You and I have been given a priceless gift.

Unfortunately, we will never meet some of our benefactors because their essential contributions were made over 5,000 years ago. These brilliant people discovered, and mapped, the centerpiece of EFT, namely, the subtle energies that course throughout the body.


These subtle energies are also the centerpiece of acupuncture and, as a result, EFT and acupuncture are cousins. Both disciplines are growing rapidly and, as time unfolds, they are destined to have a primary role in both emotional and physical healing.

In more recent times, some other dedicated souls have advanced our use of these ancient techniques. Principal among them is Dr. George Goodheart and his many fine contributions to the field of Applied Kinesiology, a forerunner to EFT.

Dr. John Diamond’s work gets exceptional applause because, to my knowledge, he was one of the first psychiatrists to use, and write about, these subtle energies. His many pioneering concepts, together with the advanced ideas from Applied Kinesiology,

has formed the foundation upon which this new Healing High Rise is being constructed.

Dr. Roger Callahan, from whom I received my original introduction to these procedures, deserves all the credit history can give him. He was first to bring these techniques to the public in a substantial way and did so despite open hostility from his own profession. As you might appreciate, it takes heavy doses of conviction to plow through the ingrained beliefs of conventional thinking. Without Roger Callahan’s missionary drive, we might still be sitting around theorizing about this “interesting thing.”

It is upon the shoulders of these giants that I humbly stand. My own contribution to this rapidly expanding field has been to reduce the unnecessary complexity that inevitably finds its way into new discoveries. EFT is an elegantly simple version of these procedures that professionals and laypersons alike can use on a wide variety of problems.

We are on the ground floor of a Healing High Rise and thus we have much to learn. Accordingly, I am indebted to the many EFT practitioners that have tirelessly contributed their innovations to our web site (www.emofree.com). They are taking us to new levels.

 

 

Common sense would suggest that you wouldn't expect much in the way of negative side effects from EFT. This is because there are:

No surgical procedures.
No needles.
No pills or chemicals.
No pushing or pulling on the body.

Instead, there are just a few seemingly harmless procedures that involve tapping, humming, counting and rolling your eyes around in your head. By now over 100,000 people have used EFT and the number of complaints are well under 1%.
Once in awhile someone might report feeling a little nauseous and, on occasion, a few people report “feeling worse.” Because these reports are so infrequent it is unknown whether or not EFT actually caused the problem. Some people, by the way, feel nauseous or “get worse” at the mere mention of their particular problem. They will do so whether or not EFT is introduced.
EFT is still in its beginning stages and we have much to learn. Thus it is possible that using EFT could be deleterious to someone. Accordingly, you should assume that we are still in the experimental stage and use EFT with appropriate caution.
Along these line I include below an important message that I provided for the EFT email support list. It should be read carefully.

Hi Everyone,

This is an important message and I have spent many hours writing and rewriting it to "get it right". Fortunately, what I have to say here is obvious common sense and 99% of you already understand what I have to say.
The bottom line here is that we need to use common sense with EFT and NOT apply it to people with serious issues UNLESS we have the appropriate experience to do so. While our fascination with these procedures gives us much cause for enthusiasm, we must weigh that enthusiasm against some common sense caveats. Let me explore both sides of this issue.
First, one of the delightful aspects of EFT (and its many cousins) is that, for the vast majority of people, it can be applied with little or no pain. Its gentle nature has prompted numerous psychologists to write books on the topic so that the lay public will have access to these procedures. And why not? Why deny the public

access to tools that are so often transformative on so many issues...and... for most people is gentle and easy to apply?
Consider, for example, that....
Therapists are routinely teaching the process to their clients for use at home.
Teachers are learning it for use with their students.
Coaches are learning it for use with their athletes.
Parents are learning it for use with their children.
Physicians are learning it for pain management with their patients.
Massage practitioners are blending it with their existing procedures for longer and more lasting results.
Spiritual leaders are applying it to those in need.
Chiropractors, acupuncturists and homeopathy practitioners are augmenting their practices and teaching it to patients for self use.
And so on it goes...
I don't know for sure how many tapping enthusiasts are now using these procedures in behalf of others but I would estimate that it exceeds 100,000 and it has probably been applied over 1 million times worldwide.
This wouldn't happen, of course, unless (1) substantial results were being received and (2) perceived dangers, or negative side effects, were minimal.
While no experienced EFT'er can deny seeing substantial results, not everyone is aware that, infrequently, there CAN BE negative side effects-sometimes severe. Let me explain.
Some people have been so badly traumatized and/or abused in their lifetimes that th ey have developed severe psychological problems.... such as multiple personalities, paranoia, schizophrenia and other serious mental disorders. While EFT has been helpful even in such severe cases, IN THESE INSTANCES IT SHOULD ONLY BE APPLIED BY A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL WITH EXPERIENCE IN THESE DISORDERS.
Why? Because some of these patients experience "abreactions" whereby they go out of control. During abreactions they can be harmful to themselves and others and may need to be sedated or hospitalized. This, obviously, is no place for the novice....no matter how enthusiastic one might be with the tapping procedures.

