“Truth has two important dimensions: 1) accuracy, and 2) direction.” - Scott Adams
When I found EFT Tapping for myself, I was struck at how much better it worked for me than the usual Positive Affirmation.
In the setup statement, we say something like:
Even though I feel ______
We get to state the truth about where we are. It can be “Even though I feel shitty right now and want to eat an entire chocolate cake!”
…because if that is where I am, saying “I feel wonderful and am going to nourish my body with a cucumber” will set off my screaming inner bullshit detectors.
I need to speak the truth to myself… or else.
If I do not speak the truth to myself about where I am and how I feel, it lose self-trust. I start radiating the energy of someone not true to himself. It’s not a good look for me.
And… the truth doesn’t mean where I intend to stay, or want to stay, or will stay.
“…and I have decided to pause and accept where I am and how I feel.”
Ahhh, a direction.
“…and I’m open to feeling calm and confident right now… anyway!”
Can I leap there? Not always. Sometimes I can.
What matters is Truth (where I am now) combined with Direction (where I want to be… acceptance, calmer, more confident).
It’s an aspect of EFT Tapping that is under-appreciated, I feel.
Truth. Combined with Direction. YES! EFT Tapping for the Win!
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So so true! I had years and years of setting off my inner bullshit - gosh it’s all documented in my 1960’s journals. I tried so hard to be positive and then beat myself up regularly because it wasn’t working. I even believed that if I continued to be positive no matter how I felt, I would not have anything really bad happen to me! I’m glad I’m off that trip. 
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YES to that!! I’ve always found that the ‘acceptance’ aspect of EFT – the ‘truth of how I feel right now’ part – is the most profoundly effective means for shifting stuck energy. To me, it’s much more respectful to acknowledge the 
and compost it (diffuse it) rather than try to ignore it! Sure beats stepping in it again and again!! 
Jo
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I did read The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, and so much of Zig Ziglar as well. I sense that, like movies like The Secret, there is a deeper message that often gets obscured by desperation and the mass-market version of the message.
I did need to be more positive with myself. I needed what I call confidencing as part of the flow of energy in me and to me.
I also needed calming of my anxiety, the fears and traumas and pains that were triggering heightened alert. Confidencing without calming (which I believe being truthful with ourselves – kind and truthful – also brings) was a disaster. Like you noted, IT WAS NOT WORKING… and thus when all these “wise folks” are saying that positive thinking was IT… left me feeling even worse.
Yes, a trip that did not work for me, either. Now when I listen to Zig or read positive-minded people, I can feel the rightness – just the incompleteness for me.
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I needed to be positive too and I also read the Power of Positive Thinking. However I did not acknowledge the pain and anxiety I had. I pushed it all down and covered it up with “positive thinking” hoping it would be the answer to letting go of negativity and fear. I use positive thinking now because I have acknowledged and tapped on the fears. I tap first if I’m really activated, do a few rounds of how I’m feeling. Then I invite the positive words and feelings. Sometimes when I’m not real activated I can go right to the positive or better thinking. The other day I was in the Dr’s office waiting for the PA to come in. He is our new Dr’s assistant. I was able to think about the names of the archangels that I learned about in my angel class. I call that positive and honestly I didn’t feel anxiety or fear.
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Indeed! That’s a sweet signal that our energy is congruent with the uplift, with the flow.
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This came through today, a sweet invitation to my heart this morning…
Scatter sunshine 
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