EFT for EVERYONE! An EASY Introduction to the Emotional Freedom Techniques. by Karen Curry

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1 EFT for EVERYONE! An EASY Introduction to the Emotional Freedom Techniques by Karen Curry

2 Dear Reader, Thank you for taking the time to read this short introduction to the Emotional Freedom Techniques. I have written this manual to provide a brief introduction to this exciting new method, and to encourage you to seek further training in the EFT process. If you would like to learn more about EFT or would like to schedule a private session, please contact me: Karen@joyfulmission.com or call (612) I look forward to working with you and sharing this powerful technique! Happy tapping! Love, Karen Karen Curry When nothing else works Tap on it! A woman has such a strong phobia of flying that she can barely even drive to the airport to pick up a friend. Her body is wracked with nausea when she thinks about taking a plane trip. Nothing has worked to help her. With the guidance of a coach she taps on her phobia and now she can fly on an airplane without fear and anxiety. A man has migraine headaches on a regular basis and nothing ever seems to help them. With the guidance of a practitioner, he taps on the headaches and they appear less frequently and with much less intensity than before. He taps some more on his own, and the painful migraine headaches eventually disappear, never to return. A woman constantly feels guilty about not making weekly visits to her parents house, ( You never come to see us anymore ) even though visiting requires hauling her four children over there and disrupting her family s weekend schedule. She taps on her guilt and then decides that her parents can make the effort to drive the 10 minutes over to her house once in a while. Her guilt is gone. 2

3 A child has recurring nightmares about monsters coming out of his bedroom closet at night. With his mother s help, he taps on the nightmares, which do not return. In their place he has nice dreams. What do these people have in common? They have all discovered that when they are stuck with a problem that won t go away, and nothing else has worked to solve it, they can tap on that problem with the Emotional Freedom Techniques, and that problem will become nothing more than a powerless memory. This is the world of EFT, and this new world is waiting for YOU. EFT = The Missing Tools! Imagine that you live in a house where everything is broken, and you don t have any tools to make the repairs not even a wrench. You know what is wrong in the house, but you just can t fix it. You probably don t enjoy living in that house very much -- it feels like a dump. Then a friend drops off some tools from the hardware store hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, etc. and he shows you how to use them. Now you can repair the house and enjoy living in it much more! YOU are like that house, parts of your life don t seem to be working the way you want them to. You may have physical, psychological, emotional, or even spiritual issues that you wish you could resolve. But try as you might, you don t always seem to have the right tools to fix your life. Now, imagine, for a minute, that each one of your so-called problems is actually the result of a simple disruption in your body s natural healing system. Your body and mind would heal themselves if only you could remove those disruptions All you need are the right tools to remove those disruptions to your system. EFT provides the tools you need to remove the disruptions in your body s natural healing systems! 3

4 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT EFT 1) EFT Often Works When Nothing Else Will! Try it and see. 2) EFT is a TOOL. Even if you had never seen a screwdriver before, I could probably show you how to use one in less than five minutes. A screwdriver works on everything from cars to videocassette recorders. EFT is like that. It is a general tool that can be used to "repair" your emotional system. 3) Like any tool, EFT requires training to master it. For example, if you were to hand me a set of tools and ask me if I knew how to use them, I would answer yes." If you asked me to repair your car with those tools, I would answer NO WAY, I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT FIXING CARS!" Maybe I could take your car apart, but to put it back together would require that I know something about applying the tools to an automobile. EFT is like the tools and YOU are like the mechanic. The EFT process always works IF you know how to apply it to the particular issue you want to resolve. After you learn the basics from this introductory manual, we highly recommend that you pursue additional training and support through the 4

5 resources at EFTU. The more you learn, the greater success you will experience with the Emotional Freedom Techniques. 4) You get out of EFT what you put into. Like exercise or meditation, EFT is a self-applied process. And, you will get results in proportion to how much time and effort you give to the process. If you rarely use EFT, it will rarely give you results. If you use EFT every day on every issue you will get results every day on practically every issue. So use it! WHERE DID EFT COME FROM? In the mid 1990's, a man named Gary Craig took elements from other meridian energy therapies and he created a simple healing protocol which he named the "The Emotional Freedom Techniques." He began teaching those techniques to people in workshops and with video tapes of his seminars. Psychologists, personal coaches, hypnotherapists, message therapists, chiropractors and others have flocked to EFT in overwhelming numbers. For many professionals it has become their main tool. The Emotional Freedom Techniques have an interesting history which has been recorded in detail in videos, training manuals, and on Gary Craig's web site, For those who want to know the full history and development of EFT, see Gary's web site. HOW EFT WORKS EFT works because it gets to underlying emotional issues which produce the so called "problems" in our lives. Using EFT a person can remove the blocks which keep feelings and emotions from flowing naturally, and when emotions flow normally, the body and the mind can heal themselves. THE DISCOVERY STATEMENT 5

