I've titled myself into a corner, because this is such a big topic and there's no way I can bring it full round in two parts. So forgive me my hubris. So, from the previous entry a small recap: as children, when adults talk to us or we hear their conversations, we are given opinions that in our young brains are registered as facts, such as "you can't have that toy because you're bad." You are bad may get written on our wall in big letters and thick ink or it may be barely legible, depending on a variety of factors. This then may become one of the filters through which we see the world and use to interpret all new information coming into our consciousness.
We also write on our walls. When confronted with a situation we make decisions about what it means. Some of the writing of course is there to keep us safe. Touching a hot stove will burn you, not all people are trustworthy. But, if we are chased by a dog and are frightened, we may write on our own walls that all dogs, or all brown dogs, or all dogs wearing collars, are dangerous. Some of the connections may make no sense to us as adults, and seeing as they were made by a two year old, how could they? But, there they are, confounding us and perhaps limiting us in our adult lives.
Let's use the first illustration, and say "I'm bad" is written on your walls. This could play out in your life as a string of bad choices in partners, because after all why would a good person want to be with a bad one? Or, you make enough money but can't keep it, because you are bad and can't have what you want. The list is endless, but you get the drift. So a process like EFT can be useful to make life work better for us by erasing some or all of the unhelpful writing on the wall that may be unconsciously, or subconsciously, affecting all the choices we are making now.
Spelunking anyone? The way to a more harmonious life may lie in along a road of self discovery and "erasing" some of that writing that is informing our decisions and even our health.
smile, breathe, and know you are meant to be here
peace.
