What are the thoughts that would make you unhappy in 2010? This seems like somewhat of an odd question, but this is a question posed by Byron Katie and it really grabbed my interest. She suggests that if we don’t work on these thoughts/ideas for the year ahead, they will certainly work on us!
What a great twist on the statistically unsuccessful New Years Resolutions we tend to make each year! It’s a common notion that coming up with a list of what we don’t want is easier than figuring out what we do want. Once written down on paper, this list will be a great tool for tapping!
Here is one other way to tap into the new year. It is called the Ultimate Truth Statement and I love using this technique. First make a list of your goals, take one at a time and examine it in this way; Let’s say for example that your goal is to go to the gym at least three times each week. You would write the goal out as if you already have it, or are already doing it.
Like this: "I go to the gym at least three times each week."
Now rate this statement from 0 – 10 based on how "true" it feels to you --- "0" being not true at all and "10" being very true.
Write down what comes to mind as you say this statement out loud, what is your ‘little voice’ telling you? These thoughts will become your tapping statements.
For example, my little voice says things like:
You’re too old to do this.
You aren’t going to be able to keep up a schedule like this.
You don’t even like going to the gym.
You get the idea, so write down your thoughts about your goal.
Using the energy tapping points, tap while saying the statements, and any other thoughts that come up in the process, until your rating gets higher. That is, until your goal statement becomes true for you. You will want to get the number up to a 10 so keep checking in to see if your number has changed from your original assessment.
This accomplishes a couple of things.
- You get all those internal "arguments" out into the open and deal with them.
- Getting to a "10" puts your conscious and subconscious into alignment to achieve your goal, this is VERY IMPORTANT. Without this congruency, goals are much more difficult to achieve.
So, there you go. I wish you happy tapping and a very Happy New Year!
©2009 Sue Tiritilli
Sue Tiritilli
www.hurricaneofgratitude.com
From the EFTfree Archives, which are now a part of EFT International .
Originally published on January 10. 2010.
Dr. Nili Marcia says
Hi Sue!
You are right “What are the thoughts that would make you unhappy in 2010?” does seem an odd question. And it is as counter-intuitive to those of us who were trained to focus on the positive as our apparently negatively focused set-up sentences. But, as with the set up sentences, this becomes a turn around which obviously leads to positive congruency. I like it a lot!
Kathy Atkinson says
Great suggestions for creating change in the new year. I am going to make a list of what thoughts would make me unhappy this year. Should be an interesting exercise. Thanks.