The Indigo Connection

“All is well.  Everything is happening for my highest good.  Out of this situation only good will come.  I am safe.” 

Louise Hay

I heard Louise Hay share this quote on a teleconference a few month ago and these word have stayed with me ever since.  When I think of the current uncertainty in the US and world financial markets, it is my wish that everyone involved, concerned or worried in any way could take a deep breath, think of something they are grateful for, then say this powerful affirmation. 

Take a break now and recite the phrase several times quietly to yourself.  Tap on your EFT treatment points while saying the statements to help the higher frequency of hope to set in.

Affirmations offer a calming way to be present with a situation no matter what is going on.  It occurs to me that the words above could be recited in good times and bad - as they simply reflect the truth.

Yesterday set a new benchmark for my life as a speaker and presenter.   You see – about half of my recent audience had four legs and fur!

 My topic “Using EFT for Your Pets” was offered as part of Inner Harmony Wellness Center’s Animal Blessing Event.   It was a bit wild for the many cats, dogs and their owners as the energies mingled.  There was barking and meowing, running, pulling and even some hissing and growling too.

When my audience began to assemble under the tent for my presentation, the animals out-numbered the humans-many had brought 2 pets.  The animals were clearly stressing out and the owners were equally distracted. 

This being a new experience, I felt  nervous about what I was getting into.  I resorted to suggesting that we do some EFT immediately, mostly for my own sake.  
As soon as I began the set-up statements with the intention of settling all participants, there was yawning and many of the animals began to lay down.   I settled down too! 

I explained that peace is contagious and how animals are so good at picking up on the energetic signals generated by their owners and others nearby.  Perhaps this is the greater lesson that we all needed to remember.  From that point on, I was able to speak and be heard without the struggle.

As an animal lover myself, it warmed my heart to share tips and techniques with these dedicated pet owners.  One woman was clearly grieving from loss of a treasured pet and I know that our tapping brought her some comfort too.  It is hard to quantify exactly what  healing relief occured for the animals, but I do know that calm prevailed, in spite of my doubts.

What fun it is to meet another challenge using EFT.  I hope you too will be reminded of the power to spread contageous peace through tapping!

Here are some ideas:

Tap for yourself knowing that your state of peace is contageous

Tap for someone who is dealing with a health challenge

Tap for somebody who is worried about their job

Tap for people who are having financial troubles

Tap for those who are experiencing any form of stress

Tap for anyone out there who needs a boost of good energy

Be generous knowing that the energy always comes back to heal you too.

I learned a hard lesson AGAIN yesterday.  I learned that I am not in control of the universe.  Silly me!  Why did I ever think I might be for an instant.

 Here’s what happened.  I had scheduled a full day without client appointments so that I could do a “writing retreat”.   I woke up early, did my exercises and meditated for a good 30 minutes in preparation for writing.  I wrote out my intentions and journaled lots of ideas.  I even moved my laptop to a pleasant new location in my sunroom for this day of creativity and writing.  I was all set for a great day.

 Then it all started to unravel.  First, my computer kept getting locked up.  I rebooted and it seemed to take forever to load up.  Next I tried to connect to the internet so I could blog – and realized my wireless broadband wasn’t working.  I checked the router, rebooted that and still no signal.  All this commotion wasted a full hour.  I realized it was time to call ATT which resulted in another 25 minute hold listening to “muzak”, only to be informed that my broadband service had been cancelled in conjunction with a failed installation of  the ATT Unverse fiber optic system (another long story about wasted time I won’t repeat here).

The worst part of this was being told by the ATT rep. that I would have no internet for 4 days and there was nothing I could do about it (except scream).   Learning this brought me to a boiling point and I actually yelled at the innocent ATT service rep.  I realized it was not her fault, but somehow I felt entitled to yell at her because she works for such an incompetent company.   My patience was totally drained and I needed to vent on someone.  I was powerless.  Putting up a fuss at least felt like I had some power left.  Did it help my situation?  Not at all.

 After I hung up with this lady, I realized how silly this all was.  It wasn’t the end of the world and I still had my laptop.  I couldn’t use the internet, but I could write and enjoy the beautiful day.   It was at this point that I decided to grab my ipod and take a 3 mile run to burn off the steam.

Did I learn something?  Perhaps it is that I am just as vulnerable as anyone to losing my peaceful composure.  I am human and those human feelings can feel horrible.  I feel grateful that I don’t feel this way very often – and feel compassion for those who go through life in a constant state of anger, frustration and resentment.  It is a toxic way to feel.  It makes me all the more certain about the work I do sharing EFT and other energy methods that magically melt away this kind of stress.

Today I’m blessed to realize that I can tap into a neighboring wireless service and get online.  Maybe the Universe is taking care of me and responding to my settled nerves.  I’ll be teaching another Law of Attraction seminar tomorrow and know that I’ll be a more compassionate teacher having had this experience.   I humbly accept the lesson.

Today’s daily affirmation on my Louis Hay calendar reads as follows:

“I release the need to criticize.  I love, accept and approve of myself and others.”

Criticism is a form of judgement and usually contains some sort of negative feedback about undesireable behavior, thoughts, ideas or actions.  Some of the nastinest criticism comes from within our own minds, directed at ourselves.  We somehow feel the need to pick ourselves apart as lacking , inadequate, ugly, stupid or unvaluable.   I’ve done it to myself and I imagine you have done it too.  We are our own worst critics because we really know our weaknesses better than anyone else. 

There’s also criticism of others – placing judgement on their actions, intentions or words.  There’s sure enough of it circulating in our media, especially in this election year.  Our schools and universities judge, criticize and label students.  Parents are expected to guide their children through criticism.   Blogging itself is often full of criticism.  We may treat our pets and strangers better than we treat important people in our lives.  Is this our ego mind getting the best of us?

Expressing opinions is fine, but when it smacks with the finality of a negative judgement it hurts big time.  

In my role as a coach, I am human and I know I have an ego that surfaces from time to time.  At least I am getting better at catching it in the present moment.  I must constantly remind myself that people seek out my help often because their own internal critic has brought them to a point where they see a need for change.  My role in the intervention is not to judge or criticize, but to listen, witness their pain and accept them as they are.  The opposite of criticism is acceptance.  Acceptance is a position of strength and the force that allows for positive change.

One of the most valuable points I learned as I trained to be a coach was to acknowlege that all of us are doing the best we can given our limitations, experience, pain and beliefs.   It is helpful to consider that fears often move people into actions and words that are unkind, thoughtless or unhealthy.  The exact behavior that is ripe for criticism, so that the cycle of fear is perpetuated!

To accept and love someone who is afraid, depressed or in a state of “lack” is a true act of compassion.  Many of “low energy” ones are the hardest ones to love.  Sometimes the safest thing to do is to love and accept them from a distance.  The change is up to them, not me or you.  We can only be there to witness and accept them – fear and all.

Love them

Accept them

Witness the pain

Choose to send peace to all involved, including yourself