Incidentally, we don't know yet whether tapping actually causes such abreactions or if it is just the memory of one's troublesome issues that precipitates such problems. Nonetheless, if you have no experience in these areas, please don't go where you don't belong.
How often do these abreactions happen? In a psychiatric hospital they are common. In everyday society they are rare. I recently called several proficient tappers that have dealt with a wide variety of emotional problems and learned that less than 1 in 1,000 clients had experienced such a severe abreaction.
This minimal percentage is given for perspective only It is not to suggest that EFT'ers should "play the odds" and "go where they don't belong". On the contrary, a novice EFT'er should use common sense and NOT TRY TO ALLEVIATE AILMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR CAPACITY OR TRAINING.
I am well known for the phrase "Try it on everyth ing!" This phrase appears in the EFT manual, The EFT Course and on our web site. Its purpose, of course, is to open up our minds to EFT's possibilities. It is not meant as a license for irresponsible actions. Fortunately, people interpret this within a reasonable context and do not, for example, use EFT to get someone to fly off the Empire State Building.
On some occasions, people undergoing EFT have normal tears or other forms of distress that accompany the recalling of their troublesome memories. On other occasions some physical pains "get worse"--at least temporarily. The proficient and experienced professional will greet these responses as normal and appropriately apply EFT for their resolution Again, when these responses occur, common sense must prevail. If the EFT'er is in over their head, they should refer the client to someone with more experience.

Hugs, Gary

Accordingly, the following common sense statements constitute a legal agreement between us. Please read these statements carefully.

**Adrienne and I are not psychologists, or therapists and have no licensing or formal training in a university setting...other than my Stanford degree in engineering. **We are Personal Performance Coaches and our mission is to bring personal performance tools to the attention of others. **Our quest is a spiritual one and, accordingly, we are both duly ordained ministers. **This course takes the form of a thorough demonstration of a very impressive personal improvement tool. It is not a training in psychology or psychotherapy. **Subject to the other provisions of this agreement, you may use EFT on behalf of yourself or others. **Adrienne and I cannot and will not take responsibility for what you do with these techniques. Accordingly...
**You are required to take complete responsibility for your own emotional and/or physical well being both during and after taking this course. **You are also required to instruct others whom you help with EFT, or to whom you teach EFT, to take complete responsibility for their emotional and/or physical well being. **You must agree to hold harmless Adrienne, myself and anyone involved with EFT from any claims made by anyone whom you seek to help with EFT or to whom you teach EFT. **We urge you to use these techniques under the supervision of a qualified therapist or physician. **Don't use these techniques to try to solve a problem where your common sense would tell you it is not appropriate.

If you do not agree with the foregoing, or cannot comply, please pack up all these materials right now and send them for a refund. Otherwise, we have an agreement and I expect you to live by it.

I am quite aware that the above is common sense and I apologize if you think I am talking to you like you were a 12 year old. I am only doing so because my lawyer insists on it. Enough said.

Onward.

 

Perhaps I should be a bit more humble about it, but I think EFT will dramatically change your world.

I know it seems like a bit of a stretch at this point but these techniques may compete in importance with the Declaration of Independence. For some, they are the Declaration of Independence.
By independence I mean freedom from negative emotions. That is, freedom that allows you to blossom and rise above whatever hidden hurdles keep you from performing to your capacity.
I mean freedom from years of self doubt...or call reluctance...or grief over the loss of a loved one...or anger...or negative memories involving rape or other forms of abuse.
I mean freedom to earn that greater income, make those business calls, start that new business, improve your golf score, lose that weight, approach people with ease or become a public speaker, singer or comedian.
I mean freedom from the anxiety that causes you to take those pills, drink that alcohol, smoke those cigarettes or raid that refrigerator.
I mean freedom to express love easily and walk upon this planet with grace and confidence.
I mean freedom from intense fears...or phobias...or anxiety...or panic attacks...or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...or addictive cravings...or depression...or guilt...or...or...or...
Like I said, I think EFT will dramatically change your world.

**There is no long, drawn out, "tell me your life story" feature to EFT.
**There are no pills.
**There is no painfully reliving past traumatic
events.
**It doesn't take months or years.
**It takes a fraction of the usual time and is often done in minutes.

People simply get beyond their emotional luggage, usually permanently, and go about their lives more effectively.

EFT is based on the discovery that imbalances in the body's energy system have profound effects on one's personal psychology. Correcting these imbalances, which is done by tapping on certain body locations, often leads to rapid remedies. By rapid, I mean, most of the problems vanish in minutes!!! (This is especially so when you reduce the problems to specific negative events in your life. More on this later.)
This is demonstrated repeatedly in the case histories and live sessions that are included with this course. A few problems take longer....maybe two or three brief sessions. The most difficult ones tend to require anywhere from a few days to several weeks. Fortunately, these are in the minority.

This course does not purport to teach you every intricacy regarding these discoveries. That would take hundreds of pages and require you to delve into such highly technical areas as quantum physics and morphogenetic fields. We cut through all of that here and provide a simple, highly workable version for the everyday citizen.
Taking this course is like learning to drive a car. You don't have to know all the physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics of an automobile in order to learn how to drive it. But you do need to know about the gas pedal, the brake, the steering wheel and the gear shift lever. With those basics you can drive on most roads with ease.
My purpose here is to reduce a very complex subject to a few simple, easy to understand procedures (gas pedal, brake, etc.). The shorter, and more concise I can make them, the easier they will be to learn and use. And an easy to use, powerful procedure for enhancing your personal performance is what you paid for. Accordingly, this course is peppered with easy to grasp examples, pictures and metaphors so that every piece of the EFT process will be clear and obvious.