6 The basic theory behind the application of EFT is expressed in what Gary Craig calls the "Discovery Statement" shown below: THE CAUSE OF ALL NEGATIVE EMOTIONS IS A DISRUPTION IN THE BODY S ENERGY SYSTEM Another way to express this idea is this: THE CAUSE OF EACH OF OUR LIFE PROBLEMS, (PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, OR SPIRITUAL), IS A DISRUPTION IN THE BODY'S ENERGY SYSTEM. By clearing disruptions in the energy system we allow the mind and body to heal themselves. IMPORTANT NOTE: The description below gives an introduction to a short-cut version of EFT which is effective most of the time. If you would like to learn the complete EFT system and the history of the techniques, please visit our EFT Training page for additional resources. HOW TO DO EFT: THE MECHANICS THE TWO PARTS OF EFT EFT has two parts, the Set Up and the Tapping. The Set Up is kind of like setting up the bowling pins (the issue) and the Tapping is kind of like knocking down the bowling pins. When you say the Set Up phrase you focus on the issue you want to resolve, bringing it into your awareness, and when you do the Tapping, you tap on several energy points on your body. The energy points relate to the meridian points from Chinese Medicine and are sometimes called acupuncture points or acupressure points. Some people simply refer to these 6

7 points as relaxation points, because you will often feel very relaxed after you tap on the points a few times. If you do not understand anything in the following section, I encourage you to reread it as many times as necessary. Although the technique looks simple when demonstrated, it can sound complicated in written form. Don t give up! Although the art of applying EFT can take a while to learn, the mechanics of the EFT protocol are really very simple. THE SET UP For the Set Up part of EFT you identify the issue you want to tap on, and you say a very special phrase while tapping on the side of your hand (SH) with one or more fingers from your other hand. Here is the typical Set Up phrase: "Even though I have this (name the issue), I deeply and completely accept myself." You can adapt the Set Up to fit any situation or issue. In advanced practice, the way you say the Set Up can sometimes make ALL the difference in whether or not the tapping works. Learning to say THE exact Set Up that will help THE exact problem you are working on is a skill which you will develop as you practice EFT and continue to study the art of delivery of EFT. As a beginner you can use the standard Set Ups such as: Even though I have this back pain, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I feel angry at that car that just pulled out in front of me, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though my I want that piece of cake, I deeply and completely accept myself. 7

8 TAPPING THE POINTS You tap gently on certain points on your body hard enough to feel it, but not hard enough to hurt yourself. You will tap between 5 to 10 times on each point with one or two fingers. Then you will go to the next point. As you tap on the meridian points, you repeat to yourself a reminder phrase to keep the issue in your mind. For example, if you are tapping on a headache, you say this headache as you tap. Repeating the reminder phrase keeps you focused on the issue at hand. A SUMMARY OF THE SET UP AND TAPPING PROCEDURE 1. Identify an issue or problem you want to work on (such as a pain, an unpleasant memory, a food craving, a fear, etc.); be specific in identifying the issue. For example, you might say this pain on the lower left side of my back. Give that issue an intensity rating on a scale from (1 = barely noticeable, 5 = moderately annoying, 10 = unbearable). 2. Repeat the setup affirmation 3 times while tapping the (SH) point. "Even though (name the problem), I deeply and completely accept myself." Example: Even though I feel sad about, I deeply and completely accept myself. 3. Tap 5-10 times on each of the following energy points while focusing your mind on the problem you just rated. And keep the issue in mind by saying a reminder phrase while you tap. 7 Energy Points: EB, SE, UE, UN, CH, CB, UA 4. Check in with your mind and rate the problem again. Is it still a 10? an 8? a 2? If it is not a zero (0), repeat the EFT sequence. 8

