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When I use affirmations in my EF&H work, I'm using them in a different way

than most folks do. Many think of affirmations as a way to "install"

positive beliefs in the subconscious mind. I rather dislike this concept

myself<g>. Firstly, because it likens us to computers or other machines,

and we are NOT anything like a machine, regardless of what some folks tell

us. If we go about using affirmations in this way, our Spirit will reject

the process and the message.

Another potential complication is that when many of us are stating the

affirmation, our actual attention is on the opposite condition ("I don't

want to be poor, sick, unloved, etc."). If we simply repeat affirmations

from this perspective, we are only reinforcing the stuckness!!! Another way

of stating this is that "the words that we speak are irrelevant if we are

vibrating with a different energy". We will ALWAYS be creating based on our

vibration.

I occasionally use affirmations in my work with my clients, and when I do,

it is done at the end of the session AFTER the limiting beliefs have been

released. At this point the old stuck energy has been released and the

client is free and in a clear, open space. The process I use with

affirmations is one which reinforces the client's clear intention to have

what they want. I use affirmations as a way of "setting our tone", as a

way of "creating a new vibration".

As I've said before in my newsletters, first and foremost we need to

recognize when we are vibrating from a place of negativity, lack, or

limiting beliefs about ourselves. And, if we are, we must then do something

to transform these negative vibrations before we can expect affirmations (or

anything else) to be effective.

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I want to share with you an affirmation process I mentioned in one of my

earliest newsletters. It was sent to me by a wonderful Coach (and Health &

Healing Specialist) from the UK , Diana Keel, and I sometimes use it with my

clients (after the release work!) with excellent results.

1. Find the little knob (bump) at the center of the back of your head,

where the skull meets the top of the neck (in some people it is barely

discernible - someone else may be able to find yours more easily for you; if

not, try to find it on someone else and then you might find it more easily

on yourself). By the way the technical term for this bump is the Occipital

Protuberance.

2. Using two fingers, tap steadily and firmly but lightly on this knob, as

you repeat your affirmations.

Diana continues:

"This tapping procedure can be enormously effective. The tapping sends a

steady message, a pulsing beat, into your nervous system and into your habit

field. Even if you are skeptical, judge for yourself based on the results

you attain. Also consult with friends and loved ones after about a month

because quite often we do not recognize changes when they happen

effortlessly!"

Note from RR: This last statement is excellent advice after ANY kind or

energy work or transformational therapy. The best way to reinforce positive

changes is to recognize that they have happened. This is especially true

with my EF&H processes. Although the work is powerful, it can sometimes be

so subtle that we don't recognize that we have changed. I often have

clients whom, once the session is completed, have totally "forgotten" the

severity of the original issue they brought to the session. Occasionally

the client even forgets the issue itself (smile).

As always, I welcome your questions and your feedback on how you use the

processes you learn about here, and what your experience has been.

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