Quickly Neutralize Limiting Beliefs by Altering Your Energy

Limiting beliefs can virtually run our lives. Have you ever wondered why some things are easy and practically effortless for you and others are seemingly impossible? We all carry beliefs about everything we encounter in our world and these beliefs determine how we respond to life. When we look at the effortless aspects of life, we see beliefs that tell us those things are easy. When we cast our attention to the really difficult things, we see beliefs that tell us those things can’t be accomplished.

The standard approach to changing limiting beliefs is to convince yourself that what you currently believe is untrue. This method, however, is very slow and not terribly effective. To demonstrate, try this: tell yourself that you’re a millionaire right now. Go ahead and tell yourself. Ok, good. Did you believe you were a millionaire? No? You probably have limiting belief that says being a millionaire is very hard to achieve. That’s ok, though. You can just keep telling yourself you are a millionaire. By the way, how often do you think you’d have to say that before you believed it? You could probably tell yourself you’re a millionaire for a few years before you started to see a change in your finances. So, apparently, the solution to changing limiting beliefs is not in your thought process. Amazingly, it seems that the answer lies in your body’s energy system (the energy meridians mapped out by the Chinese thousands of years ago) instead.

Ok, so how do we change limiting beliefs through the energy system? By using a method known as EFT. EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is an energy-based form of therapy that utilizes the subtle energies found within a series of meridian lines that flow throughout the body. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture without the needles. Instead, the energy meridian points on your body are stimulated by gently tapping on them with your fingertips. The process is easy to learn and can be done anywhere at any time.

Instead of taking months or years using conventional therapy, EFT helps resolve issues in just a few hours, though it is also possible to achieve noticeable results with just a few brief rounds. The process has been used effectively on many areas, some of which are listed below:

Pain management
Headaches/migraines
Anxiety
Anger
Stress

Limiting beliefs

EFT is even beginning to find its way into hospitals and clinics for pain management, calming upset patients and psychological treatments. Following is some clinical research conducted on the use of EFT in the area of anxiety:

Psychologists Sharon Jones and Dr Henry B Andrews from Curtin University (Jones and Andrews, 2001) studied EFT treatment (vs. waiting list control) of public speaking anxiety in treatment sessions of 45-minutes conducted by psychologists in the University counseling center. The authors found significant improvements in self-report (Spielberger STAI) and subjective levels of anxiety for EFT treatment. In tracking the results of EFT treatment throughout the session, they found that subjective anxiety was significantly reduced after just 15 minutes of EFT treatment and continued to reduce throughout the treatment session.
Sharon Jones and Henry B. Andrews, "The efficacy of emotional freedom technique in reducing public speaking anxiety: An exploratory study." Paper presented at a meeting of the Western Australian branch of the College of Counseling Psychologists, March 2001.

Joaquin Andrade, MD and David Feinstein PhD report on a large scale study on Energy Psychology (Including EFT)

In preliminary clinical trials involving more than 29,000 patients from 11 allied treatment centers in South America during a 14-year period, a variety of randomized, double-blind pilot studies were conducted. The largest of the sub-studies, conducted over a five-and-one-half year period, followed the course of treatment of approximately 5,000 patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders. These patients were randomly assigned to an experimental group (imagery and statements paired with the manual stimulation of selected acupuncture points - as in EFT and TFT) or a control group (Cognitive Behavior Therapy supplemented by medication as needed). Half of them received the energy therapy treatments and no medication. Interviews at the end of treatment, along with follow-up interviews at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, showed that the energy therapy was significantly more effective than the CBT/medication protocol in both the proportion of patients showing some improvement and the proportion of patients showing complete remission of symptoms:

Outcome> Comparisons with 5,000 Anxiety Patients at Close of Therapy

CBT / MEDICATION ACUPOINT Some Improvement 63% 90% Complete Remission of Symptoms 51% 75%

EFT can make dramatic changes in practically every area of your life since we hold so many limiting beliefs. I have been using it for over three years and am thrilled with the results. Whenever I can, I teach it to people or direct them to resources where they can learn it on their own.

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Blessings,

Jason Hundley