3.11 A Secondary Exercise To Increase Your Intuition Using Meridian Tapping

3.11 A Secondary Exercise To Increase Your Intuition Using Meridian Tapping

“The cause of ALL negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system”

Gary Craig
EFT Founder

Meridian Tapping Technique

  • Choose the area of your life where you want to make a change. What area would make the biggest impact on your life?
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  • Write down all of your beliefs in that area. Think back to your childhood and what you picked up as a child from your parents, friends, teachers and others who had an impact in your formative years.  What did you observe and hear repeatedly?
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  • Decide what core belief you want to change. Only choose one.  Of all the beliefs you wrote down in step 2, which one would have the biggest impact on your life if you changed it to something more positive?
  • Write down why it’s so important for you to change this belief. Until your reason to change is stronger than your reason to stay the same, it’s fruitless to fool yourself into thinking you can change such strongly held beliefs.  How has it damaged you in the past and what’s possible in your future if you make the change?  Without a “why” that matters deeply to you, any change is short-lived so take your time and do this well.
  • Argue with this belief. Pretend that a friend holds this belief and you can’t believe they could be so dumb as to believe this.  Show them all the evidence to the contrary.  Show them how damaging this belief has been.  Whenever they defend their belief, come up with more reasons why it’s false.
  • Create a new, positive, more empowering belief. It will probably be the opposite of the belief you’re trying to change.
  • Visualize your life in detail when you’ve changed your old belief into the new one. What’s now possible for you?  Now that you’ve taken down the old perceived walls, where will you go and what do you see yourself doing?  How do you feel now that you’re living the life you previously thought impossible?
  • Every day, as you wake up, as you go to sleep and as often during the day as you can, repeat your new belief (preferably out loud) and feel the feelings you experienced in step 7. Feeling those new feelings on a regular basis is one of the most important aspects of this change process.
  • Every day, at the end of the day, write down one to three things, large or small, that you will do the following day to disprove the old belief and reinforce the new belief and move you closer to the life you envisioned in step 7.
  • The next day, do what you wrote down the night before as soon as you can. Action is incredibly powerful.  Ideas, thoughts, and beliefs can swim around in your head creating havoc or heaven.  Nothing will reinforce what you’re capable of more powerfully than taking action.

What is Meridian Tapping?

“Tapping”, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), is a powerful holistic healing technique that has been proven to effectively resolve a range of issues, including stress, anxiety, phobias, emotional disorders, chronic pain, addiction, weight control, and limiting beliefs, just to name a few.

This tapping technique is based on the combined principles of ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. Tapping with the fingertips on specific meridian endpoints of the body, while focusing on negative emotions or physical sensations, helps to calm the nervous system, rewire the brain to respond in healthier ways, and restore the body’s balance of energy It can be used to help change your value and beliefs one at a time. This technique used along with the left brain analysis that I’m recommending that you do will help you to become who you truly are and leave behind the conditioned you that is holding you back. Yes, this might seem like a lot of work. However, eventually your life will be over and this opportunity lost. Try and do your best. Anything positive that helps you to move forward will be an accomplishment and I recommend that you do as much as you can while you can.

EFT tapping in 5 steps

EFT tapping can be divided into five steps. If you have more than one issue or fear, you can repeat this sequence to address it and reduce or eliminate the intensity of your negative feeling.

1. Identify the issue

In order for this technique to be effective, you must first identify the issue or fear you have. This will be your focal point while you’re tapping. Focusing on only one problem at a time is purported to enhance your outcome.

2. Test the initial intensity

After you identify your problem area, you need to set a benchmark level of intensity. The intensity level is rated on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst or most difficult. The scale assesses the emotional or physical pain and discomfort you feel from your focal issue.

Establishing a benchmark helps you monitor your progress after performing a complete EFT sequence. If your initial intensity was 10 prior to tapping and ended at 5, you’d have accomplished a 50 percent improvement level.

3. The setup

Prior to tapping, you need to establish a phrase that explains what you’re trying to address. It must focus on two main goals:

  • acknowledging the issues
  • accepting yourself despite the problem

The common setup phrase is: “Even though I have this [fear or problem], I deeply and completely accept myself.”

You can alter this phrase so that it fits your problem, but it must not address someone else’s. For example, you can’t say, “Even though my mother is sick, I deeply and completely accept myself.” You have to focus on how the problem makes you feel in order to relieve the distress it causes. It’s better to address this situation by saying, “Even though I’m sad my mother is sick, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

4. EFT tapping sequence

The EFT tapping sequence is the methodic tapping on the ends of nine meridian points.

There are 12 major meridians that mirror each side of the body and correspond to an internal organ. However, EFT mainly focuses on these nine:

  • karate chop (KC): small intestine meridian
  • top of head (TH): governing vessel
  • eyebrow (EB): bladder meridian
  • side of the eye (SE): gallbladder meridian
  • under the eye (UE): stomach meridian
  • under the nose (UN): governing vessel
  • chin (Ch): central vessel
  • beginning of the collarbone (CB): kidney meridian
  • under the arm (UA): spleen meridian

Begin by tapping the karate chop point while simultaneously reciting your setup phrase three times. Then, tap each following point seven times, moving down the body in this ascending order:

  • eyebrow
  • side of the eye
  • under the eye
  • under the nose
  • chin
  • beginning of the collarbone
  • under the arm

After tapping the underarm point, finish the sequence at the top of the head point.

While tapping the ascending points, recite a reminder phrase to maintain focus on your problem area. If your setup phrase is, “Even though I’m sad my mother is sick, I deeply and completely accept myself,” your reminder phrase can be, “The sadness I feel that my mother is sick.” Recite this phrase at each tapping point. Repeat this sequence two or three times.

5. Test the final intensity

At the end of your sequence, rate your intensity level on a scale from 0 to 10. Compare your results with your initial intensity level. If you haven’t reached 0, repeat this process until you do.

The bottom line

EFT tapping is an alternative acupressure therapy treatment used to restore balance to your disrupted energy. It’s been an authorized treatment for war veterans with PTSD, and it’s demonstrated some benefits as a treatment for anxiety, depression, physical pain, and insomnia.

While there are some success stories, researchers are still investigating its effectiveness on other disorders and illnesses. Continue to seek traditional treatment options. However, if you decide to pursue this alternative therapy, consult with your doctor first to reduce the likelihood of injury or worsening symptoms.

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