Appreciation Day(s)

We love Thanksgiving, because it is one of the most truly useful holidays we celebrate. Appreciation is our favorite thing to practice, because it is really so much fun. It's kind of like playing Pollyanna's Glad Game, where no matter what happens, if you really look and are determined to find something good, you'll be able to see it. It's quite irritating to people who haven't tried it and don't see the rational sense in it, but we try to be gently positive with them. With people who really understand the value of it, we can be quite enthusiastic and come up with all kinds of great, outrageously wonderful ways to look at things.

Byron Katie is really good at this. She explains that all she's doing is refusing to argue with reality (what is) and always expects reality to be kinder than anything we can imagine. We know a lady who grew up in a family that practiced this kind of awareness, and although we all have challenges, she has been blessed to have learned early on that "naggetivity" -- that nagging worry about things -- does not make you any safer, more prepared, or anything good.

So go on and appreciate every day, maybe before you eat, or when you get in your car, or take a deep breath. It's like a muscle; the more you use it, the easier and more powerful it gets.

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Abraham-Hicks and the Inner Being

Abraham says "get in the Vortex". The Vortex is the energy swirling around your Expanded Self or Inner Being. It is huge, as it has been amassing since You came into existence.

Your Expanded Self exists in a dimension of light, color, love, and well-being. I have felt some of this when I felt my dad right after he made his transition from physical to nonphysically-focused. It was huge, all-encompassing, and joyful.

Get that real sense of experiencing your Inner Being, the eternal, nonphysical part of you that has nothing of your current physical focus.

It is unforgettable, and you will never again think that you are JUST this gorgeous, lovely, huggable, cuddly stud muffin or goddess, this personality, this limited self with all its challenges and experiences.

You can be comfortable with this exercise, by realizing that when you're going inside YOU, there's nothing else there. No other beings or forces or places. You're safe, you're loved, and your physical self is cherished, and you can't lose yourself.

Let's do an exercise to get in touch with that Inner Being. Read through this, get a feel for the overall picture, then read it again, close your eyes and just BE.

1. Take a few deep breaths to center and relax yourself.
2. Feel the center of your being located in your body.
3. As huge and deep as the universe is, the center of your being is the same. Feel this.
4. Look to that center and see a tunnel of light that connects you to it always.
5. Feel the tunnel loving and calling you, and go into it.
6. Feel yourself approach your Inner Being, and blend with it.
7. Feel the place where your Inner Being dwells, in love and well-being and joy and light.
8. Come back to conscious awareness, keeping that feeling of connection with your Expansive Self.

Fun, huh? You can touch this expanded self whenever and as often as you wish. It is here for you. It is the You that loves and adores and celebrates you and your physical experience.

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Meeting up with The Best of my Dad

For the first time that I consciously and deliberately know, several months ago I focused on my dad's nonphysical self in a way that allowed me to feel him deeply and freely, without the distraction of his old physical body and his old thought patterns.

Since then, I have gotten to experience a nonphysical "hug" from him, enveloping me with his wonderful light self. I have gotten to experience communication from him without my consciously going into a meditation for that, and also realized how aware he was of everything that was going on with his loved ones.

Now I can just focus on my connection with him and really feel how strong and constant it is.

I have gained so much in new little things that don't depend on his physicality, they mean everything.

Abraham says "There is no such thing as death. There is only Life and more Life."

I feel so blessed that my dad and Andries and the girls are participating in this expansion with me. I am so happy that many people understand how to celebrate my dad's life and make that their focus. I love my life, I love this world, and I love the wonder of new expansion.

Renae

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Rerouting the Thought Train

Abraham-Hicks talks about "beating a drum", which is thinking a thought over and over or chewing on an issue where thought clusters seem to go in a circle.

We start thinking a thought with emotion (anger, guilt, etc.), then that feeling is so strong within us that we usually are keeping it up for way more than 17 seconds (that time is like a magical point that automatically brings more of the same type of thoughts to us).