A new innovation usually meets with skepticism because it violates people's beliefs. And EFT flies in the face of just about every belief there is about psychology and emotional healing. Rapid remedies for "difficult" emotional problems are, in some circles, considered impossible and anyone who purports to do them rapidly is labeled a charlatan. "After all", the belief goes, "these things are deeply ingrained in people and therefore they must take a long time to remedy."
Beliefs are very powerful. We fight wars over them. We build monuments to them. Medicine, psychology and political systems are built on them. But, alas, sometimes they aren't true. We just think they are. Sometimes we believe in fairy tales.
If your reaction to the promises made in the preceding pages includes an "it's too good to be true" attitude...or anything like that...then I have probably already violated your beliefs. This is healthy and to be expected. New ideas should be subject to rigorous scrutiny. It lends them strength in the long run.
You hold in your hand a major innovation. As you will see, it is based on the soundest of scientific principles. But because it is so dramatically different from "conventional wisdom," it is consistently, and understandably, greeted with skepticism. EFT is not alone in this. Other innovations have met with similar attitudes. Here are a few quotes from history:

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
Lord Kelvin, President Royal Society

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899

"Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote." Grover Cleveland, 1905

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." Robert Milikan, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1923

"Who the heck wants to hear actors talk?" Harry M. Warner, Warner Brothers Pictures, 1927

But even if you have no skepticism whatsoever and soak this up quickly and enthusiastically...like I did...I guarantee that you will run into major skepticism from others that you try to help with it. How do I know this? Years of experience. This skepticism is not to be

criticized, however. But it does need to be understood because there are some unique features to it regarding EFT.

Here's an example. On many occasions I have demonstrated these techniques (to newcomers) from the stage with 5 or 10 volunteers from the audience. Within a few minutes at least 80% of them have obvious major reductions...or outright eliminations...of physical and emotional problems. Fears subside, headaches go away, breathing clears up and emotional trauma disappears. I then ask the audience, "Who here is skeptical about this?" and, invariably, at least half of the hands go up.
I then ask them if they think the changes these people made were real and...yes...they always agree that the changes were real. After all, the people who made the changes are usually strangers to me and friends of the audience. They know the people are reporting honestly. " So why are you skeptical?", I ask. And then I get a barrage of reasons as to why it worked....

**I am told that I hypnotized the people . This is interesting because I don't know the first thing about hypnosis...and neither do the people who offer the reason.
**I am told that it is just positive thinking. Even though they have never before seen positive thinking make these kinds of changes this fast.
**I am told that the people just wanted to get over their problems. It was simply a case of "mind over matter." Then why didn't they get over the problems before they came on stage?
**I am told that it won't last because there is no such thing as a "quick fix." Yet they take drugs like penicillin to "quick fix" other ailments.
**I am told that the tapping techniques were distractions that took people's minds off their problems. This ignores the requirement that people "tune in" to their problem for EFT to work. It is the exact opposite of distraction.

Now here's what's really fascinating about this phenomenon....none of the reasons given include EFT. EFT is somehow excluded from the list of possibilities!!
What an odd reaction. You would think people, after seeing these unmistakable benefits, would bombard me with questions as to how the techniques worked so they could better understand the process. Instead, they tend to ignore the process and offer other explanations. They don't ask me what happened. They tell me instead.
They each reach into their own bag of knowledge and experience and link what just happened to what they already "know" to be true.

EFT isn't in that bag (yet) and so they have difficulty making the link. Now I know how our scientists of several centuries ago felt when they tried to tell flat earth believers that the world was round.
Hardly ever, does anyone say to me, "Oh...it's like you said. You balanced their energy system while they were tuned in to the problem and thereby eliminated the cause." Yet that is what happened. And it is exactly what I spent the previous half hour telling the audience would happen. It is the only thing that happened during the few minutes these people were on stage and it is the only thing that brought about the changes.
I used to be critical about this and thought people were being belligerent, stubborn or stupid. "Why can't they see the obvious?", I would say to myself. But then I realized that people weren't being belligerent, stubborn or stupid because this reaction came from people from all walks of life. It didn't matter whether they were bus drivers or PhD's. Some of my closest friends would simply "explain away" these stunning results and snicker a bit at the "silliness" of the process.
Often even the people making the changes will credit something else for creating the change. And it's usually something totally unrelated like a recent earthquake or a raise in pay they just received. Mind you, they don't deny the change occurred or that it happened while doing EFT. They just aren't able to link it with the tapping techniques. To them it doesn't compute. It doesn't make sense. There must be some other explanation. Dr. Roger Callahan, from whom I received my initial introduction to these procedures calls this the APEX problem.
Again, it is not to be criticized. But it is important to observe and understand because it does happen with great frequency. In fact, most people experience it and, there is a high likelihood you are among them.
That's why I am telling you this. If you are not aware of it you may "explain it away" and turn your back on your ticket to emotional freedom and all the lifetime benefits it offers.
Another reason for skepticism is that EFT looks weird. I mean really, really weird. These techniques will have you talking to yourself, rolling your eyes around in your head and humming a song while tapping on various parts of your body. They don't even remotely resemble psychology as most people know it and may be waaaay outside your belief system. However once you understand the logic behind them, these techniques become obvious. And you may wonder why they weren't discovered earlier.
That being said, here's an interesting aside. You do not have to believe in these techniques for them to work.

Some people mistakenly conclude that EFT gets results simply because people believe in it. That is a particularly strange conclusion because it is usually made by those who are skeptical.
The fact is, people rarely believe in these techniques at first. They are almost always skeptical...at least to a degree. Despite the usual lack of belief by newcomers the results obtained by EFT occur undiminished. People make their improvements in spite of their skepticism.

