Claiming Abundance
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The final focus of the Success and Abundance Series is embracing and claiming abundance in your life. Many people clear the blocks to abundance and success and then reject the opportunities when they fall in their lap. If financial success, healthy relationships and wonderful opportunities come your direction and you push them away, what’s the point? For each series, I instruct class participants to examine any remaining blocks they might have in their lives that continue to keep them stuck (in love, health, or money) or in financial hardship.
One of the callers during Class #4, “Fran,” said every time she attracts more abundance and success into her life she becomes overwhelmed and then sabotages herself. She has a hard time asking for help, and tries to do it all. As a result, she ends up in the same place every time: exhausted, resentful, and baffled about why her income doesn’t increase. We tapped two rounds of EFT:
Karate Chop Point:
"Even though I feel overwhelmed when my business increases, I deeply and completely accept my efforts…"
"Even though I feel exhausted, and I sabotage my success, I choose to accept all of me anyway…"
"Even though I sabotage because of my fear, I have decided to feel calm and be organized."
EB: I’m afraid of success
SE: No wonder I keep sabotaging
UE: I don’t really want success
UN: I can’t stand the pressure
CH: I don’t want the responsibility
CB: Yes I do
UA: No I don’t
H: I choose to accept my success
Then we tapped for another round:
EB: I choose to embrace my success now
SE: I accept all that comes with my success
UE: I feel inspired to accept my success
UN: I love attracting abundance
CH: I choose to attract successful opportunities
CB: I love handling all my success with ease
UA: I love knowing things are working out for me
H: I feel grateful for all my financial success
“Janice” had struggled financially all her life, but was more focused on her lack of success as far as her health was concerned. She knew these two areas were linked, but wasn’t sure how to address both of them. She had been suffering from a “chronic” illness which made her so tired she couldn’t work. This of course led to a spiral of frustrations and problems. We tapped as follows:
Karate Chop Point:
"Even though I’m afraid to be successful, I choose to feel more energy moving through my body…"
"Even though they’ll expect too much of me if I recover, I accept all of my body and what it needs…"
"Even though I’m afraid to get well, they might demand too much of me, I choose to accept that I have this conflict."
EB: I have a conflict about recovering
SE: I’m afraid of their demands
UE: I don’t want them to need something
UN: They’re so needy
CH: It’s the only way to fend them off
CB: I need the protection of my illness
UA: No I don’t…Yes, I do
H: I choose to find new ways to protect myself
Then we tapped for a more positive outcome:
EB: I love my healthy body
SE: I love having so much energy
UE: I enjoy bringing more energy through me
UN: I appreciate how strong my body is
CH: I appreciate all my talents
CB: I feel grateful for what I learned
UA: I’m ready to leave the illness in my past
H: I love knowing I’ve started the healing process
We did a final round:
EB: I can feel safe and healthy
SE: I do feel safe and healthy
UE: I attract the right opportunities
UN: I can say “NO” to needy people now
CH: I love knowing I have my own power
CB: I appreciate all the abundance in my life
UA: I feel inspired to heal now
H: I feel grateful for internal guidance and I claim abundance now
“Joseph” told the class he was taught that to want anything is bad and selfish. He could see that this belief ruined his attempts at “dreaming big” and getting to the place he wanted professionally. He had all the right skills, he just kept sabotaging himself and blocked his progress. He remembered his father saying “You’re lucky you have anything at all! You shouldn’t be focused on wanting anything else…that’s selfish.” While Joseph had made some progress and slowly expanded his financial comfort zone, he still heard these words ringing in his ears, and felt as if he had “one foot on the gas and one foot on the brakes.”
We tapped as follows:
Karate Chop Point:
"Even though I feel selfish for wanting more, I deeply and completely accept my desires…"
"Even though I’m afraid of his disapproval, I choose to approve of myself…"
"Even though I expect him to scold me, I accept all of me and all my desires."
EB: I’m convinced I’m selfish
SE: He said I was selfish
UE: I need his approval
UN: No, I don’t
CH: Yes, I do
CB: I’m afraid of his disapproval
UA: I don’t want him to scold me
H: I have this belief that desires are bad
EB: Desires are bad
SE: No, they’re not
UE: Yes, they are
UN: No, they’re not
CH: I’m afraid to admit I have so many desires
CB: Doesn’t that mean I’m selfish?
UA: I feel ashamed of having desires
H: I accept that I want more
Then we tapped to resolve this conflict:
Karate Chop Point:
"Even though I have this conflict about succeeding, I deeply and completely accept all parts of me…"
"Even though I’m afraid I’ll lose him if I want more, I choose to feel safe now…"
"Even though I feel ashamed of this conflict, I realize it’s time to release it now."
EB: I’m ashamed of this conflict
SE: This conflict is so strong
UE: I don’t think I can win
UN: What if I can’t change?
CH: What if I DO change?
CB: I’m afraid to resolve this conflict
UA: I want him to be proud of me
H: I want to be happy with myself
Then we tapped a second round:
EB: I deserve to succeed
SE: I deserve to be myself
UE: I am allowed to want and have abundance
UN: We are all entitled to abundance
CH: I love feeling free to express myself
CB: I love knowing abundance is coming to me
UA: I appreciate all that I have
H: I feel safe claiming success now
EB: I am enough
SE: I have enough
UE: There is enough
UN: I love feeling grateful
CH: I am happy I resolved this conflict
CB: I feel grateful that this is in my past
UA: I feel inspired to continue to succeed
H: I love attracting abundance in all areas of my life.
My own levels of success with my health, personal and professional relationships, and financial abundance continue to improve as I teach these classes! I have no doubt that EFT has broken through my financial comfort zones and limiting beliefs. I am surrounded daily with evidence and proof in my life that EFT is the most powerful tool to neutralize emotional blocks to abundance and success in any area of your life. Many thanks to Gary for the opportunity to share this series through his e-mail list.
Dr. Carol Look