9 DIAGRAM OF BASIC EFT POINTS KEY EB = Eyebrow SE = Side of Eye UE = Under Eye UN = Under Nose CH = Chin CB = Collarbone UA = Under Arm SH = Side of Hand HOW TO DO EFT: THE ART There is an art to doing EFT well that cannot be taught in any book. You have to see it, hear it, and experience for yourself. To learn the art you must work with a practitioner, attend a support group, take an online class (such as Paul Cutright's superb audio class "Emotional Freedom Training Online Audio Program"), or watch Gary Craig's original EFT training videos (currently available only on CD for computer viewing, but you might find a practitioner who has the original videos who will rent or loan them to you). Nevertheless, I have included a couple of advanced topics here for those who want to understand more about how EFT works. 9

10 ADVANCED EFT CONCEPTS TREATING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A PROBLEM Occasionally you will clear an issue with only one round of tapping. Most issues, on the other hand, will have several parts or aspects which must be addressed. The Headache example below illustrates the one-minute miracle where a problem goes away after only one or two rounds of tapping. The Fear of Driving on an Overpass example shows how a supposedly simple phobia actually consists of several completely separate sub-issues, or aspects, which must be addressed individually before the phobia dissolves. In EFT lingo we call each of these sub-issues an aspect of the main issue. When you tap on a problem, you may have another feeling or other problem pop into your head. This is your mind telling you Hey, there is more to this issue, here is the next aspect you need to tap on. To successfully clear the negative emotions from an event, you must address ALL of the aspects. It just won t do to address one small part and leave the rest of the sub-issues untouched. For some issues, therefore, you will have to tap on many aspects. The best way to learn to follow a trail of aspects is to work with an EFT practitioner either individually or in a support group. You can also learn by listening to recorded sessions. When you hear or see an EFT session you will clearly understand what aspects are and how to chase them. STOPPERS THAT PREVENT EFT FROM WORKING Two concepts that are often referred to as stoppers and that can prevent EFT from working are called psychological reversal and secondary gain. I believe these are really the same idea stated in different ways, but I will list them both for the reader s benefit. 10

11 When you have psychological reversal your energy system or unconscious programming maintains the opposite condition of what is in your best interest. When you have secondary gain, some part of your personality mind thinks that to get over the problem will require giving up something that you need or that is essential for your survival. These conditions can result in subsequent self-sabotage. Conscious Mind = I want to get over this problem. Unconscious Mind = I don t want to get over this problem because Reason not to get over a problem: 1) If I get over this problem (something bad) will happen. 2) If I get over this problem (someone) won t love me/take care of me/pay attention to me anymore. 3) I deserve to have this problem because I did or thought about doing (some bad thing). 4) I don t deserve to get over this problem because other people are worse off than I am. 5) I can t recover because then I will have to (some responsibility) Our ego can hold onto thousands of reasons for not getting over an issue. Let s look at some common examples of how stoppers work against you when you tap. Example One: A boy gets sick. His Mom, who usually works, takes the day off and lavishes attention on boy. This pattern is repeated throughout childhood. The boy grows up into a healthy man and gets married. 11

12 The grown man has very busy wife, who is CEO of her own company, and who works until 8 p.m. every night. The seemingly healthy grown man repeatedly comes down with flu, colds, etc. Nothing seems to help him get better, so he tries tapping. He taps on his "repeated illness" issue with no immediate improvement in symptoms, but he realizes that he misses his wife when she works late every night. He decides that there might be a secondary gain for keeping his illnesses, such as the belief: If I get sick, people will pay more attention to me. This is, in fact, the exact pattern he learned in childhood. So, the grown man taps on his feeling of needing attention from his wife: Even though I feel like my wife is not paying enough attention to me, I deeply and completely accept myself. tap tap tap Immediate result: Grown man realizes he can simply ask his wife for more attention. He asks wife to take off early on Wednesdays so they can spend some time together. Long term result: Grown man gets sick less often, finds other appropriate ways to get attention. In the example above, the grown man had no conscious knowledge of his secondary gain belief, and, his pattern of illnesses no longer gained attention as it did in childhood. It was an old energy pattern that no longer served him and his highest good, yet it was resurfacing repeatedly. Please note: in the example above the man was not getting sick on purpose! The whole cycle was entirely unconscious on his part. A few rounds of tapping on his getting sick issue didn t solve the getting sick, but it did point him in the direction of the real issue, which was that he wanted to spend more time with his spouse. Many health problems (both physical and psychological) have very obvious secondary gains which no one seems to notice UNTIL THEY TAP ON IT. We have seen so many clients get a look of enlightenment on their faces when they realize they may have been unconsciously maintaining an unhealthy life 12