As a child I was quite taken by the game of baseball and I used to dream about playing center field for the New York Yankees. Batting looked so easy to do. Just stand up there at the plate and hit the ball when it is thrown to you.
Hitting baseballs, of course, is a skill and it takes experience to become proficient at it. The more fast balls, curves and sliders you see the better you become. The same is true with EFT.
Memorizing the mechanics of EFT is easy. Applying it is almost as easy and you can become proficient with the mechanics after just a handful of tries. However, if you wish to master it you will need to diligently study the DVDs in the EFT Course (and our other DVD sets) and use it on a wide variety of problems (fast balls, curves and sliders) to perfect your skill. In short, you will need more training and experience than what you are receiving with just this manual.
Perhaps the biggest limit you will encounter in using EFT is not recognizing how much you can do with it. That is one of the reasons I am swamping you with case histories in this course. You will find them written up in this manual. More importantly, there are hours of them on the videos and more hours of them on the audios. These DVD sessions are critical to your mastery of these techniques because they bring EFT “off the written page” and display their effectiveness in real life. Please study them in detail. They are actual cases...done with real people and real problems...so you can broaden your horizons.
You will witness some people getting over lifelong problems in moments while others require persistence. You will hear EFT applied to some severe emotional problems and hear them melt away right on the audio. You will also witness some partial relief that doesn't go away completely. In short, these audios give you a rainbow of actual experience, a necessary background if you wish to graduate from mechanical EFT to mastery.
Another reason I am immersing you in so many case histories is that I want to expose you to so many people

 

 

with dramatic changes from using EFT that you can't possibly be skeptical.
Even the most entrenched skeptic will not be able to withstand this barrage of obvious evidence. EFT is everything I say it is....and more.

I am a great believer in repetition. It is the most time honored teaching tool on the planet and I use it relentlessly.
The more you are exposed to something the better you learn it. That's why you will hear me come at these ideas from many different angles in this course. I visit the same concepts repeatedly in this manual, the videos and the audios.

If you grow weary of hearing an idea repeatedly...be thankful. That means you have learned it so well that it now bores you a bit. That is far better than being exposed to an idea only once and not have it take root in your memory. Because of the major importance of these techniques to the quality of your life, I do you a shameful disservice if I don't drum these crucial ideas home.

So...I repeat. Expect repetition in this course.

P.S. As a reminder, please recall from our opening comments that the emotional and energetic releases brought about by EFT frequently result in profound physical healings.

 

 

 

This course is written by a Stanford engineer. I'm not a psychologist with a long list of initials behind my name. People call me Gary and not Dr. so and so.
If you are a conventional thinker, that might bother you. After all, what business does an engineer have intruding into the field of psychology? The physical sciences and the mind sciences appear to have nothing in common. True.
But 40 years ago I realized that the quality of one's life was directly related to their emotional health. Emotional health is the foundation beneath self confidence and self confidence is the springboard to achievement in every walk of life. This is not a new idea, of course. Virtually everyone agrees with it and the self help section in every major bookstore is burgeoning with books on the subject.

Most people take this idea for granted and read a book or attend a seminar on it now and then. But I took it seriously...very seriously. As long as I'm going to spend a few decades on this planet I might as well make it a joyous experience for myself and others. So I went on a 40 year search to find tools that would help people in this regard.
I read all those books (by the hundreds) and spent thousands of dollars on seminars and tapes. I chased down every lead I could find with the enthusiasm of a newspaper reporter on the hunt for that "big story." I talked to psychiatrists and psychologists and psychotherapists of every kind to find what worked. And EFT, by far, is the most fascinating, most rewarding, most effective tool I have ever found for personal improvement. It lives up to its name and does, indeed, provide freedom from negative emotions.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I want to trace through some of the milestones of my search because they form an important base on which to build your introduction to this ingenious discovery.

First, please understand that I have never formally used my training as an engineer. I have always chosen people oriented professions and have, at the same time, always pursued my true passion as a Personal Performance Coach.
But that doesn't mean I wasn't influenced by my scientific training. Indeed, that training led me to many useful personal performance tools. You see, engineering is an exact science. It is very practical. Two plus two must equal four. There is a reason for everything. Logic tends to rule in the thinking of an engineer.
So, when I set out to find personal improvement tools I took that mindset with me. To me a tool had to make sense...it had to be practical...it had to be scientific. In short...if it didn't work in the real world I wasn't interested.
So I began reading those books and attending seminars on psychology. It was the "logical" thing to do. But psychology was a puzzle to me. I was looking for the same logic and precision that I was used to as an engineer but it didn't seem to be there. After many years of probing the institution known as psychology I can assure you that the science of engineering and the science of psychology bear little relationship to each other.
On the surface, psychology seems to be very scientific. There are laboratories in nearly every major university in America dedicated to research on psychological issues. Theories are put forward and rigorously tested. "Controlled" studies are done to assure the findings are valid. These studies then form the basis of carloads of professional papers written by the most highly esteemed practitioners in the field. It all seems very impressive and, in many ways, it is.
All this research does uncover many valuable aspects to our thinking process and our behaviors. They are used effectively in sales and advertising and many other fields. But the vast majority of them do very little to give people rapid, long lasting relief from their emotional problems.
I know that sounds a little irreverent and I mean no one disrespect. But by an engineer's standards...that is a very true statement. There are some exceptions, of course, but the vast majority of the conventional techniques have poor track records.

