April 2008

Monthly Archive

Clearing Massive Psychological Reversal

Marina Grgic 30 Apr 2008 | : EFT stuff

 Therapist Loretta Sparks offers below one method of using EFT to clear psychological reversal which in the field of meridian therapies means that the energy flow related to a particular subject has become reversed; the client is stuck and the intensity, the SUDs is not moving.

In other words no matter how hard one works at changing a behavior, and no matter how much will power one has in other areas, in the particular issue area, nothing seems to work.

I like to start with this protocol to check the ecology around solving the problem before diving into the problem itself.

This exercise assumes the reader knows the EFT process. Here’s the process:

Find, and then rub the Sore Spot on the left side of your chest saying out loud:

  • “Even with all my problems and limitations, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

Now place your attention on the problem to be cleared:

a. Tap directly under nose (above upper lip) and say out loud 3 times emphasizing the CAPITALIZED words:

  • “Even if I NEVER GET OVER THIS PROBLEM, I accept myself deeply and completely.”

b. Tap the karate chop area on the edge of either hand continuously while saying out loud each of the following Set Up sentences 2 times, emphasizing the CAPITALIZED words:

  • “Even if I am NOT READY to eliminate this problem with ________, I deeply and completely accept myself”
  • “Even if I DON’T DESERVE to get over this problem with ________, I deeply and completely accept myself”
  • “Even if I feel it’s NOT SAFE to get over this problem with _______, I deeply and completely accept myself”
  • “Even if I am SCARED to try to deal with this problem with_______, I deeply and completely accept myself”
  • “Even if I will FEEL DEPRIVED if I get over this problem with _______, I deeply and completely accept myself”
  • “Even if I will NOT DO what is necessary to get over this problem with _______, I deeply and completely accept myself”

“Even if I will LOSE MY IDENTITY if I get over this problem with _______, I deeply and completely accept myself”

Now perform EFT for the problem. Stop, breathe and see what you notice. Sometimes just doing this multi-faceted set-up work will shift the issue dramatically.

Releasing stress and painful memories

Marina Grgic 19 Apr 2008 | : Cool stuff to improve your life

Here is a simple method to release acute stress or painful memories (by Fred Gallo). A hand on the forehead and the other one on the occipital ridge (the back of the head) is also the way TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique) is used for small children. You can use it to help yourself or to assist others.

1. Briefly bring to mind your acute stress or a painful memory.

2. Rate it on our scale of discomfort 0 to 10 (10 being the worst).

3. Now place the palm of one hand on your forehead and the other over the “bump” at the back of your head. Don’t worry about doing it right, your hands will fall into place naturally.

4. Think about your acute stress or painful memory. Usually, the issue becomes more difficult to keep in mind as the level of discomfort decreases.

5. When you feel relaxed, discontinue holding your head and clear your mind for a minute.

6. Next think about your memory or acute stress again. If there is any remaining discomfort, put your hands back on your head. You might have to tune into several specific aspects of your issue.

If you work with somebody else, put your hands on their head.

Intentional chocolate

Marina Grgic 17 Apr 2008 | : Cool stuff to improve your life

The power of intention

Intention is a crucial ingredient in energy work, and a crucial ingredient in life. If we eat our food intending it will bring us health, vitality and joy this is what is going to happen. If we do the opposite fearing that what we are ingesting will make us fat, our unconscious mind, a faithful friend and servant will obey and make our body bigger than desired, even when we eat a lettuce leaf a day.   

Check out IONS video to see the scientific approach to the power of intention

IONS research has led to the development of a new kind of “intentional chocolate” that makes positive intentions an actual ingredient - with mood-enhancing effects on those who eat it. This video tells the story of the science that brought together advanced meditators and chocolate-lovers to explore the age-old question of why mom’s chicken soup tastes so good.

Intentional chocolate video

Be in the now

Marina Grgic 15 Apr 2008 | : Help yourself, Uncategorized

Eckhart Tolle is in, his new book A New Earth is hot, he is discussing it with Oprah in live webcasts you can download or view online.

Eckhart Tolle is known as the father of being in the now;  not a new concept but it is the one he is most known for.

Here is a breathing exercise brought to us by Micheal Neil one of my favorite coaches (check out his weekly shows on Hay House Radio) to help us stay in the now. It works beautifully, I tried.

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The NOW Exercise
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1. Count 10 breaths from 1 up to 10. A simple way to do this is to silently say the word ‘in’ for each in-breath and ‘out’ for
each out-breath. Follow up each word with the number, for
example ‘in (1), out (1); in (2), out (2)’, etc.