13 pattern because it got them something that they wanted in the past, but that no longer serves their highest good in the present time. You may think you want to get over a particular habit or fear, but there may be a part of you that wants to keep that problem. Look for the secondary gain in an issue and tap on letting go of the need for that secondary gain, and surprise you will find the issue opens right up and begins to improve. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SECONDARY GAIN: An attractive woman dates and or marries several men over a decade, all of whom end up abusing her either physically or emotionally. The woman divorces her most recent abuser and gains 50 pounds. Years later woman struggles to lose weight. Diets don t work and she just gains more weight. The woman feels like her body is working against her. She discovers EFT and has new hope. She taps on food cravings and similar issues with little result in terms of actual weight lost. Knowing there might be a secondary gain for keeping the weight on, she asks herself, If I lose this weight then. The woman has a huge aha moment and realizes she might holding on to excess weight in order to look less attractive to men, so they will not hit on her and so she will not begin another relationship with another man who might abuse her just like the others did. She taps on her unconscious fear of attracting men: Even though I am afraid to lose weight because I will look more attractive to men, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I always attract the wrong kind of man, I deeply an completely accept myself. Etc 13

14 Immediate result: The woman laughs at herself and realizes she has been keeping the weight on to keep from attracting men. While her conscious mind was saying I ve got to lose some weight! her unconscious mind was screaming out I ve got to stay fat! Long term result: She continues to tap on her issues of attracting dangerous men, and she gradually loses weight with less effort than before. (If you think we are making these examples up, think again. The above example occurs frequently with women and sometimes with men.) TREATING YOURSELF FOR SECONDARY GAIN BLOCKS One way to treat secondary gain is simply to tap on it directly. If your issue does not improve with EFT use one of the following types of Set Ups and try again. Adapt the Set Up to your specific issue. Even though I don t really want to get over this problem, I deeply and profoundly accept myself. Even though part of me wants to stay sick Even though some part of me enjoys feeling this sadness Even though I don t want to heal my grief yet Even though I like having this problem If you remain stuck, seek help from a an EFT specialist or a support group. The saddest result of secondary gain is that the people who have the most to gain from EFT often won t use it PRECISELY BECAUSE IT WORKS! You see, their system senses that EFT will very efficiently resolve a challenging issue, but part of the mind desperately want to hang on to that issue for protective reasons, or because that negative energy pattern is the only one that the person s system has known. The best way to get around secondary gain is to tap with a practitioner or a support group. 14

15 EFT SUCCESS STORIES Below are short summaries of three EFT success stories. We include these to illustrate how someone can apply EFT to a specific issue with success. A HEADACHE DISSOLVES IN ONE ROUND OF TAPPING The case study below illustrates a straight-forward physical complaint which clears very easily, what we often call a one-minute miracle. One of my first personal successes with EFT involved a simple headache I had after a tiring day at the office. I said the following Set Up phrase three times and then tapped the points Even though I have this headache, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I have this headache, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I have this headache, I deeply and completely accept myself. tap tap tap Headache gone. NOTE: I have had other headaches that took several rounds of tapping to eliminate, so don t give up if yours doesn t disappear instantly. Remember that if the true cause of your headache rests in some physiological need, then your tapping will probably not make the headache disappear. For instance, if you have consumed very little water during the day, you may have a dehydration headache. You try tapping, but during the tapping you may notice you feel thirsty. So drink some water! Or, you may need to catch up on sleep and your headache is a message from your body saying Hey, take a nap! So you should take a nap! 15

16 A DRIVING ON AN OVERPASS PHOBIA This next case study shows how one short event lasting only a few minutes can create patterns in a person s energy system. These patterns can exert control over that individual for the rest of her life unless the short circuit is corrected with EFT. Kathy had come to a seminar on EFT for Weight Loss and had made some good progress during the day. She responded wonderfully to EFT and at the end of the afternoon session, she asked if I could help her with a phobia relating to driving over a particular highway overpass in Houston. This phobia caused her to feel fearful and tense whenever she had to drive on this overpass or similar ones, so she would usually drive out of her way to avoid having to go on that part of the freeway. This particular phobia didn't appear to hamper her life tremendously, but it was a nuisance to feel so controlled by a simple fear of driving on one stretch of the highway. Consciously, she felt silly not being able to drive on the highway like any normal person. No amount of conscious reasoning would unlock the stuck pattern in her mind-body system however, and she remained prisoner to her emotional and physiological reactions. Kathy even knew the source of this fear, but knowing it didn t make the fear go away. She explained to me that she had been in a very bad accident on a similar highway overpass about two decades earlier. The previous accident had not been her fault in any way. She had come over the hill and had run into a multi-car pileup that had started several cars ahead of her on the freeway. The accident had begun with only two cars, but because the overpass went up steeply on the front side, she had not been able to see the accident over the crest of the hill. And when she came over the top of the hill at about 50 mph, there was no time to stop. Several other cars did the same, resulting in a multi-car collision. 16

