Dr. Carol Look provides us with a remarkable foundational article on using EFT to help create financial abundance in our lives. It is rich in concepts and specific language to use.
I have read more than 20 books on the subject of attracting
abundance, trying to figure out the trick to having (“manifesting”)
more of what I want in my life. What I learned was that money is just
another form of energy, and that there is a particular VIBRATION
associated with abundance. While I understood the concepts, nothing
ever changed when I “applied” what I had learned. It was not until I
combined the book knowledge with EFT and the energy of love and gratitude that I was able to change my limiting beliefs, expand my comfort zones, neutralize my deserving issues , direct my feelings and expand my prosperity consciousness---all of which had been driving the results in my life. Using EFT, I was able to change my VIBRATION in my daily life around money, worry, and the future, which in turn opened the door for success and abundance.
Over the past few years, I have conducted seminars and some
teleclass series covering the topic “EFT for Success and Abundance.”
The blocks and themes keep recurring, as do the progress reports of
people that persistently use tapping for abundance in their lives.
Below are some of the themes that need to be addressed.
COMFORT ZONES: When I first started using EFT for
success in my own life, I didn’t “believe” in comfort zones---what Gary
refers to as ceilings on your progress based on the “writing on your
walls.” When I noticed my income for two years running was exactly the same, I realized this was evidence of a comfort zone operating in my financial life.
This may not seem strange unless you are a private practitioner in
the mental health field. There are so many variables---holidays that
fall on different days of the week, my own vacation time, clients’
vacation time, illness, referrals, the economic situation etc--- that
it is virtually impossible to predict your annual income. Two years in
a row, despite all these variables, I made the exact (within $1000)
same income working as a full time private practitioner. Once I used
EFT to break through these comfort zones (after some resistance of
course) my income shot up over 20% the next year. I had not raised my
fee, had not done any advertising, and the country’s economic situation
had in fact worsened. I used phrases such as:
“Even though I don’t dare raise my income, I deeply and completely accept myself…
“Even though I obviously have a block to earning more than $ XXX, I deeply and completely love and accept this conflict.”
“Even though I have trouble seeing myself earning more than $ XXX, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
“Even though I don’t feel safe making more than $ XXX because
they’ll be jealous, I deeply and completely accept and love who I am.”
LIMITING BELIEFS: Dozens of clients in my abundance
classes have told me that they had siblings who were seen as either
“slow learners” or having some form of “difficulty” in school. Some of
these siblings turned out to be brilliant while some are still
struggling to this day. The point is that my clients learned from their
families “I’m not supposed to shine” and that if they did shine,
they were taking attention away from their struggling sibling. It
didn’t seem to matter if the sibling was older, younger, the same sex
or not. What mattered was that the parents compared the two, and
scolded the “fast learner” for looking good, or “showing off.” The
message was “don’t succeed or you’ll hurt someone else.”
“Even though I’m not supposed to shine because it will hurt my sister, I deeply and completely accept my brilliance.”
“Even though I will lose their approval if I do well, I deeply and completely accept my talents.”
“Even though it’s not safe to succeed, I choose to feel safe when I am doing what I love.”
“Even though they don’t feel comfortable when I succeed, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”
“Even though I’ll never forget his scolding me when I succeeded, I deeply and completely forgive myself be being so fast.”
“Even though I’m afraid I’ll be rejected if I succeed…”
Other common limiting beliefs that block financial wealth are
prejudices against wealthy people. “Fran” told me she thought rich
people were “shallow and mean.” Apparently her mother had taught her
this concept, based on feelings of jealousy and a scarring incident
with a neighbor when growing up. Fran adopted this belief, but was
unaware that she could therefore never BE rich, (one of THOSE PEOPLE)
for if she became one, she would not only be seen as shallow and mean
(her assumption), more importantly, she would risk the deep disapproval
of her mother (her deepest fear). These prejudices about wealthy people
come in all shapes and sizes. They must be uncovered and treated with
EFT if you want to improve your financial situation.
“Even though I’m convinced ALL rich people are mean and shallow…”
“Even though she’ll judge me if I make more money…”
“Even though I’m afraid to be successful because my mother will reject me…”
“Even though I’ll be envied too much if I’m rich…”
DESERVING ISSUES: I have many individual clients
who feel guilty when they have desires to do well financially. When I
asked “Jeff” why, he said that he already “had it good” because his
father worked hard to educate him and he was a superb athlete… “why should I take more away from other people?” (1) The belief that his success would hurt someone else is a mistake. (2) The belief that there is a limited supply
of abundance is also, in my opinion, off base. (3) As long as he thinks
he has had “his share” he will sabotage progress or inadvertently
reject opportunities. Jeff didn’t feel deserving of financial success,
and was finally able to see a pattern of rejecting terrific
opportunities for advancement in his job. He realized he was working
hard to tread water, just making ends meet, much like friends of his
who struggled with comfort zone issues in sports.
“Even though I don’t deserve any more, I’ve had enough, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”
“Even though my mother said we were lucky to have what we had, I deeply…
“Even though I don’t want to be selfish and take more than my share, I accept and love myself for having desires.”
“Even though my father scolded me for wanting more, I deeply and completely…”
PROSPERITY CONSCIOUSNESS: Whether you believe you
don’t have enough time, money, love or success, the consciousness
behind your belief will block you from receiving financial abundance.
Your level of belief exudes a particular vibration. In
energetic terms, the theory states that your consciousness about
abundance has a certain capacity; you will receive exactly what your
consciousness is capable of handling. The good news is that your
consciousness can be expanded to believe there is enough to go around.
“Even though there was never enough money when I was a kid, I deeply and completely accept my fears.”
“Even though I remember the fight my parents had about money, and I think money is bad, I deeply…”
“Even though I’m afraid there won’t be enough, so I need to hold on tight, I deeply and completely accept who I am.
“Even though she told me there wasn’t enough, I choose to believe there is enough now.”
FEELINGS: Do you feel rich? If not in your bank account, do you at least feel rich in love or compassion or some other way? My point is you can’t get rich if you feel poor. So you will need to find some way of FEELING rich in your life. Notice the abundance in nature, or notice how many clients you do have, or how many good friends are in your life. However you do it, you must change the vibration you have and feel wealthy on an emotional level.
“Even though my father said we would always be poor, I choose to remember how much love I feel.”
“Even though I feel poor and anxious about money, I deeply and completely accept these fears.
“Even though my mother taught me it was better to be poor, I love and accept her anyway.”
Combining EFT with the energy of love and gratitude has contributed
to huge payoffs in my life and the lives of my clients. EFT was the
missing piece all along. Believe in PLENTY… THERE IS ENOUGH!
Carol Look
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