I’ve just received the following email:
“Thank you for your latest mail. Just
last night I received Mr. Wattle’s
Science of Being Well. I am familiar
with his writing from having read
The Science of Getting Rich, many
many times.
“Then today, you sent the tapping info
(which I very much appreciate.) But,
there appears to be conflicting
theories between acknowledging pain,
and simply going beyond it as Mr.
Wattles strongly suggests.
“Sorry for being so literal, but I
thought it important to know the
answer to this in order to make the
most progress.
“Thank you so very much.”
Rob Quesenberry
Thank you, Rob, for asking this extremely important question!
It’s actually one of many questions that prompted me to
write the book on Tapping and Law of Attraction that
I’m working on.
Here are my thoughts.
1. Mr. Wattles tells us to sever all mental relations
with disease. The question is, HOW can a person do this
when he or she is experiencing distracting sensations
such as pain, or experiencing acute fear and anxiety
because of a diagnosis, or seeing the problem every
time he or she looks in the mirror or gets dressed, or
having to follow a special diet or take medications, or
live with physical limitations?
In my experience, Tapping is simply a METHOD for
releasing attention from unwanted conditions or
sensations, letting go of unsupportive thoughts and
beliefs, and then turning one’s attention to what is
wanted.
2. Uncomfortable emotions and sensations (including
pain) are never the problem. In my view, they are
IMPORTANT! They are guidance from your own self letting
you know that your thoughts and beliefs are not serving
you.
So, while some tapping teachers talk about releasing
“negative emotions,” or directly releasing pain and
disease, I think it’s critically important to
appreciate them as information, and let yourself
release the whole energetic pattern that is causing the
unwanted manifestation. That energetic pattern is held
in place by beliefs.
Therefore, whatever words you might use with tapping,
your intention should be to free yourself from the
whole pattern.
3. One of the things Mr. Wattles recommends is
essentially that we change the story we tell about
what’s going on. This includes the story we tell others
about how we feel, and the story we tell ourselves. In
my experience, Tapping is a method for changing our
stories.
When you realize that how you think, what you believe,
how you behave, how others treat you and the health of
your body have everything to do with your own self
image, you can understand the critical importance of
having a healthy self image.
In my experience, people do not succeed at trying to
change their beliefs about health when they still
believe they are powerless, that they are victims, that
they have done terrible things that have harmed others,
that they are flawed and unworthy.
First, you have to claim your own power. This means
making peace with yourself.
Again, Tapping seems to be a very effective tool for
doing this.
4. There is one key concept in The Science of Being
Well with which I have come to disagree, based on years
of working with patients. That concept is that disease
is the result of thinking about disease, and that if
you’re sick it means you thought about sickness.
What I have come to understand is that disease, injury,
and failure to heal are all the result of your
VIBRATION–your whole energy pattern. Your
vibration/energy pattern is the result of what and how
you think about EVERYTHING, not just the fact of
thinking about sickness.
As a doctor, I think about disease all the time. But
I’m not sick. Why? Because it’s WHAT I think about
disease, HOW I think about it, and what and how I think
about everything else in my life.
My point here is that because Mr. Wattles believed that
the very topic of disease would be enough to create it,
he was adamant that you avoid the topic completely.
However, if what creates disease is your whole energy
pattern, your vibration, then the solution is to let go
of all those beliefs and stories that create stressful
feelings, and focus on happiness.
If you’re not afraid of disease, not resisting it or
fighting against it, not having to obsess about every
thought that crosses your mind, it’s a lot easier to
feel relaxed and happy.
Does this help?
With appreciation,
Alexandra
Dr. Alexandra Gayek