17 She was not seriously injured in the wreck, but some people in another car had been killed, and she saw their bodies being taken away. She was taken to the hospital for minor injuries, and her mother came to get her. Since that time, driving over similar overpasses, especially very steep ones where the far side is not visible, continued to scare her. Kathy felt more than normal caution about such areas. She had so much fear that she would simply drive far out of her way to find a different route to where she needed to go, rather than cross such an overpass. If she could resolve this phobia she might save herself considerable time in getting through downtown. We started by rating her fear of driving on the highway overpass, which she put at about an 8 or 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. I asked her where in her body she felt the tension when she had to drive on these kinds of overpasses. She said her stomach and chest would feel tight and compressed knotted up. First we tapped on her fear of driving on the overpass, and then we tapped on her most obvious physical symptoms with the following Set Ups: Even though I m afraid to drive on the 610 overpass at I-10, I deeply and completely accept myself, and, Even though I have this tension in my chest and stomach when I think about driving on that overpass After each round of tapping I asked her to imagine driving over that part of the road and to rate her anxiety. A couple rounds with these Set Ups had brought her anxiety down a little bit, to a 5 or 6. At that point I felt that we should move directly to the most obvious aspects of the anchoring event, the car accident from her youth, and go through each of those aspects one at a time. (This session lasted about 45 minutes, so I will summarize my procedure order to save space. Before each round I would ask for a rating of 1 to 10 on that particular aspect, then we would tap a round and re-assess with a new 17

18 rating of 1 to 10. If the aspect went to a zero, we would move on to another aspect; but, if an aspect still carried a negative feeling rated at 2 or 3 or whatever, we would continue to repeat the same Set Up until we got that aspect down to a zero. I won t include all of the repetitions below, just the main Set Up phrases.) We started with the following Set Ups: Even though I ran into another car, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I can still hear the crunching of the metal... Even though I wrecked my car Even though I still see the dead bodies from the other cars After clearing a few of these aspects of the accident, Kathy felt a lightness in her body, and a lessening of anxiety. But she told me that one other aspect probably continued to bother her more than the actual wreck and its associated traumas. What made her feel the worst, and what had stuck with her the longest, was the look on her mother s face when she (the mother) walked into the hospital, not knowing if her daughter had been badly injured. So we tapped on her guilt in that situation. Even though I feel really guilty about the look on my mother s face and, Even though I feel responsible for my mother s fear at the hospital and Even though I made my mother sick with grief for several hours while she though I might be dead It was during this last set of rounds that Kathy began to feel even better. At this point I asked her to tune into the idea of driving on that overpass, and rate her anxiety. 18

19 She tried to vividly imagine driving over that particularly steep stretch of highway. Before we started tapping, she had felt considerable fear and the tightness in her chest and stomach just from thinking about driving on that road. Now, however, she could not call up any fear. She felt sure that she could confidently tackle that part of the highway. I tested her new confidence by having her imagine coming over the crest of the hill and seeing an accident on the road below her. She said she had maybe a little anxiety, maybe a 1 or 2 on the scale we had been imagining. So we did a couple of rounds on: Even though I m afraid it might happen again and Even though I might have another accident like the one before At this point Kathy felt completely clear of this phobia. We were not able to test her at that moment, she would have to do that on her own by actually driving on that stretch of the freeway. It might be that she would find a new aspect as she drove over the freeway in that spot. Perhaps the particular time of day would trigger memories of her previous accident, or perhaps a certain color of car in front of her might cause her to remember more about that day in her youth. And her symptoms might return. On the other hand, it was very possible that she might never feel those particular symptoms in that situation ever again. EFT typically produces permanent relief of symptoms when the anchoring events, or root causes, of a problem have been cleared with tapping. In this case the word cleared refers to the fact that the negative emotion or negative reaction has dissipated from the situation. GOUT IN BOTH FEET This next case study demonstrates the power of EFT to help a purely physical problem. It also illustrates the fact that we often know, at some level, what is really at the root of our pain. 19

