By Carol Look, EFT Master
As I said in my last abundance article, people often
forget that their negative feelings --- fear, anxiety,
resentment --- are blocking success and abundance from
flowing into their lives. Releasing these feelings and
associated conflicts with EFT (rather
than working harder, making more calls, or pounding the
pavement) is the key to shifting your energy, which in
turn, allows the opportunities and abundance to flow into
your life. If you feel stuck, afraid, resentful, or
pessimistic, try tapping before shopping your resume
around town…
Below is a brief transcript of a 5 minute “turn” with
Jon on one of my attracting abundance teleclasses, and his
follow-up email.
Carol: So Jon, what’s in your way of
getting to where you want to be?
Jon: I’m having a problem right now,
I’m out of work, and one of the reasons that’s really
frightening me about getting a job is that I tend to not
work well under a boss. I feel like a “slave” working
under a boss. What I ultimately want is to do the
important work that I want to do --- the artwork, music,
writing --- that provide income. I’m living the sort of
starving artist complex right now.
Carol: But you resent bosses, you
resent when someone is in charge of you?
Jon: Yes! And I need to make some
money now. I’m pretty poor here, so I’m looking for the
most conventional way just to start getting an income
without feeling like a slave to the job, or obligated to
it.
Carol: How high is the resentment, how
much do you resent bosses?
Jon: Extremely, “10.”
Carol: And how scared are you that you
don’t have a job?
Jon: Very high, because I don’t know
where or when I’m going to find some work.
Carol: Start on the Karate Chop
Spot:
Even though I don’t know how I’m going to find the
right job, I choose to believe in guidance.
Even though I hate having a boss, and I don’t want
to get a job, I choose to accept who I am and how I feel.
Even though I resent working for someone else, I
want to work for myself, I deeply and completely accept
all these complicated feelings.
Eyebrow: I don’t know how I’m going to
find the right job.
Side of Eye: I need a job right now!
Under Eye: I hate having a boss.
Under Nose: I resent having a boss.
Chin: I want to make money with my
artwork.
Collarbone: I’m quite talented.
Under Arm: I wonder why they don’t see
it.
Head: I have to get a job.
Eyebrow: I’m awfully scared about it.
Side of Eye: What if I could get a
job?
Under Eye: And still do my artwork…
Nose: And get paid for both.
Chin: I might even find a good boss.
Collarbone: I might even do well.
Under Arm: I love feeling relaxed
about it.
Head: I choose to feel relaxed and
peaceful about work.
Carol: Take a deep breath. What’s
happening, a lot was happening in your voice, but what did
you notice about your issues?
Jon: I am definitely more relaxed
about the “slave” issue, but I still feel doubtful about
how much work it’s going to take. I’m not going to have
any time left for me. It seems as if the only way to make
money is to totally cut off from self-expression. (Please
notice that Jon has now changed aspects.)
Carol: Go again to the Karate Chop
Point:
Even though I’m convinced I can’t make money unless
I’m running myself into the ground, I choose to accept who
I am.
Even though I haven’t found a way to make money
unless I’m cutting off my self-expression, I choose to be
open to new possibilities.
Even though I doubt how I’m going to do it, I have
decided to have some faith about it.
Eyebrow: I still resent having a boss.
Side of Eye: I need more time.
Under Eye: The doubts are getting in
my way.
Nose: What if I found the perfect job?
Chin: It’s not here now.
Collarbone: But it could show up
tomorrow.
Under Arm: I choose to feel there’s
plenty of time.
Head: I choose to believe the right
job is there for me.
Carol: Take a deep breath. What’s
coming up now?
Jon: I feel an impending rush to get
work --- out of money, knowing my landlord isn’t going to
give up. (Jon has changed aspects again.)
Eyebrow: This remaining anxiety.
Side of Eye: The truth is I need a
job.
Under Eye: I can feel the urgency.
Nose: I feel the anger about it.
Chin: I feel anxious.
Collarbone: I need to pay the rent.
Under Arm: I feel anxious.
Head: The anxiety is blocking me.
Eyebrow: What if I could calm myself
down?
Side of Eye: And still acknowledge the
anxiety…
Under Eye: I want to see clearly.
Nose: I want to feel calm about it.
Chin: I want to be clear.
Collarbone: I choose to be clear and
peaceful.
Under Arm: I choose to be clear and
peaceful.
Head: I love feeling so peaceful.
Carol: Take a deep breath…what
happened?