And even though it doesn't feel good, I think it is my reality and I should be figuring out a way to fix it. When I do that now, the quote from Abraham comes in my head, "There is nothing more important than that you feel good." Way better idea, isn't it?

Imagine that throughout your day you continuously think "Now, what would be better-feeling-good-thought I can have?"

When I'm with people who are acting or talking in a way that is uncomfortable for me, I used to have a habit of closing down or putting up a wall to protect myself, or even something more drastic.

Andries: Years ago, I was meeting with a businessman I thought I might want to teach, but after several minutes of HIS conversation, I raised my hand toward him---stopping his monologue, and said, "You know, you can't seem to say even one sentence without filling it with profanity, and I just don't want to do business with you." Then I walked out. As soon as I left, I felt better, but I could have done something that honored me and him.

The thing is, the walls and the shutdown mode only trap me inside MY OWN judgment and I take the long, hard road of trying to ride it out instead of reaching for a better thought or feeling. When I am in a situation that I don't think I want, I'm the one creating the feeling of discomfort by continuing to endure it. Choose to disconnect from that thought train that is going down the unwanted track, because if you're not enjoying your life, who is?

1) As soon as you realize you are beating the negative thought/feeling drum, turn your attention to anything, anything at all, that you can appreciate. Children are really good at distraction, so turn to your inner child and say, "What can I play with here?" What appeals to me here, right now?

2) Move your body to a new position. Usually you'll notice your arms are crossed or something along that line. Take a breath, uncross them, and deliberately relax. Tension doesn't protect you, it actually keeps you feeling vulnerable. Relax, and your mind will be free to find something more fun to focus on.

Thanks for being here, we love this space...

Andries, and Renae

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Thanks to my Family and Love to my Dad

Re-post of blog from May 2009, because it applies now, too. My dad left his body on May 28. I can still connect with him and I know that he feels my love for him, and I certainly feel his love for me, every day. Now he feels like a real guardian angel to me.

Getting to a place of peace with someone who you love who is making their transition is one of the most challenging things I've dealt with, and I'm still dealing. I spent time just about every day at the hospital before he died, and then in between I was working on my own fears, expectations, etc. I want to thank my husband, partner, and best friend, Andries... He is my touchstone, holding to a place of well-being when I can't remember what I know to be true. He allows me to experience whatever I can reach at the moment, since he Knows who I really am. That's the best friend you can have -- one who can accept whatever you are feeling or being in the moment while silently and consistently inviting you to return to the best you can be and feel and vibrate. Our girls do the same. If I can play and laugh, fine, and if I can't get there, they let me alone until it's time to invite me again. Isn't all of that the epitome of unconditional love?This life is such a blessing, and one of my favorite quotes from Abraham is, "There is never a good reason to separate yourself from Source". Thanks, everyone who also holds the space for understanding joy and alignment and well-being. You are a blessing to yourself and to everyone and everything in the universe!

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For a couple of years now, we've been watching videos from Robert G. Smith on YouTube. His channel is called HealingMagic. He does FasterEFT, which includes some visualization and NeuroLinguistic Programming. He has clips from his seminars in which real people come up to clear issues ranging from grief and loss to physical pain to weight loss, and many more. He is another example of a person with a passion for what he shares, so he is willing to show exactly what he's doing and the amazing results these people experience in minutes. People will come up into the chair and cry uncontrollably because of sadness, but within minutes, once the body's physical support for the emotions is neutralized, they are able to see the issue in a new light, not one created by Robert, but a new perspective that they come up with themselves. He also some videos in which he's explaining what he's doing and how.

Robert G. Smith is located in Oklahoma when he's not traveling the world. He is a great person and another one of our heroes.

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Relieving Psoriasis and root cause

We met with a friend in a restaurant who was experiencing breakouts and itching on his hands as well as chronic back pain. Some people are too self-conscious to do the EFT tapping in public, and I told him I would tap and he could just follow what I was doing mentally, but he went right into the tapping using the side of the hand.

Even though my hands are itching, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
Even though my hands have broken out...
Even though I am terribly embarrassed by the condition of my hands...
Even though I feel helpless to change it...