20 Bob had very painful gout in his left foot and was just recovering from gout in his right foot when I met him. Medications and other treatments had produced a slight improvement, but the gout wasn't going away. After chatting for a few minutes about EFT, Bob rated his pain for me. Sitting down he gave it an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, but he said it would probably be a ten if he were to put any weight on it. (He was using a walking stick to get around without hurting his foot.) We started by tapping on the pain itself, and the swelling, just to see what would happen. We used the following Set Ups: Even though my foot hurts I deeply and completely accept myself Even though I have this pain in my foot Even though my foot is swollen We made very little progress with these Set Up statements. Bob said the tapping felt good, and he felt maybe a little relaxation in his foot. He rated the pain at about a 6 or 7. We did a couple more rounds, but the pain did not decrease noticeably. I had already suspected that we would need to address some deeper issues than the obvious presenting symptoms. For those with hypnotherapy training or who have read Louise Hay s book Heal Your Body, you know that a problem with the feet can represent fear of moving forward, or fear of the future. I asked Bob if he had any clues as to a potential emotional cause for his gout. Bob was very open minded about pursuing an emotional or mind-body connection, but we didn't get anywhere for the next few minutes. So I asked Bob to fill-in-the-blank on the following statement to draw out his unconscious knowledge. If I get over this gout then I will have to??? 20

21 As soon as I got to the blank, Bob grinned and blurted out I ll have to go back to work! Eureka, we found it! I had a strong intuition that the job territory had everything to do with the gout. So I asked for any reason why he would want to miss work, and he gave me a rundown of his current work situation. Bob worked at a very successful and fast growing company that always seemed to be short on employees, owing to the constant increase in new customers. Being a supervisor and minority owner in the company, he felt tremendous pressure to take up the slack so that customers would get good service. For Bob that meant hour days and working some Saturdays as well. (He is an artist and novelist to boot, and 12 hour days leave little time for a second career.) Bob had worked this grueling schedule for a long time and saw no end in site. As long as the company kept growing, they would always be short on employees, and Bob would seldom, if ever, get a day off or a vacation. As he told this story, I didn t have to connect the dots for him, he could see an obvious connection between gout and having some time off of work. When he had had gout in his other foot, he had missed about four days of work, and now he was missing several more. So now we had a lot to tap on. We used a number of Set Up phrases for the next 20 minutes or so, but for the sake of brevity I will summarize the procedure below. Here are some of the statements which we used: Even though I feel like I will never get a break from work. Even though I see no end in site to my heavy workload Even though I feel guilty taking time off from work, because I own part of the company, and I feel responsible for its success Even though I think things will fall apart if I don t take up the slack 21

22 Even though I feel guilty asking the company to hire more help and so on I periodically asked for a rating on Bob s pain. Both the pain and the swelling came down considerably while we tapped, and Bob reported feeling whooshes and zings of energy flowing from his feet out his head during some of the rounds. His foot grew noticeably smaller before our very eyes. We ran out of time, though, and had to wrap things up with Bob s pain still at about a 1 or 2. We had made progress in finding an emotional root for the gout, and Bob could continue to use EFT on his own if he chose to do so. A few days later he reported that the gout pain had continued to subside and he had returned to work the next Monday (we had tapped on a Saturday). More importantly, he informed his boss that he was going to work a more reasonable schedule in the future. He had no guilt about asking for this change. His attitude toward work had shifted considerably during our session of tapping. The success stories above represent only a fraction of what the Emotional Freedom Techniques can do. The tapping process can literally be applied to ANY issue in your life! COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT EFT: What will happen when I tap, will I feel anything changing? Sometimes when you tap you will feel a verifiable physical change in your body, usually indicated by a big yawn, is deep breath, a burp, laughter, or a noticeable relaxation in your shoulders, throat, or stomach. Other times people report feeling lighter all over. Mentally, you may notice that an issue you worried about before simply does not concern you anymore. 22

