FAQ About EFT Part I
These are frequently asked questions about Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).
What do I do when EFT does not work? When EFT seems like it does not work, the problem is not usually the EFT but rather lack of experience with the technique on the part of the user.
Moreover, it is usually an issue of not really having gotten to the heart of the problem.
This process can be an exploration, sometimes a problem unfolds itself in layers like an onion.
You can make this process more successful by asking yourself questions such as: What is in the way of my progress? What am I not seeing? What deeper issue have I not found yet? When EFT relieves pain, does it mask the pain and thwart the ability for pain to signal danger? No one knows the answer to this for sure.
But I have never seen or heard of a case when pain was blocked when it should not have been.
Often pain and swelling is reduced or eliminated but to my knowledge no one has reported the pain being masked.
Why wasn't EFT discovered long ago? Good question.
Even today with all its many successes EFT is still resisted by some in the scientific and medical community.
We have been taught since grade school that everything in the universe is made of atoms which are made of energy.
Therefore everything is made of energy.
Everything.
It should come as no surprise then that energetic interventions can be so successful.
Hopefully one of these days all of the scientific community will come to accept that just because they do not understand it, does not mean that it is not so.
Why is the EFT Setup language focused on the negative? This bothers a lot of people and bothered me too until I understood it.
EFT is not based on positive affirmations, rather its purpose is to get rid of the negative and make way for the positive.
It's kind of like redecorating and you have to clear out the old before there is space for the new.
One must be aware of the old problem to get rid of it and make way for a more positive future.
What's a good way for those new to EFT to use it on themselves? There is a free "how to" guide on Dawson Church's EFT Universe website as well as courses available for sale.
The free guide tells you everything you need to know to get started.
A great way to learn while watching instructional videos is to tap along with the people on the recording using your own issues.
How long do the results last? The emotional healing that happens with EFT is usually long lasting.
This is especially true if you are a specific as possible when you focus on the emotional events you address.
If a problem does seem to return it is usually because there is an aspect of this issue that was not dealt with (i.
e.
, the focus of the problem was not specific enough and so was not fully dealt with.
) The physical results you can get with EFT are more likely to come back and need to be dealt with again.
Many physical problems such as headache, backache, and stomach aches are manifestations of emotional issues.
As new emotional issues come up, the pain can come back as a response to the new emotional issues.
For more FAQs about Emotional Freedom Techniques, please see my Ezine Articles FAQ About EFT Part II and FAQ About EFT Part III.
What do I do when EFT does not work? When EFT seems like it does not work, the problem is not usually the EFT but rather lack of experience with the technique on the part of the user.
Moreover, it is usually an issue of not really having gotten to the heart of the problem.
This process can be an exploration, sometimes a problem unfolds itself in layers like an onion.
You can make this process more successful by asking yourself questions such as: What is in the way of my progress? What am I not seeing? What deeper issue have I not found yet? When EFT relieves pain, does it mask the pain and thwart the ability for pain to signal danger? No one knows the answer to this for sure.
But I have never seen or heard of a case when pain was blocked when it should not have been.
Often pain and swelling is reduced or eliminated but to my knowledge no one has reported the pain being masked.
Why wasn't EFT discovered long ago? Good question.
Even today with all its many successes EFT is still resisted by some in the scientific and medical community.
We have been taught since grade school that everything in the universe is made of atoms which are made of energy.
Therefore everything is made of energy.
Everything.
It should come as no surprise then that energetic interventions can be so successful.
Hopefully one of these days all of the scientific community will come to accept that just because they do not understand it, does not mean that it is not so.
Why is the EFT Setup language focused on the negative? This bothers a lot of people and bothered me too until I understood it.
EFT is not based on positive affirmations, rather its purpose is to get rid of the negative and make way for the positive.
It's kind of like redecorating and you have to clear out the old before there is space for the new.
One must be aware of the old problem to get rid of it and make way for a more positive future.
What's a good way for those new to EFT to use it on themselves? There is a free "how to" guide on Dawson Church's EFT Universe website as well as courses available for sale.
The free guide tells you everything you need to know to get started.
A great way to learn while watching instructional videos is to tap along with the people on the recording using your own issues.
How long do the results last? The emotional healing that happens with EFT is usually long lasting.
This is especially true if you are a specific as possible when you focus on the emotional events you address.
If a problem does seem to return it is usually because there is an aspect of this issue that was not dealt with (i.
e.
, the focus of the problem was not specific enough and so was not fully dealt with.
) The physical results you can get with EFT are more likely to come back and need to be dealt with again.
Many physical problems such as headache, backache, and stomach aches are manifestations of emotional issues.
As new emotional issues come up, the pain can come back as a response to the new emotional issues.
For more FAQs about Emotional Freedom Techniques, please see my Ezine Articles FAQ About EFT Part II and FAQ About EFT Part III.
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