Then we went through another tapping series like this:
eyebrow---I release and let go of all anger
SE---all fear
UE---all anxiety
UN---all tension
CHIN---all frustration
COLLAR BONE---all feelings of helplessness, of hopelessness, of being overwhelmed
UA---all sadnesses
UN---all conditions which have caused this condition in my hands.

Then we tapped on the pain in his back which came from an automobile accident from many years past. We revisited the time of the accident when he was rearended, and we tapped on the terror, the fear, the anger, the frustration, the loss of his car, etc.

By the time we left he was down to 0 on all conditions and we were all feeling the amazing results of vibrating like tuning forks. Our friend's enthusiastic response was one of 'those' moments.

Love to all, Andries


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Gary Craig and EFT

One of the most inspiring and generous people we've ever heard of is Gary Craig, the founder of the EFT organization. He believes in the EFT process and the unlimited possibilities of its benefits that he gives the process away for free to those who wish to try it. The website, www.emofree.com has a manual in pdf form that is free for download. You don't have to sign up for anything, but the video support and the newsletters that you can receive with it are quite valuable and enriching. Because he believes so much and gives so much to everyone, many people all over the world send in emails and contribute their own stories, scripts, variations on the process, and visualizations that represent the concept of the issue. Some are really miraculous, and many incorporate humor, which is always helpful in relaxing resistance and heaviness that we often bring to a topic that has been bothering us.

Gary Craig is a hero to many people, and certainly to us. Thanks, Gary, for everything that you do and all that you are!

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Injury doesn't Have to equal Pain

A while back, I had the fortune to work with a lady who showed just how well we can be despite evidence to the contrary. She had tooth pain from a tooth that was coming apart. A little piece had already broken off, and then she was eating some fried chicken and a piece of the crust went right into the crevice and broke off a bigger piece. She was scheduled for the dentist the next day, but she was in a lot of pain and expected to just put up with it until the tooth could be fixed.

She said she had never had acupressure or acupuncture done, but was open to new things. We started with tapping for:

Even though my tooth is broken
This throbbing pain in my tooth
Even though part of my tooth is gone

Pretty quickly we moved on to the guilt part of the experience

Even though it's my fault that it hurts
I shouldn't have eaten on that side
I should have been more careful
I deserve to have the pain
It was the darn chicken that did it
I'm so mad at myself

There was more, but you get the idea. We did the Faster EFT only 2 times. By then the pain was down to a 1 or 2. Then she began talking about another issue that was bothering her, and even though it seemed unrelated, I could tell that it was really part of the same thing. The tooth was just the physical manifestation of that problem. By the time we went over the new issue and were able to discuss it in a new light, the tooth pain was completely gone.

What a wonderful experience, that even though she had the proof of the broken tooth in her mouth, and the condition of the tooth hadn't changed at all, the pain was not necessary. She would get her tooth fixed, but she didn't need the aweful pain to motivate her to do it. I just love what we do, and how many people are open to changing their possibilities by changing their vibrations and feelings.

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It's all about you

We love to help people get to where they'd like to be or let go of things like physical pain, but we really can't do anything. It's all in your willingness to explore, let go, change your mind/thoughts, and feel better. A lady named Cathleen came to one of our meetups, simply intending to discuss the Law of Attraction. We had been studying Faster EFT for a while, and as she had pain in her back, we asked if she would like to relieve it. We tapped only 2 rounds - the first one for the feeling and the event that caused it, and the second for remaining stiffness and discomfort. The pain had started at a 10 but went down to 0. This lady was fast! She also had not had more than 4 or 5 days to practice having the injury.

The relief doesn't always happen this fast, but it happens often enough not to be unusual. That's the fun and creativity of EFT.

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Birthdays and parties

Birthdays, birthdays, birthdays---you can't do without them. Some years ago Renae and I took a page from the concepts of the Australian Aborigines who believe it is very strange to celebrate a birthday---after all, it's not like you have to do anything special to have one. They believe that when everyone agrees that it is time to have a party, they have one.

