Our Emotions and EFTby Lyn E. Ayre, EFT-CC Our emotions are what make our lives rich with texture, colour and depth. We would never want ‘freedom’ from that. What, then, is ‘emotional freedom’ all about? What is it that we do want to free ourselves from? The real question is: what is it that is preventing you from living a fulfilling life full of adventure, excellent health, and emotional freedom? Do any of the following resonate with you?
When you look at the foregoing list, doesn’t it seem absurd that we are still hanging on to any one of these situations? What we are talking about today is that which hinders your progress in the world; that which holds you back from becoming all you know you can be. Our emotions are healthy and are to be honored at all times. They are stand as sentinels at our front door, ever ready to serve and protect us from harm. They are the guardians of our soul. When something happens today to ‘anger’ us, we need to deal with the larger issue of why we feel we are being threatened and then use EFT to tap on the remainder, if any, so that it won’t lodge into our energy system as resentment or annoyance. ‘Fear’ is telling us something. We need to dig deeper and find out what that is. We can use this ‘fear’ to run away or stand up for ourselves or keep ourselves from doing something wrong. Then we need to use EFT to tap on the remainder so that we don’t start setting up ‘rules for our lives’, which cause us to ‘limit ourselves’. ‘Grief’ is a normal human emotion. It means that we valued someone or something and then ‘lost’ them/it. It is a transition to another stage in life. Crying and the other steps of the grieving process must gone through in order to come out the other side with a better understanding and appreciation of yourself, the situation, and life. We can tap on the remainder so we don’t limit ourselves in the area of relationships. Then we can open our hearts to love once more. The emotion of ‘shame’ shows up when we feel we haven’t been diligent in our dealings with others or ourselves. We need to learn from our mistakes and then show others and ourselves compassion and consideration so that a constant feeling of humiliation doesn’t set in or a feeling of being defiled doesn’t paralyze us. When we learn how to handle our thought life and our emotions, life becomes very rich indeed. We can breathe easier, smile quicker, and give to others that thing that attracted them to us in the first place – our love.
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