First a 'sickly' sock puppet pops up with some bizarre or funky 'illness' or thought of a 'cure' they think they desperately need to try, or bizarre problem caused by some 'illness' or parasite--
Enter stage left: 'oh pleeeeae heeelp meeee'
And then another sock puppet pops up.
Enter stage left:'I'll hellp yoooouu' and offers some pithy advice about whatever bizarre problem presented,
And apparently because I'm not in the script and offer advice based on using something that actually helps, they gobble on as though a ghost whispered nothing.
(Probably because the sock puppets actors have been instructed by the director to ignore any real person, no doubt seeking to influence the audience with the intent of causing them to also ignore the ghost)
With even other sock puppets popping up sometimes to offer sagely although fairly inane meaningless advice.
Enter from audience: 'And I'll hellllppp!'
To which the first ever sooo sickly first sock puppet whimpers: 'Ohhh thank you alll !I feel sooo much more hopeful and better'
End of Play. (applause please)
Heck, with fake user names, it could well be the same pair of hands talking to each other, maybe using their foot as the third hand.
This is the ONLY website chat program that has easily usable fake user names that I've ever seen in my 20 years on line. Most websites kick off any body who tries that. But if you want to offer free sock puppet shows from apparently different sick swooning sock puppets, it'd make that whole type of presentation sooo much easier to do on an ongoing basis, eh?
So I wonder, are there any real people left here or is everyone just a sock puppet? For what I'm talking about though it really doesn't matter, cuz those soon to be unemployed sock puppets are going to be as lost as everyone else. So encore! Encore!
So more about the actual technique of EFT. So anyway, it's is kinda like acupressure, which taps various points all over the head and body.
I'll do the basic points I use, although in Gary's version, he included the right side bottom corner of the fingernails on the fingers and thumb, which I've found to be not necessary, although I'm being told that if you are not able to tap the actual points (maybe out where if you do it people stare at you), it's a substitute way to do a number of the actual points. There's an inside just under the palm wrist point which I never used, but apparently it's good for digestive issuses.
Here's a diagram of the points I use then. I've learned it's best to do them in descending order and starting at the top gives the body a heads up that the tapping has begun. Some sites say it doesn't matter, but my information is that, in fact, it does. It helps the body mind keep things orderly. It's hard pressed to keep a proper focus if you jump around the points like a rabbit. So you'll still get results, but not as good of ones.
I'm finding other points too, for the meta-level stuff, which of course don't work until you get those skills back in communication with the body mind. So I'm sure the El-*th who brought this to Gary didn't teach them, since it'd just clutter things up. I haven't figured them all out yet, but when I do, I'll update everyone.
So, the first thing I do is say what I think the problem is, and muscle test. If I get a weak yes (or no, of course) I'll ask is there maybe _____ involved too? And on and on until I get a solid yes. It can take some digging. I ask about physical aspects like injury , the various types of infections, some sort of allergic reaction, just plain toxins that might be settling wherever, too much of something that might not be bothersome in smaller amounts—everything I can think of.
Of course you can go ahead and tap for the first sticky yes, and see how much that helps—sometimes if I'm in a hurry, I'll go with that, so that of what ever symptom I'm tapping for is gone enough that I can be ok with the remaining level, and then finish up the investigation when I have time.
Then ask your body what spots you need to tap for that symptom, starting with top of head. It cuts out the whole 'do every point twice' thing way down, because I as I said, usually find only 2 points and one of those is top of head. It's kinda like the command center for your body mind.
Once you find those, then tap what they call a set-up phrase on the karate chop point, the details of what you're tapping for. For example: 'The muscles and tendons in my left foot got twisted and maybe damaged as I fell off the ladder today on to the hard pavement'.
I've found this is where you say every aspect you can think of. The more information your body mind has the better it can zoom in on fixing said problem. You need to tap for the problem, not possible solutions though, for best effect. So not something like 'my ankle should stop hurting' or "my ankle needs to be repaired because I sprained it'. I've never found positive statements to work.
And if you're not sure, saying maybe is fine because I think it turns your body minds attention to that issue. If there is actual damage involved, it will fix it because it sees that it in fact is damaged.
I've found sometimes things can get pretty complex with some issues (like my stroke stuff) which has layers upon layers of stuff, that you have to peel away the top layer to see the next one, so if it seems the tapping is only minimally helping, even though you got a strong yes, chances are it's now removed a layer and you'll want to explore again to see what might have come to light now.
If it's one of those, it really helps to write it down, so that when you do your set up phrase, you can add all that information. Maybe even write that set up statement first, to make sure you'll cover all the bases.
I've found I can usually deal with a physical issue at this level, but if it seems to stay not entirely fixed or keeps coming back, then I dig into the emotional reasons. That level is less familiar as to the hows because I've rarely needed to do that. I can think of emotional issues readily because of my training, but usually let my mind relax and go blank for a bit and often a memory will surface which may or may not seem relevant. If I let it unfold though, it does in time. Then I just start asking about various angles of the memory. Or if that way seems stuck, maybe a dream about something will trigger some possible angles to try. Your body mind wants to be well. Let it help. :)
Then you tap the karate chop point, saying your set-up statement, but starting it with 'Even though----statement here----, I love and accept myself deeply and completely' . If you have some unconscious resistance to the issue you're tapping for, around things like weight or self image type issues usually, it helps do what they call something like a negative reversal. I don't recall exactly it's official name. Gary Craig's site, Gold Standard EFT has a lot of other info from the different techniques he's found as well and no doubt talks about this in more depth.
I never really used many of them but the movie technique for some of my cult abuse stuff, but I think it's probably good, again my bounding is too impatient to bother---just jump in head first. But in my defense, it is probably the reason I jumped into spiritual exploration too, cuz I wasn't influenced by his maybe more limited beliefs about what EFT might be usable for.
Please, just stay away from 'Optimal' EFT. Makes my skin crawl even just thinking about it. He accepted it because it was from a spirit source like the first version. But it so wasn't the same source, but since he's a guy and an engineer—very left brained, he might well be unable to discern the difference.
Then, using the points you figured out with muscle testing start tapping the points with a simple reminder type phrase like 'Fell and twisted my ankle'. Once you've told your body the setup phrase it will use that info to fix stuff with. So you don't need ti remember the whole long drawn out phrase every time. Whew. Some of mine have gotten pretty long and boy, even saying it four times or so is way more than I want to do. But if you aren't sure and don't want to take the time to muscle test, you can always just tap all the points twice. Maybe another reason I got picked for the job--I'm a pretty typical human. I like to call it being energy efficient, but I do tend to find the easiest way to do stuff, if possible. :)
And actually humanity wouldn't have had that problem if all our energy working skills hadn't been unavailable. The El-*th draw energy from their environment to supplement their own, as we too, would have done, so I expect as we return to being full humans, meta-skills included, that characteristic will fade.
Anyway, I think that about covers the basic points. I'll post the meta-points later, with what I've found the various points meant for my body, but I think it's best if everyone find their own first, since we may not all have the same points for the same thing. But since acupuncture and acupressure work for everyone, they probably are. But still better to learn your own, I think.
So, I'm not sure where tomorrow's focus will be, but probably about the El-*th. :)