Please understand, this is not a criticism of psychotherapists. I find the members of that profession to be among the most dedicated people on earth and I count many of them as my personal friends. They are very caring individuals who have great concerns for their patients. They work long hours and are constantly seeking new ways to improve on the tools they have been given to work with. EFT is a new tool for their "people helping toolbox" that contains a distinctly scientific component. That scientific component would satisfy even the most demanding engineer. It has to improve any therapist's performance.
Some people undergo therapy for months or years for relief from their fears, anger, guilt, grief, depression, traumatic memories, etc. and make little or no headway. So they switch therapists in hopes someone else has "the answer." The results are often the same. They switch again...and again...and again. They spend money. They spend time. They go through emotionally painful sessions. But if anything positive happens for most of these people, it doesn't appear to be much.
I found this rather curious. To me there was something obviously wrong with the methods used because (1) they weren't working (at least by my standards) and (2) they were painfully slow. So I asked therapists and patients, "Why does it take so long to do so little?" The answers varied, of course, but generally speaking they went something like this....

**"Well, the problem is deeply ingrained" or
**"It is a deep scar" or
**"We don't know for sure...we are dealing with the mysteries of the mind, you know."

My engineering mind tossed these answers out immediately as convenient ways to expla in away, or rationalize, methods that just didn't do much. But to most people they sounded good. They sounded reasonable. So they were accepted and pursued. Besides, what else could be done? Real answers weren't available.
Also, I don't mean to imply here that no one gets any help or relief from therapy. That just isn't so. Some do. But in general it is among the slowest, most ineffective sciences on earth.
To this engineer the only scientific laboratory that counts is the real world and there is only one criteria for whether or not a given psychological theory is valid. Namely....does it work for the client?
If an engineer designs a computer, for example, it had better work in the real world and work perfectly. Otherwise, consumers will return it promptly for a refund and may send a nasty letter to boot. In emotional health, however, if a new method seems to work once in a while (and as long as it is

not too radical) it is often heralded as a breakthrough and the discoverer of the method gets rich by writing books and giving lectures. Interesting...but that's the way it is.
In the early years of my search for personal improvement tools I considered getting degrees in psychology. But the more I was exposed to that field the more I concluded that to do so would work to my disadvantage. Why? Because I would have to learn about methods that didn't work...at least by my standards.
I just couldn't see the merits in going through all that schooling to learn something that, to me, was of questionable value. It would, paradoxically, distract me from my true goal of finding personal improvement tools that work.
As the years went by I discovered a list of helpful tools that I used for myself and taught to others. None of them, incidentally, came from psychology text books. They were all well received and effective when properly applied.
One of the tools that I thought was quite helpful was Neuro Linguistic Programming (also known as NLP). I dove into that head first and became quite proficient at it. I became certified as a Master Practitioner and helped a lot of people with it. I recommend anyone study it who is interested in personal improvement.
Then my search for reliable personal improvement tools took a mega jump to a new level. I was told about a psychologist in Southern California, Dr. Roger Callahan, who was giving people relief from intense fears (phobias) in minutes. So, ever the eager beaver, I called him immediately to inquire of his methods. He told me that his methods weren't limited to just phobias. They applied to all negative emotions.
That included depression, guilt, anger, grief, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and any other negative emotion I could name. Furthermore, the method usually only took minutes to perform and the result was usually permanent.
On the one hand I was enthusiastic about his claims. But I must also admit to a fair amount of skepticism as well. The statement sounded a bit grandiose...even to me. But I was still listening. Then he told me the method consisted of tapping with the fingertips at the end points of the body's energy meridians.

"You mean meridians like in acupuncture?", I said.
"Exactly," he replied.
"Hmmm”,I thought, “That’s a little far out.”

Here was a PhD making some startling claims and trying to explain them in terms of the subtle amounts of electricity that circulate throughout the body. Psychology and electricity seemed rather far apart

to me but I bought some of his videos anyway so I could see a demonstration.
I was stunned by what I saw. Clearly and obviously people were getting beyond the most intense of emotions and they were doing so in moments and...the results were long lasting.
I had never seen anything close to this....anywhere.
I still didn't see the connection between emotions and the body's energy system but it did have a scientific ring to me. Perhaps I was about to find a truly scientific approach to psychology. Indeed, that is what I found. The true cause of negative emotions, it turns out, is not where everyone thinks it is. It is not where psychologists have been looking. That's why they haven't found it. They have been looking in the wrong place. The cause of all negative emotions is involved with the body's energy system. This is an important, paradigm shifting concept...even though it sounds a bit strange.
But the proof is in the results. For me, the only laboratory that counts is the real world and that is where these techniques excel. You will see that repeatedly throughout the live recordings included with this course. The speed, efficiency and long lasting nature of these techniques is far beyond anything I have come across in 40 years of intensive searching.
This discovery is the engine that runs EFT. Without it, this course wouldn't exist. So to better build your understanding we need to focus a bit on that vital energy system.

Our bodies have a profound electrical nature. Any beginning course in anatomy covers this. Shuffle your feet across a carpet and then touch an item made of metal. Sometimes you can see the static electricity that is discharged from your fingertip. This wouldn't be possible unless your body had an electrical nature to it.
If you touch a hot stove you will feel the pain instantly because it is electrically transmitted along the nerves to your brain. The pain travels at the speed of electricity and that is why you feel pain so quickly. Electrical messages are constantly sent throughout your body to keep it informed of what is going on. Without this energy flow you would not be able to see, hear, feel, taste or smell.

