Does Tapping for MONEY work
Better than Affirmations?
In this post, I wanted to address a question that comes up a lot with clients who are new to tapping for releasing money blocks. The question pertains to affirmations.
Those who are new to tapping are often confused as to why you tap on the negative. The reality is that there are negative beliefs and emotions under the surface of those affirmations that will derail your efforts…unless of course you are manifesting your affirmations effortlessly which the majority of folks are not.
In the tapping world, these are what we call “tail-enders”. So for example, if I were dissatisfied with how tall I am at 5’7” and wanted to be shorter then I might affirm, I am 5’4”, I am 5’4” but in the background my mind is going “no way, that will never happen” then what I am actually affirming, is that I will never be 5’4”. Now that is an extreme example but you get the point.
With money goals, the thoughts or beliefs that are often lurking in the subconscious mind are “that’s impossible”, “it’s too much work”, “I’ll never achieve that”, “I don’t know how to get there” and so on. So, guess what you are affirming? You got it because there is an emotion tied to those negative, unsupportive beliefs, you need to tap them out before you can achieve your goals. That’s why tapping is also known as EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique.
So, you will find that your affirmations will work much better for you if you tap out the negative emotions, thoughts and beliefs first.
Now when it comes to generic affirmations such as “Every day and in every way, life is getting better and better” there is usually no subconscious thoughts unless of course you just got fired from your job or had to just put your pet to sleep. In these cases, your subconscious is going to rebel big time.
But an affirmation like this is so generic that if you want to increase your income, you will have a hard time because you have no specific goal set. As the saying goes, if you have no destination, how will you be able to get there and, the Universe, God, Your Angels, Your Higher Power won’t know how to help you either.
I recommend setting a SMART goal and once you tap out the negative (and you might have to tap for several rounds) then you can use an affirmation like, “I earn $1000 a day” or whatever.
You can also tap in your positive affirmations and again, they will work better if you tap on the negative beliefs first but if you don’t want to do that or aren’t even sure what your negative beliefs are, then just tap on the positive several times a day and see what happens. Close your eyes and check in with yourself and see if you are feeling more optimistic over time. If so, then that’s great!
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