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The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters--Part I(Seeking Complete Freedom: Settle for Nothing Less)
If there is one thing that concerns me, it is that many people approach EFT with a limitedunderstanding of its potential and therefore limit the benefits they can achieve from usingit. In this post and the posts to follow I'd like to consider this issue ... and encourage youto expand your vision of the freedom you can achieve using these wonderful techniques.I believe we should settle for nothing less than complete freedom. I mean this not only interms of how we progress through each problem we work on but also the number andtype of problems we choose to address AND the goals we set for ourselves in life.I believe we limit our freedom when:1. We don't consider using EFT on every problem we have.2. We don't continue with the process until absolutely all of the remaining intensity iscompletely cleared.3. We don't test our changes out in the real world ... or ensure that we have tested all possible provocations for the problem returning.4. We only use EFT in a remedial fashion to eradicate existing problems rather than usingit to help us create new futures and achieve our ultimate goals.Some people assume that, because they have seen EFT used to cure fears and phobias,that fears and phobias are all it can be applied to. Others gain relief using EFT on one problem but don't realise they could apply it to other problems.I once worked with a client who managed to clear up a phobia using EFT. This sameclient contacted me 3 months later about another problem she wanted help with.
 Did youconsider using the EFT on that?" 
I asked her.
Oh!" 
she replied,
 I suppose I could have. I  just didn't think of it". OK" 
, I said,
Why don't you go and do that and then ring me back and let me know how you get on?" 
Guess what? She found she could fix that problemherself. I've since given the same good advice to other clients with similar results.How often do we have other issues in our life to which we could apply EFT but we justdon't think" to do it. Let's do as Gary recommends and Try it on Everything." When youdo you may be surprised just how much you can achieve.How many problems do we wallow in when we really could be treating them? And howoften do we work on a problem for a time and get some success, but then allow the issueto build up again in our lives?I found this happened with my hay fever. The first year I learned EFT I applied it ... andseveral other energy techniques - diligently to my hay fever symptoms (e.g. Even though
 
I have this congestion / Even though I have these sore eyes / etc) and my symptomsreduced by over 90%.In each of the next two years I started the process too late and was not consistent or  persistent with my tapping - and therefore the tapping had little or no effect on mysymptoms (Except the sore eyes which always responded). This past year I decided to getin early and begin tapping even before the traditional hay fever season began. Also, at thefirst sign of symptoms and throughout the pollen season I applied EFT on a regular (daily) basis. As a result I managed to go through the entire season ... which wasreportedly one of the worst on record pollen-wise ... virtually symptom free.I have learned from this experience the value of persistence for problems such as this.Given sufficient applications the symptoms can disappear completely, never to reappear. Ihave witnessed this with numerous clients who have diligently applied the technique totheir physical issues over time. Their example now inspires me to continue until I too amsymptom free.In the next 3 posts I will consider other issues we need to address in our quest for greater freedom. In the next post I will explore the need to address all aspects of a problem untilwe are completely free of all remaining intensity. Following this, I'll consider the blocking beliefs that can prevent us from achieving total freedom. The last post in thisseries will outline how moving from a problem-elimination framework to a vision-creation framework may allow us to unlock more of the full power of these techniques.Steve Wells
The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters--Part II(Continue Until You Achieve Complete Freedom)
When we work on a particular problem, let's continue until we are completely free. Let'snot assume that just because we can think about it in one way and it doesn't affect us thatthe treatment is complete. Let's test it in as many ways as we can ... and especially, where possible, in the real world.I have learned to become more cautious about assuming problems are fully resolved, andI now test extensively the changes that I, and my clients, have made using EFT. It isimportant to test completely ... to see if there is any way of thinking about the problem or any manifestation or part of the problem that CAN upset us. If so, there is more to treat.I first saw the true importance of aspects when I did a public demonstration of EFT soonafter learning these techniques. A woman who had a phobia of birds was able to go froma position of absolute fear to thinking about a bird without a shred of fear. For somereason, the image of a flock of birds came into my mind while talking with her so I askedher 
What if it was a whole flock of birds?" 
She instantly jumped back and her fear rose toan even higher level than before. Once we treated this aspect her fear was fully resolved
 
and she was able to go outside looking for birds (she counted 24). I saw her some monthslater and she informed me she had gone for a walk through the aviary at the zoo withoutany problems at all.In our group treatments for phobia sufferers, we worked with people who had smallanimal phobias, and everyone in the group did rounds of EFT in unison whilst focusingon their particular problem. During this process I was astounded by how often the scenein the following paragraph would unfold.I would do a round of EFT and then check how intense people felt when they thoughtabout their feared animal. As we went around the group there would be someone whowould say for example, It doesn't affect me at all now. I think I'm cured!" My responsewas to test this and ask them to search for any aspect of the problem that was stillupsetting to them. In a number of instances the person would reply that they weren't ableto find anything else, and they were unable to bring up any intensity at all. However, aswe proceeded around the group there would be another person who would say somethinglike I was feeling OK but then I started to think about a spider being on me and now I feelworse!" At this point the previous person would anxiously exclaim, Oh yeah!" as theywere put in touch with another aspect of their fear.We had examples of this with such issues as the spiders' furry legs, the mouse's tail, andthe way the mouse moves, darting around rapidly. In each case a person in the group whothought they had either partly or fully resolved their problem was put in touch withanother aspect which truly bothered them when these issues were raised by someone elsein the group. I saw the value of group treatment in helping people to have a morecomplete healing by revealing specific aspects to work on.Since that time I have also conducted more extensive testing with clients to ensure that allaspects of the problem that we can possibly think of together have been treated. I alsolike, where possible, to have proof in the real world that the change will stand up - Andeven then I'm not fully convinced. When they are in the problem place, I like to get the person to manipulate the situation in as many ways as possible to try to find somethingthat provokes them. If nothing does I am more convinced. However, I believe it is alwaysimportant to realise that additional aspects may come to light. This is not a failure in thetechnique ... just another part of the problem which requires treatment. Treat it andincrease the range of your freedom even further.I have formed the opinion that many of the treatments I conducted in the first few yearsof using these techniques were perhaps not the complete cures" that I thought they were.And now I encourage my clients ... as I encourage you now - to go for the completechange. Diligently search for things that upset you and treat them all. Go for completefreedom. Settle for nothing less.Steve Wells
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