Another obvious bit of evidence regarding the existence of electricity (energy) in the body are the electroencephalograph (EEG) and electrocardiograph (EKG). The EEG records

the electrical activity of the brain and the EKG records the electrical activity of the heart. These devices have been used by medical science for decades and are the ones you see in TV hospital dramas hooked up to dying patients. When the screen stops "blipping" the patient is dead.
Our electrical systems are vital to our physical health. What could be more obvious? When the energy stops flowing....we die. Ask your doctor about this. No one disputes it.
In fact, civilization has known about this for millenniums. About 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered a complex system of energy circuits that run throughout the body. These energy circuits...or meridians as they are called...are the centerpiece of Eastern health practices and form the basis for modern day acupuncture, acupressure and a wide variety of other healing techniques.
This energy courses through the body and is invisible to the eye. It cannot be seen without high tech equipment. By analogy, you do not see the energy flowing through a TV set either. You know it is there, however, by its effects. The sounds and pictures are your ever present evidence that the energy flow exists.
In the same way, EFT gives you striking evidence that energy flows within your body because it provides the effects that let you know it is there. By simply tapping near the end points of your energy meridians you can experience some profound changes in your emotional and physical health. These changes would not occur if there was no energy system.
Western medical science tends to focus on the chemical nature of the body and has not paid much attention to these subtle, but powerful, energy flows until recent years. However, they do exist and are attracting an expanding group of researchers. Read the following for more details:

**Becker, Robert O. and Selden, Gary. The Body Electric. Morrow, NY, 1985
**Becker, Robert O. Crosscurrents. Tarcher, NY, 1992
**Burr, H.S. Blueprint for immortality: the electric patterns of life. Neville Spearman, London, 1972
**Nordenstrom, B. Biologically closed electric circuits: clinical, experimental and theoretical evidence for an additional circulatory system. Nordic, Stockholm, 1983.

A growing number of health practitioners are finding ways to use this vital energy system to help physical healing. Acupuncture, massage therapy and chiropractic are but a few of them. Bookstore shelves are loaded with books on energy meridian techniques to promote good physical health.

The science behind EFT was not developed like many other discoveries. That is, it was not created in a laboratory and then tested in the real world. Instead, a stunning turn of events in the real world pointed the way first. Here's the story.
In 1980 Dr. Roger Callahan was working with a patient, Mary, for an intense water phobia. She suffered from frequent headaches and terrifying nightmares, both of which were related to her fear of water. To seek help, she had been going from therapist to therapist for years....with no material improvement.
Dr. Callahan tried to help her by conventional means for a year and a half. He didn't make much headway either.
Then one day he stepped outside the normal "boundaries" of psychotherapy. Out of curiosity, he had been studying the body's energy system and decided to tap with his fingertips under her eyes (an end point of the stomach meridian). This was prompted by her complaint of some stomach discomfort.
To his astonishment, she announced immediately that her phobia was gone and she raced down to a nearby swimming pool and began throwing water in her face. No fear. No headaches. It all went away....including the nightmares. And it has never returned. She is totally free of her water phobia. Results like that are rare in the field of psychotherapy...but commonplace with EFT.

The Discovery Statement

Now, with this in mind, here's the essence behind EFT. We will refer to it henceforth as the "Discovery Statement."

Let's put this in terms of mary's water phobia. When she was experiencing her fear, the energy flowing through her stomach meridian was disrupted. That energy imbalance is what was causing her emotional intensity. Tapping under her eyes sent pulses through the meridian and fixed the disruption. It balanced it out. Once the energy meridian was balanced the emotional intensity....the fear....went away. Therein lies the most powerful thing you are ever going to learn about your unwanted emotions.

They are caused by energy disruptions.
Now, let's examine the discovery statement in more detail. First, notice what it does not say. It does not say that a negative emotion is caused by the memory of a past traumatic experience. This is important to recognize because that presumed connection of traumatic memories to negative emotions is a mainstay in conventional psychotherapy.
In some circles, it is the accepted practice to “treat the memory” and, in the process, ask the client to repeatedly relive some emotionally painful event. EFT, by contrast, respects the memory but addresses the true cause....a disruption in the body's energy system.
People call me from all over the country for help over the telephone. Without my asking, they invariably start telling me in detail about their past traumas. That's because they mistakenly believe I need all these details to help them. To them, these memories are the cause of their problems.
I care deeply about helping people who needlessly carry around all these emotionally charged memories. That's why I created this course. But it always seems strange to people when I tell them they don't need to painfully relive all those horrid details for EFT to help them. These memories may contribute to an unwanted emotion (you'll see how later), but they are not the direct cause. Accordingly, we don't need to spend time painfully dwelling on them. It is superfluous to do so.
Thus there is relatively little emotional suffering involved with EFT. It is relatively painless. You will be asked to briefly recall your problem (there may be some discomfort in that), but that is all. There is no need to relive the pain. In fact, with EFT, generating prolonged emotional discomfort is frowned upon. This is but one example of where EFT is a radical departure from conventional methods.

