Instead, what if the affirmation said,
"As I walk through [condition/fear/emotion name], I unconditionally love myself."
This statement doesn't affirm that the speaker "has" a condition, or that the condition is in any way part of the person. It affirms that the speaker is walking through something and moving forward, but unconditionally loves him/herself at all points on this chosen journey.
The part about the affirmations came from the EFT manual which I downloaded and stored on our server for reference (http://www.rialian.com/EFTmanual.pdf). The actual description starts on p20. That manual says that in preparation for the actual EFT, the person is supposed to rub the 'sore spot' (lymph node directly in front of and to the left of the armpit) and repeat affirmation to self to hasten the clearing process. Actually the rubbing of that spot while bringing up a picture or emotion makes sense.
Another method: "Bring up the emotion/memory as strongly as you can, touch 7 times on each of these meridian points, then try to bring up the emotion/memory again and see if anything has changed." The practitioner may experience a significant lessening of whatever was causing the fear.