Some years ago, when we were traveling and living fulltime in a motorhome, we had decided to play in Durango, Colorado. One evening, close to midnight (we are night owls) our daughters (then about 4 years old) asked if we could have a birthday party. We enthusiastically drove our motorhome to Wal-Mart and bought ice cream, cake, party hats and noise makers, and had a birthday party for all of us. It was great fun, and I highly recommend having parties for absolutely no reason at all except that you just want to celebrate life with those you love.

Love to all, Andries

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20 years of pain gone in 1 1/2 hours

Using EFT for pain from an injury that occurred over 20 years ago has become a common story. Renae and I spent about an hour and a half with the head of counseling at a university working with the counselor in relieving pain in the neck, shoulder, and lower back. It began with the counselor telling us about the neck pain (or 'pain in the neck')which we tapped on. As the pain began receding, the shoulder jumped into the mix as a part of this experience, and after addressing the neck and the shoulder, the lower back joined the crowd.

Sometimes you have to follow the pain to get to the emotional triggers that are usually the basis for chronic pain.

I would go through an EFT series with him, then Renae would take over. It was so much fun, and so creative to work with each other, and we always get great results.

The counselor's pain had dropped from a 7 out of 10 in intensity to a 1 before time caused us to stop the experience.

I'll post again on the results of this EFT session. Keep on tappin', and bring more fun into your life.

Love from Andries and Renae

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Seeing through new eyes

The LAW OF ATTRACTION, the most powerful law in the universe gives you the tools to create the world of your choice.

Abraham (Abraham-Hicks) says, "See through eyes of Source", and perhaps you can emerge into a more expansive perspective by "Seeing through eyes of Child".

How nice to view everything with new eyes from new you in your new world.

We really are new from moment to moment with trillions of changes taking place in the cells of our bodies every second, and because we change---the way we view the world also changes (it doesn't have to be big to be different).

Okay! Let's get back to basics. Everything in the Universe is vibrational---everything has its own frequencies---everything and every particle is both positive and negative, and all frequencies or vibrations that are alike, are attracted to each other, positive to positive, negative to negative---it is not true that opposites attract (another old wive's tale that we are supposed to accept at face value).

Each of us has our own exclusive, unique way to see the world. Each of us sees the world in a different way, so there is an exclusive, unique world for each one of us.

Get it? There is not one planet earth, but billions of planet earths. One for each of us...and each one changing from moment to moment.

Exploring is really fun isn't it? MORE LATER...thanks from Andries

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Relationships are everything

If you think about it, life is all about relationships. You with your Now self, your ideal self, your family, your friends, your world, your money... I feel like I've been working on my relationship with my family all my life. I used to approach it as a problem. If I just did the right thing, said the right words, whatever, we could magically open up to each other and relate on a deeper level. Now I know that they have been catalysts to my opening up to myself, and as I continue to live this concept, I love them and my life even more. I was able to make some progress, but it took a long time. Then I found Faster EFT and the change has been profound and lasting. That's the nice thing about EFT. You're not practicing a new way to be over and over -- you're actually able to stop all the role playing and automatic responses and then you can CHOOSE how you want to be.

We teach this technique with our personal flavor to everyone who asks in any way.

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We're tapping into our greatness

We discovered Emotional Freedom Technique several years ago and started studying it. It is a great technique, Gary Craig who founded the organization is a great man, and we used it for many things, studied the DVD's, read the newsletters, and were greatly inspired.

Then about a year and a half ago we discovered Faster EFT, which was developed by Robert G. Smith. His YouTube channel is HealingMagic. We have links for both of them on this blog page. We love his philosophy, his techniques, his wonderful teaching videos and examples of his work in actual seminars with real people working on real issues.

We have now developed our own blend of techniques and tools, and are working with individuals and groups in the areas of sports performance, weight issues, relationships, scholastic performance, physical issues and pain relief, and many other topics. We know that we both have a special gift in this area and are happy to have the opportunity to share it. Check it out, and if you're as amazed and inspired as we are, contact us for a personal session.

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