As a further aid to your learning, it might help if you compare the energy flow in your body to that of a TV set. As long as the electricity flows through your TV normally, the sound and picture are both clear. But what would happen if you took off the back of the TV set and poked a screwdriver amongst all that "electronic spaghetti?" You would, quite obviously, disrupt or reroute the flow of electricity and an electric "zzzzzt" would occur inside. The picture and sound would become erratic and the TV would exhibit its version of a "negative emotion."

In the same manner, when our energy systems become imbalanced, we have an electrical "zzzzzt" effect going on inside. Straighten out this "zzzzzt" (by tapping—sometimes skillful artistry is necessary—see the recordings) and the negative emotion goes away. It's that simple. I'm well aware of how strange this may sound and how difficult it can be to believe....at least at first. I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't seen so many marvelous changes in people after applying these techniques.
The intermediate step...the missing piece. Once you accept it, though....once you "let it in"....its logic becomes undeniable. It becomes obvious and you begin to see all the weaknesses in other methods.
For example, the "treat the memory" method mentioned above becomes glaringly erroneous in the light of these discoveries. It is assumed, in that method, that the past traumatic memory is the direct cause of the emotional upset in someone. It is not. There is an intermediate step...a missing piece...between the memory and the emotional upset. And that intermediate step, of course, is the disruption in the body's energy system. It is that disruption, the "zzzzzt", that is the direct cause of the emotional upset. This is portrayed graphically below.

This is why some people tend to get worse when conventional psychology aims for the memory and not its cause (the energy disruption). Addressing step 1 by requiring someone to vividly relive a distressing memory serves to induce more disruption in the energy system. And that means more pain, not less. It can, and often does, aggravate the problem. If step 2 was addressed instead of step 1, then there would be relatively little pain. The energy system would be balanced (by appropriate tapping) and internal calm would replace the negative emotion. The result would be rapid relief because the true cause was being addressed. This happens repeatedly with EFT.
Now back again to the "Discovery Statement." Please notice that it is all inclusive. It says, "The cause of ALL negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system." This includes fears, phobias, anger, grief, anxiety, depression, traumatic memories, PTSD, worry, guilt and all limiting emotions in sports, business and the performing arts. That's a comprehensive list and covers just about every restrictive emotion we can experience.
Differently stated, this means that all these negative emotions have the same cause....an electrical "zzzzzt" in the body. It also means...they can all be relieved in a similar manner.

were out of balance and would then know precisely where to tap—at least that’s the theory. You need to know, though, that muscle testing requires a great deal of practice and very few become skillful at it.
An end run around diagnosis. However, you don't have to know anything about diagnosis to have success with EFT. This is my contribution to these discoveries. EFT creates an effective end run around diagnosis. This is not to say that the ability to diagnose is unimportant. In fact, I teach an elegant version of diagnosis in our DVD set, “Steps toward becoming The Ultimate Therapist.” Professional therapists, especially those dealing with clinically disturbed patients, will want to go this extra step.
However, the "100% overhaul concept" (described next) works admirably as a substitute. Diagnosis is not necessary for the majority of issues with the majority of people.

To understand how this end run works, let's go back to our TV set analogy. Suppose your TV picture is fuzzy....there is a "zzzzzt" somewhere inside....and you want it repaired. Now suppose further that your TV repairman has no tools with which to diagnose the problem. He has no way of telling whether you need something major like a new picture tube or something minor like a new capacitor. How then, does he repair your TV?
Here's the answer: In order to fix your TV...he overhauls the whole thing--just as an auto mechanic might overhaul an entire engine. He replaces every electronic gizmo in sight....the picture tube, the resistors, all the wires, every capacitor, etc. Is he overdoing it a bit? Oh sure!. But the important question is, "Is he likely to fix the problem?" Oh sure again! In fact, since he is replacing everything, his odds approach 100%.
Of course the overhaul will be of limited help if the TV is located in a poor reception area where interference is present. But that's usually not the case. By the same token, a few people (less than 5%) have energy systems that are subject to substantial interference by allergic type reactions. We will discuss more on this topic later.

The Basic Recipe. The 100% overhaul concept is EFT's end run around diagnosis. We overdo it. We use a memorized process called The Basic Recipe with which we apply enough tapping procedures to overhaul the whole energy system. This way, our odds of fixing the specific energy imbalance, or "zzzzzt," are greatly enhanced....even though we have no ability to diagnose.
The only difference between the TV repairman and EFT is that our overhaul takes only a few minutes.....not days. Therefore it is very practical to do.
The 100% overhaul concept requires that you tap near the end points of numerous energy meridians without knowing which of them may be disrupted. In this way you "overtap" and will, in the process, tap on some energy meridians that are flowing normally. You might wonder if this does any harm. The answer is no. Thus "overtapping", as EFT requires, has the same effect as overhauling a TV set. No harm done....and you'll probably fix what's wrong.
Summary so far. To this point we have covered some basic background and discussed what to expect. We have also developed the science behind the techniques and have learned that, "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system." This is a radically new discovery and requires thinking outside the normal boundaries to be truly appreciated.
We also learned that diagnosing for energy imbalances can be important but is impractical, and unnecessary, to teach in this course. Fortunately, diagnosis can be avoided in a great majority of cases by using the 100% overhaul concept.
The 100% overhaul concept requires a memorized tapping procedure. This procedure is the centerpiece of EFT and is referred to as The Basic Recipe. It is your primary tool and "best friend" for emotional freedom. You now have the necessary background to appreciate its power. We cover it next.
P.S. As a reminder, please recall from our opening comments that the emotional and energetic releases brought about by EFT frequently result in profound physical healings.

