Have you ever felt trapped by chronic physical or emotional pain? Like you’re living in a prison constructed by your own mind, unable to escape the relentless suffering? The good news is, there is a way out using tools like EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). By tapping on key meridian points while focusing on the root issues, EFT can help release the energy blockages and resistances that are the true cause of the pain. But first, we need to understand the root cause of pain.
According to the wise and insightful Bashar, “All pain is resistance to the natural self.” When we resist our true nature and the flow of life, we create blockages and distortions within our being. Just like electrical resistance in a wire causes heat buildup and melting, resisting the natural vibration of our authentic self generates pain – whether mental, emotional, spiritual or physical. EFT can be remarkably effective at eliminating these resistances by calming the amygdala and allowing us to get into energetic alignment.
So how do we stop resisting and surrender to the flow? By recognizing one profound truth: We are constantly shifting realities. And we can use the mind-body tool of EFT to make those shifts easier and more natural. As you tap through the points, you’re figuratively tapping into the truth that you are an ever-new version of yourself in each present moment.
The Illusion of Continuity
According to the teachings, we are not the same person from one moment to the next. We are literally recreating ourselves – our mind, body, and circumstances – in each passing instant. The impression of continuity in our lives is just that – an impression, an illusion that we cobble together from separate “frames” of existence.
This means the “you” experiencing this sentence right now is literally a new version from the one reading the words before it. Amazing, right? And potentially life-changing if we can grasp the implications.
You see, if we are truly re-creating ourselves constantly, then any ailment, issue or negativity we think we’re carrying over from the past is simply being re-generated in the present moment by our current belief system and energy patterns. The pain is not really persistent – we are persistently recreating the conditions for it to exist!
The Choice Point
Now here’s the really exciting part – since we are always emerging anew, we can basically decide in each moment who we want to be. Do you choose to be the version experiencing debilitating pain and frustration? Or the bright, energized version, free of physical and emotional afflictions?
As the teachings say, “If you define yourself wholly and completely in any given moment in such a way as that definition no longer contains any element of the other person that was there a moment ago, that new person will never experience anything the other person is experiencing.”
This is our choice point, moment by moment – to either perpetuate the reality of suffering we’re familiar with, or boldly select a new possibility in alignment with our greatest joy and natural state of being.
The Reasons for Resistance
But why would anyone choose a reality of struggle over peace and happiness? The teachings provide some insightful reasons:
1. We may believe, at some level, that the pain is serving us or others in a way we’ve gotten attached to. Perhaps being ill allows us to relate to others struggling with the same condition. Or we secretly enjoy the sympathy and attention it brings.
2. We are terrified of the unknown. As one person admitted, “I wouldn’t know who I am anymore” if they completely let go of their painful identity and self-limiting beliefs. The familiarity of our suffering feels safer than the freedom of embracing our natural self.
3. We have contradictory beliefs; part of us wants happiness while another part thinks it will be hard or impossible to attain and maintain. These conflicting belief systems create chronic resistance.
Overcoming the Resistance
The solution? Get radically honest with yourself about your true motivations at the deepest levels. Ask yourself “What is the most terrifying thing I imagine will happen if I fully surrender to my highest joy and natural state?”
Then have the courage to face, embrace and reprogram those fear patterns. Realize that any anxiety about “not knowing who you’ll become” is simply residue from your old, limiting identity. The real you has no resistance, only the fullest expression of its divine essence.
With patience and commitment, you can become like that one audience member who was able to instantly call in the manifestation of being with the teacher simply by knowing it was their choice to create that reality in alignment with their joy. EFT can powerfully assist with that process of surrender and conscious choice.
Rewriting Your Script
The other key is to be vigilant about your internal narratives and scripts. If you keep defining your reality through the lens of “it’s harder than it sounds” or “easier said than done”, you’ll stay stuck in the storyline of difficulty. Using EFT, you can identify and clear the specific self-limiting beliefs that are perpetuating that narrative. Instead, practice embodying the belief that “Action and knowing are synonymous” – a core premise that EFT helps reinforce.
When you know something deeply, you simply take action without second-guessing or inner resistance. Like picking up a small object you drop – you don’t agonize over whether you “can” do it, you just instantly do it because you know you can.
Apply that level of embodied commitment to your freedom from pain and your transition to a new reality will be that simple and easy. As the teachings state, once you let go of the fear-based definitions about your unfolding life, “You will know that everything you will ever do, no matter how challenging, will always only be experienced in a positive and joyful way because that’s your choice.”
Face the Choice Point
At any moment, you can choose to stay imprisoned in your current experience of suffering by keeping it vividly alive in your mind. Or you can pivot by asking “What would this version of myself – the joyful, energized, healthy version – experience right now?”
Then simply choose that possibility, define it as your new reality, live it, embrace it. Keep making that pivot each time the shadow of your old patterns tries to resurface. With courage and persistence, you will literally become the ever-new, ever-refreshed version of your highest self.
As the teachings remind us, every shift of our identity is essentially giving birth to a new incarnation who has never experienced the past limitations. No matter how trapped you may feel right now, you are worthy and capable of setting yourself free into an infinite playground of joyous exploration. The lock has been clicked open. Will you finally escape the prison of pain?