2. If you lose count before you get to 10 (and yes, pretty much everyone does the first few times they do this), simply begin again at 1.

3. When you get to 10, smile down into your heart and enjoy the precious present.

Have fun, learn heaps, and live well.

With love
michael

http://www.geniuscatalyst.com/.

Stop Improving Your Life — And Start Living!

Marina Grgic 09 Apr 2008 | : Help yourself, Uncategorized

In the second part of the EFT statement: “I deeply and completely love and accept myself” we express acceptance and love to ourselves. For some people this kind of affirmation sounds bizarre while other ones start crying while pronouncing it.

In our society self acceptance and self love are synonyms of egotism and of self-absorption and are therefore definitely not desirable states of being. We have been thought to love and accept others and not to bother with ourselves (with our emotions, whishes, needs included).

By ignoring them we embark in a life of misery and perpetual inner discontentment; and at some point we desperately start looking for tools to fix and improve ourselves. 

See what Robert Holden says about it in his article

 Stop Improving Your Life — And Start Living!

Soon after my book Happiness NOW! was published, a journalist interviewed me on the subject of self-improvement. She found what I said was surprising and refreshing. Afterwards she asked me to write 100 words on what she called my “unique take” on self-improvement. Here is what I wrote:

After living sixteen years, 5,844 days, on the spiritual path;
After sitting for 5,000 hours in earnest meditation;
After reading 1,000 brilliant books on success, happiness and love;

Aer listening to 500 self-healing tapes;
After attending 250 self-improvement workshops;
After benefiting from 200 therapy sessions;
After praying on my knees more than 100 times;
After going on twenty-five retreats;
After enduring ten fasts;
After suffering five colonic irrigations;
And after trying to forgive Mom and Dad more than once;
I finally got the key to happiness: RELAX!

Some people are so busy striving for self-improvement that they have no time for self-acceptance. They also have no time for laughter, happiness or even relationships. Many times I have watched people use self-improvement as a covert form of self-attack — heavily laced with self-criticism, self-loathing and a denial of wholeness. Self-improvement often starts with a perception of lack (i.e., “I am not good enough”, “I am not okay yet”, etc.). Unless this perception of lack is changed, you always end up where you started from, in lack! No amount of self-improvement is enough. There is no rest. I tell people who attend my seminars that my work is not about self-improvement; it’s about self-acceptance.

I honestly believe everyone is holy, everyone is blessed, and everyone is an angel. Self-acceptance feeds the inner garden of the soul. It clears away the debris of doubt, criticism, fear, judgment and ego.

With self-acceptance you live and grow spontaneously, naturally, abundantly. Imagine if you were to practice unconditional self-acceptance! How would your life be? What’s your fear? For most people the fear is “all hell will be let loose“, i.e., without self-improvement “I’m not okay”, “I’ll slip”, “I’ll turn bad”. Other common fears are that self-acceptance leads to complacency, arrogance, egotism, narcissism, “losing my drive”, falling behind and not growing any more.  These fears are, in truth, smokescreens for a much bigger fear, which is, with enough self-acceptance you will experience so much unconditional love it will blow your ego away. Also, with enough self-acceptance you will experience uncontrollably high levels of creativity, orgasmic abundance and boundless bliss. Check it out! Self-acceptance is your number one goal in life. Why? Because for as long as you believe there is something unacceptable about you, you will push away love, you will sabotage success, you will unconsciously conspire against joy, you will struggle, and you will never really find out who you are or what you are really capable of. 

With self-acceptance, you fear you will lose something, but really you lose nothing and gain everything. For instance, with self-acceptance, you lose your fear of lack, and gain wholeness; you lose judgment and guilt, and gain innocence; you lose your ego, and regain great creativity. With self-acceptance, you lose ground, and start to fly!

Self-acceptance transforms your perception of yourself.

 
The more you commit to self-acceptance, the more you will begin to see that there is nothing about the real you that is wrong, bad, not okay or not enough. Self-acceptance inspires all sorts of personal alchemy and self-realization. It is truly the most powerful act of healing, prosperity and love on the planet.   Today, be willing to practice unconditional self-acceptance. Affirm “I am okay,” even if you can’t see it yet.

 Cease striving. Trust in your goodness. Relax into your wholeness. Above all, be kind to yourself. You do not have to do anything good, right or great to justify this kindness. Treat yourself the best you can so as to bring out the best in yourself. Shift happens with self-acceptance! Be kind to yourself.