23 Are there any negative side effects of EFT? As for side effects, here are the ones I have encountered: --a feeling of relaxation after tapping --tiredness and a need for extra sleep after an intense breakthrough --excessive yawning or even burping (energy shifts are taking place) Aren t there more meridian points on the body that can be tapped? Absolutely. You can tap on many other points than the seven shown on the basic diagram. You can learn more about the other points in the Audio Training Available at EFTU, What if I am driving my car and I want to tap, but I can t tap on the SH point, how do I do the Set Up? One of the best times to tap on issues that are bothering you is while you are driving or waiting at stop lights. As you try car tapping you may find it hard to tap the side of one hand with another. I use the Collarbone spot for the Set Up phrase while I am driving a car or if one of my hands is full at any time. But any spot will do for the Set Up. How long will it take me to learn EFT? To learn the mechanics of EFT will take you about one hour. To learn the art of delivery of EFT will require additional training and practice over a period of weeks or months. CONCLUSION If you have read this manual and started tapping, congratulations. You have just put a turbo rocket onto your personal development go-cart. Keep in mind that this manual barely touches on the vast potential of EFT as a tool for personal evolution. At this point, you may feel ready to pursue some vigorous results with EFT. If so, get advanced training or work with a practitioner today! 23

24 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Karen Curry learned EFT from Gary Craig s video series, and in live training with Gary and other EFT specialists. Karen works as a trainer, personal coach seminar leader, and a public speaker, pursuing a mission of promoting peace through the teaching of The P.E.A.C.E. Process (Personal Evolution And Consciousness Expansion). Their most important tools include EFT and Human Design. Learn more about Karen visit HELP THE WORLD TODAY! If you have always wanted to do something to save the world, promote peace, clean up the environment, etc., now is your chance! As you use EFT to discharge fears, angers, traumatic memories, and the like, you will find yourself acting from a more peaceful and loving frame of mind. You can't help it. The more you tap, the more peaceful you feel. Don't keep that powerful peaceful feeling to yourself! A peaceful world can only result from world full of peaceful people. By attaching this e-book to an you can send it to one friend, or ten friends, or a hundred friends, and you will have an immediate impact on world peace. Or, you can put this manual on a CD and share it with a friend, or even print it and give it to someone you love. 24

25 Help us promote emotional peace for our planet, and individual peace for its inhabitants. Share this manual with others! Thank you for helping me make a difference. Sincerely, Karen Curry IMPORTANT NOTE: The description of EFT given in this manual is a short-cut version of EFT which is effective most of the time. If you would like to learn the complete EFT system and the history of the techniques, please visit 25

26 Preface by Wallace Wattles THIS book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached. It is expected that the reader will take the fundamental statements upon faith, just as he would take statements concerning a law of electrical action if they were promulgated by a Marconi or an Edison; and, taking the statements upon faith, that he will prove their truth by acting upon them without fear or hesitation. Every man or woman who does this will certainly get rich; for the science herein applied is an exact science, and failure is impossible. For the benefit, however, of those who wish to investigate philosophical theories and so secure a logical basis for faith, I will here cite certain authorities. The monistic theory of the universe the theory that One is All, and that All is One; That one Substance manifests itself as the seeming many elements of the material world -is of Hindu origin, and has been gradually winning its way into the thought of the western world for two hundred years. It is the foundation of all the Oriental philosophies, and of those of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Emerson. The reader who would dig to the philosophical foundations of this is advised to read Hegel and Emerson for himself. In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand. The plan of action laid down herein was deduced from the conclusions of philosophy; it has been thoroughly tested, and bears the supreme test of practical experiment; it works. If you wish to know how the conclusions were arrived at, read the 26

27 writings of the authors mentioned above; and if you wish to reap the fruits of their philosophies in actual practice, read this book and do exactly as it tells you to do---- Wallace Wattles 27

28 How To Use This Book Included in this book is the entire original Wallace Wattles book, The Science of Getting Rich. Read each chapter and meditate on the messages. After you have absorbed the power of each chapter, complete the journal exercises. Pay attention to the emotions that are triggered by your journal entries Use EFT to clear any limiting beliefs that may come up for you when you read this book. I ve included some sample EFT setups in case you need help putting words to your feelings. At the end of each exercise section is a concluding EFT setup. This is a positive setup designed to be used like an affirmation. Simply repeat the concluding setup three times like a normal setup and then tap the rest of the sequence. The concluding setup was created to anchor the positive message of each chapter into your mind, body and energy system. The last three chapters have no exercises. Just read the chapters and enjoy them. You ll find that each paragraph is full of a richness and a depth that is as powerful today as when it was originally written. Universal laws never change. Enjoy your journey through this book. I hope it brings you as much inspiration and excitement as it always brings me. May you become a Certain Thinker and powerfully rich in all ways! Happy New Year! Love, Karen p.s. For more practical tools, please visit: 28

