If you’ve already worked on your most important issues using EFT to free yourself from emotional blocks, and now are unsure what to tap on next, then perhaps it is time to dig deeper. Keeping a journal is a great way to find issues that are bothering you. Simply write about your life in a notebook. As you do, things will come out… events you’ve forgotten that you still get an emotional charge from, or problems you have that have plagued you for years.

When, during the course of your journal writing, you find yourself aware of an issue that can be helped by EFT (and this includes practically any issue) then at the top of the next page write a word or two about what the issue is. Next write down your setup phrase, and a number from one to ten that indicates how important this issue feels to you. Then go ahead give yourself a round of EFT. Next, reassess the strength of your emotional reaction to the issue, giving it another number.

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At this point you’ll need to either call this issue “resolved” or go on to tap about the remaining issue… or perhaps you’ve had some insight about another aspect of the issue that needs to be tapped on. Whatever your next step is, write it into your journal on that page.

A sample journal entry:

Consistency:
Even though I lack consistency, I deeply and completely accept myself.
7
2

This example illustrates a generalization… which usually isn’t the best thing to tap on. Using a specific event would be better:

Consistency:
Even though I don’t consistently do the dishes every night, I deeply and completely accept myself.
7
2

When you remember another issue in which you have consistency problems, you can tap on that too. Keep going until you tap on every issue that comes to mind during the course of your EFT session.

Keeping a record of your EFT tapping sessions in your journal will give you something to look back at and review. After using your journal for a few months, you’ll be amazed at how far you’ve come and how much your life has changed.

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After taking time off, I’m back to doing my EFT sessions almost every day, focusing on my Personal Peace Procedure as outlined and taught on Gary Craig’s site. I’ve worked through quite a few of my issues, but already feel much more stable and happy. My emotional mood swings are just about gone. EFT has done wonders for my relationships.

The Personal Peace Procedure involves writing down all the incidents in life, starting in early childhood, that caused an emotional reaction. I figured that the fact I remembered something meant that it impacted me emotionally. My list is very long, and will take months to work through, but it is well worth the time I’ll be putting into it, to get over these things. I look forward to being the new free me, finally able to live life in peace.

I will keep track of the books I’m reading here. I usually have more than one book going at a time.

Currently reading:
I checked The New Diary out of the library a week ago and am enjoying reading it during nearly every spare moment. I’m a long-time journal writer and am having fun putting some of Tristine Rainer’s suggestions into practice. This book was originally published in 1978.


Currently reading:
I just finished reading the first chapter of Jung’s biography/autobiography this morning. I loved the way he introduced his childhood by discussing the visions, dreams, and snapshot memories he had from that time in his life. As to why this is both a biography and an autobiography, one must read the foreword by his editor, Aniela Jaffe. This was mainly her project at first, but he was inspired to contribute quite a bit. I’m enjoying the wonderful, conversational writing style and am impressed by Jung’s allegories.


Just finished:
Until recently I didn’t think much about entities or possession. I never believed in it though I remembered a book I read years ago, Always, Karen by Jeanne Walker, which described how some people new to the afterlife will try to reincarnate by inhabiting the body of another living person. Walker’s book stated that this was an injury to the soul of the person whose body was taken over.

[Note: After looking up Always, Karen by Jeanne Walker at Amazon, I was inspired to write a review there tonight.]

When I first started using a computer bulletin board system back in 1992, I chatted a few times with a young man who claimed that this was the case for him. He said he had another spirit using his body and that at times he had to move aside and let the other spirit take over. I didn’t know what to think about that but this is a fact: one night he said he had a sudden vision of what I looked like, and said I was wearing a red dress and had a streak of gold in my hair. I was startled because I was wearing a skirt and blouse that could have looked like a dress. They were a dark hot pink sort of color. Very close to red! But I denied that I had any streak of gold in my hair. “Yes you do have a streak of gold in your hair,” he said. He was insistent that his vision of me was accurate. I reached up and felt my head and suddenly realized that I was wearing a barrette. I took it out. It was a long, narrow, gold barrette. Definitely a streak of gold!

Yet for years I took this entity possession thing lightly. I read accounts of people who beat their children claiming they were possessed. In one such account a girl was killed. I had a child with behavior problems and the idea that she could have an entity was definitely not something I could believe. I was shocked and distressed that any parent could think such a weird thing.

This year, however, I changed my mind. My new boyfriend studies this and had a collection of books on the topic. This is the second book of his on entity possession that I’ve read. And something else - I’ve learned to put myself into a trance state where I can detect the presence of entities or fragments in myself and others.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic. Sagan writes mainly of fragments - bits of the astral body that break off after death and seek a new host. I would love to be able to attend his Clairvision School.


Just finished:
I considered Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette to be a coffee-break book. I enjoyed reading the chapters occasionally while on breaks. It took me a long time to get through this book because I savored the chapters - usually one at a time.

The book is a very easy read - the writing style is friendly and conversational. Choquette has lots of great ideas for enhancing one’s ability to pick up vibes or psychic impressions.

Gary Craig’s most recent EFT newsletter contains this ‘thought for the day’:

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” - Confucius

This hits home as I’m starting to study energy healing. I’ve done it naturally on my own at times over the years, but now I’m open to improving my skills by learning from experts, and I’m developing ideas for this healing business.

As part of my training I’m putting myself through a rigorous course of study - mainly on metaphysical and writing topics. I expect this to last for a minimum of five years, so even after I start the EFT energy healing business I’ll continue to learn.

For anyone truly alive, learning never ends.