Our end goal in this course is to equip you with an easy to use recipe for expanding your emotional freedom. I call it The Basic Recipe and the pages that follow are dedicated to its development.

A recipe, of course, has certain ingredients which must be added in a certain order. If you are baking a cake, for example, you must use sugar instead of pepper and you must add the sugar before you put it in the oven.
Otherwise....no cake.
The Basic Recipe is no exception. Each ingredient must be performed precisely as described and they must be introduced in the proper order. Otherwise....no result.
Although I am going to some length to describe it in detail, The Basic Recipe is very simple and easy to do. Once memorized, each round of it can be performed in about 1 minute. It will take some practice, of course, but after a few tries the whole process becomes familiar and you can bake that emotional freedom cake in your sleep. You will then be well on your way to mastery of EFT and all the rewards it provides.
Let me interject here that various shortcuts are available and described in Part II of this manual and on Video #1 of Part II. I am describing the full Basic Recipe here because it provides an important foundation to the whole process. However, the proficient practitioner may want to use the shortcuts because they cut the average time involved by at least half.
The full Basic Recipe consists of four ingredients...two of which are identical. They are:

1. The Setup
2. The Sequence
3. The 9 Gamut Procedure
4. The Sequence

They are each treated in detail below.

Applying The Basic Recipe is something like going bowling. In bowling, there is a machine that sets up the pins by picking them up and arranging them in perfect order at the end of the alley. Once this "setup" is done, all you need to do is roll the ball down the alley to knock over the pins.
In a similar manner, The Basic Recipe has a beginning routine to "set up" your energy system as though it was a set of bowling pins. This routine (called The Setup) is vital to the whole process and prepares the energy system so that the rest of The Basic Recipe (the ball) can do its job.
Your energy system, of course, is not really a set of bowling pins. It is a set of subtle electric circuits. I present this bowling analogy only to give you a sense for the purpose of The Setup and the need to...make sure your energy system is properly oriented before attempting to remove its disruptions.
Your energy system is subject to a form of electrical interference which can block the balancing effect of these tapping procedures. When present, this interfering blockage must be removed or The Basic Recipe will not work. Removing it is the job of The Setup.
Technically speaking, this interfering blockage takes the form of a polarity reversal within your energy system. This is not the same thing as the energy disruptions which cause your negative emotions.
Another analogy may help us here. Consider a typical hand held electronic device such as a tape recorder. Like all such devices, it needs batteries to work and, equally important, the batteries must be installed properly. You’ve noticed, I’m sure, that batteries have + and - marks on them. Those marks indicate their polarity. If you line up those + and -marks according to the instructions, then the electricity flows normally and your tape recorder works fine.

But what happens if you put the batteries in backwards? Try it sometime. The tape recorder will not work. It acts as if the batteries have been removed. That's what happens when polarity reversal is present in your energy system. It's like your batteries are in backwards. I don't mean you stop working altogether....like turn "toes up" and die....but your progress does become arrested in some areas.
This polarity reversal has an official name. It is called Psychological Reversal and represents a fascinating discovery with wide ranging applications in...all areas of healing and personal performance.
It is the reason why some diseases are chronic and respond very poorly to conventional treatments. It is also the reason why some people have such a difficult time losing weight or giving up addictive substances. It is, quite literally, the cause of self sabotage. An entire course could be dedicated to its uses and it is covered in detail in Part II of this course.
For now, however, we need only know some foundational things about Psychological Reversal that apply to EFT and...more importantly...how to correct it.
Psychological Reversal is caused by self defeating, negative thinking which often occurs subconsciously and thus outside of your awareness. On average, it will be present...and thus hinder EFT...about 40% of the time. Some people have very little of it (this is rare) while others are beset by it most of the time (this also is rare). Most people fall somewhere in between these two extremes. It doesn't create any feelings within you so you won't know if it is present or not. Even the most positive people are subject to it....including yours truly.
When it is present it will stop any attempt at healing, including EFT, dead in its tracks. Therefore...It must be corrected if the rest of The Basic Recipe is going to work.
Being true to the 100% overhaul concept we correct for Psychological Reversal even though it might not be present. It only takes 8 or 10 seconds to do and, if it isn't present, no harm is done. If it is present, however, a major impediment to your success will be out of the way.

That being said, here's how The Setup works. There are two parts to it...

1. You repeat an affirmation 3 times while you...
2. Rub the "Sore Spot" or, alternatively, tap the "Karate Chop" point (these will be explained shortly).

Since the cause of Psychological Reversal involves negative thinking it should be no surprise that the correction for it includes a neutralizing affirmation. Such is the case and here it is.

Even though I have this _____________, I deeply and completely accept myself.

The blank is filled in with a brief description of the problem you want to address. Here are some examples.

**Even though I have this fear of public speaking, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this headache, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this anger towards my father, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this war memory, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this stiffness in my neck, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have these nightmares, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this craving for alcohol, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this fear of snakes, I deeply and completely accept myself.
**Even though I have this depression, I deeply and completely accept myself.

This is only a partial list, of course, because the possible issues that are addressable by EFT are endless. Please note that in the videos and audios included with this course, Adrienne and I apply various forms of this affirmation. You may hear us use affirmations like...

**"I accept myself even though I have this _________."
or
**"Even though I have this ____________, I deeply and profoundly accept myself."
or
**"I love and accept myself even though I have this_______________."

All of these affirmations are correct because they follow the same general format.