29 The Emotional Freedom Techniques and The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles and Karen Curry Chapter One The Right To Be Rich WHATEVER may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with. A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich. The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining. Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be rich. In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way; to be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life; and every man should have all that can contribute to the power, elegance, 29

30 beauty, and richness of life; to be content with less is sinful. The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich; and no man who has not plenty of money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all that they are capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you want to be; you can become what you want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge. There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life; and that desire is praise worthy. The man who does not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is abnormal. There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one of the three--body, mind, or soul--can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body; and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul. 30

31 We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body and denying both mind and soul; and we see that real life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can say, no man can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his soul. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance. Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable clothing, and warm shelter; and without freedom from excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life. He cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without intellectual companionship. To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations, and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating. To live fully in soul, man must have love; and love is denied expression by poverty. A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man. It is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to him that he should be rich. 31

32 It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich; if you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the Science of Getting Rich, for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yourself, to God and humanity; for you can render to God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself. 32

33 Exercises for Chapter One: Journal Exercises: What does being rich mean to you? When you think of being rich, what kinds of emotions come up for you? Do you believe that you can be rich? Do you believe that you can easily and joyfully become rich? How do you feel about getting rich from doing work you love? What do you think about getting rich from providing services to others? What would your life look like if you were rich? EFT Setups: Even though I feel guilty for wanting to be rich Even though I can t imagine being rich Even though no one in my family has ever been rich before Even though I think getting rich from serving others is greedy Even though I don t know how to get rich 33

34 Concluding Setup: Even though I can t imagine being rich, I know choose to know that being rich is natural, healthy and allows me to fulfill my destiny and life purpose. I can see myself enjoying abundant wealth, health and relationships in ways that I never imagined before. My imagination, dreams and faith about my abundant future grows everyday. 34

35 Chapter Two There is a Science of Getting Rich THERE is a Science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty. The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects; and, therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich. That the above statement is true is shown by the following facts: Getting rich is not a matter of environment, for, if it were, all the people in certain neighborhoods would become wealthy; the people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns would all be poor; or the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty. But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations. When two men are in the same locality, and in the same business, and one gets rich while the other remains poor, it shows that getting rich is not, primarily, a matter of 35

36 environment. Some environments may be more favorable than others, but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood, and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way. And further, the ability to do things in this certain way is not due solely to the possession of talent, for many people who have great talent remain poor, while other who have very little talent get rich. Studying the people who have got rich, we find that they are an average lot in all respects, having no greater talents and abilities than other men. It is evident that they do not get rich because they possess talents and abilities that other men have not, but because they happen to do things in a Certain Way. Getting rich is not the result of saving, or "thrift"; many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich. Nor is getting rich due to doing things which others fail to do; for two men in the same business often do almost exactly the same things, and one gets rich while the other remains poor or becomes bankrupt. From all these things, we must come to the conclusion that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way. If getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way, and if like causes always produce like effects, then any man or woman who can do things in that way can become rich, and the whole matter is brought within the domain of exact science. The question arises here, whether this Certain Way may not be so difficult that only a few may follow it. This cannot be 36

37 true, as we have seen, so far as natural ability is concerned. Talented people get rich, and blockheads get rich; intellectually brilliant people get rich, and very stupid people get rich; physically strong people get rich, and weak and sickly people get rich. Some degree of ability to think and understand is, of course, essential; but in so far natural ability is concerned, any man or woman who has sense enough to read and understand these words can certainly get rich. Also, we have seen that it is not a matter of environment. Location counts for something; one would not go to the heart of the Sahara and expect to do successful business. Getting rich involves the necessity of dealing with men, and of being where there are people to deal with; and if these people are inclined to deal in the way you want to deal, so much the better. But that is about as far as environment goes. If anybody else in your town can get rich, so can you; and if anybody else in your state can get rich, so can you. Again, it is not a matter of choosing some particular business or profession. People get rich in every business, and in every profession; while their next door neighbors in the same vocation remain in poverty. It is true that you will do best in a business which you like, and which is congenial to you; and if you have certain talents which are well developed, you will do best in a business which calls for the exercise of those talents. Also, you will do best in a business which is suited to your locality; an ice-cream parlor would do better in a warm climate than in Greenland, and a salmon fishery will succeed better in the Northwest than in Florida, where there are no 37