Jon: A lot of movement this time, my
anxiety is down to a “2.”
Carol: I would keep tapping on the
anxiety, and on the conviction you’ve got about the trap
you’re in --- that if you do your art, you can’t make
money, and that if you get a real job, you can’t do your
art….and keep tapping for the rest of the call and when
you get the recording of the class. (All teleclass
participants receive a link to a downloadable version of
the taped teleclass. This allows them to “borrow
benefits” weeks and months after the call…)
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Five weeks later, I received this letter:
Subject: Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Dear Carol:
Since taking your "Attracting Abundance
Teleclass" in December, my life has completely
turned around! 180-degrees! I am so excited to report this
to you.
My name is Jon and I was one of the callers you worked
personally with on the evening of December 12th. My
problem, briefly, was stated as "feeling enslaved to every
job (no time for myself or recognition of my talents), not
wanting to work, resistance to authority (bosses), and
anxiety about extant debts and bills." A real 'snorl' of
issues that has plagued me for many years. Until
now......!
I just kept tapping, tapping, tapping (3x/day on
average) on the negative, the exaggerated
negatives, positive affirmations, and treating every issue
to employment, blocks to abundance, etc. that I could
possibly conceive of in the moment or through other
resources (your attracting abundance lessons from your
book, an on-going journal of issues that I was recording,
etc.).
One very positive affirmation that I was utilizing
was:
"Jon attracts the right situations and/or occupations for
his highest good to joyfully generate financial
independence and abundance."
I went to interviews completely confident and
relaxed. At first, I was disheartened when many
jobs turned me down for employment. But this last
week I was hired (after over a year of not working) at a
fabulous non-profit organization who works with
the developmentally disabled to connect them to job
opportunities. Our motto is: "Turning disabilities into
abilities."
My supervisor is a warm, authentic, and
ad-hoc counselor and friend to most of the staff
(it was delightful to hear my co-workers' praises for her
as she wandered around our offices chatting with each
individual and keeping us laughing all day long). What a
difference! These people were fond of their jobs and their
boss--a rare combination in my experience. I was
immediately recognized by the corporate president as a
valuable addition to their staff. He said, "Jon,
some people graduate college with a degree in literature
and don't know a thing about writing. But after looking at
your cover letter and resume, it's obvious that you know
how to write. You can go very far with this company."
I will be authoring a $500,000 proposal
to create homes for autistic children in February.
And I'm going to head their new ART GALLERY
project in April. This work calls for a fusion of
my talents and abilities like no prior position I have
taken. So, I now look at the jobs that "passed me
over" as a blessing; the universe was holding out for
something really juicy which has landed in my lap.
I have never been so excited about working in my life!
The debts and bills will be paid down after only a
few pay periods (this job pays more hourly than
any prior position I have taken). Just
having a job under my belt has alleviated the
anxieties about financial destitution and has
freed me from my self-made "debtor's prison." What a
relief.
Also, as you stated, abundance doesn't
always just mean MONEY. I was also caught in the
midst of a very controlling, needy, and personally
demeaning long-term relationship. These issues
have been COMPLETELY CLEARED from my life as well!
I believe that we're both just doing the best we can. Even
though there is grief that the relationship had to end in
order to FREE US both, sometimes parting ways is simply
the most compassionate and correct path for a relationship
to follow. We are still connected in this universe, I know
that. Believe me, I am still TAPPING like crazy. But, as
they say, "this too shall pass." Again, being freed from
the prison of this relationship has freed up a HUGE chunk
of my energies. New ideas, possibilities, and
collaborations have begun to flow in from completely
tangential sources! I see this as a positive
affirmation from the universe; now that I am unbound from
that draining load of relationship issues, I am being
offered exciting new outlets for my energies and efforts.
This is truly ABUNDANT living!
For anyone who is still doubting: EFT
WORKS, ATTRACTING ABUNDANCE WORKS, and I WORK!!!
Hooray! These therapies will work if you are
willing to stick with them and trust that the universe has
your "highest good" in store for you. We might always
flinch and doubt, but nothing changes unless you are ready
to make the effort, set the intention to grow, and allow
it to happen for you. EFT is an indispensable gift
to our planet and I thank you Carol (and founder,
Gary Craig) for distributing and facilitating the spread
of this exciting technology.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Carol. My life has
completely transformed for the better.
Yours Truly,
Jon, EFT-JUST-ME
p.s. As Spock is so oft-quoted: "LIVE LONG AND PROSPER"
Carol.
