The ZPoint Process A Transformational Guide
Grant Connolly, CHt, & Carol Ann Rowland, MSW, RSW Digitally signed by 4shared DN: cn=4shared, o, ou,
[email protected], c=HR Date: 2008.06.22 01:07:02 +02'00'
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Copyright \u00a9 2004 by Grant Connolly and Carol Ann Rowland All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the authors. Contact: Grant Connolly:
[email protected] or tel. 416-915-3381 Carol Ann Rowland:
[email protected] or tel. 905-691-0330
An Important Note: The techniques, processes, ideas and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for the medical recommendations of physicians or other healthcare providers. Any application of the techniques, processes, ideas and suggestions in this book is at the reader\u2019s sole discretion and risk.
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Contents Acknowledgements\u2026v Forward\u2026vi Preface\u2026ix Chapter 1: An Introduction to ZPoint\u202611 Chapter 2: The ZPoint Process\u202613 The Installation Program\u202613 The Three-Step Process\u202614 Linking the Ways\u202614 Listen to a short ZPoint Session\u202615 Psychological Reversal\u202615 Chapter 3: The Big Picture\u202617 The Eight Tasks\u202617 Chapter 4: The Energy System\u202620 The Energy Model\u202620 Our Energy Centres\u202620 Chapter 5: Task One \u2013 Balancing and Strengthening the Energy Pathways\u202623 Homolateral Energy\u202623 The Triple Warmer Meridian\u202625 Balancing the Chakras\u202627 The Energy Grids\u202627 Chapter 6: Task Two \u2013 Releasing Sacred Agreements\u202630 Clearing Statements for Releasing Sacred Agreements\u202630 Chapter 7: Task Three \u2013 Moving Into Your Own Power\u202632 Clearing Statements for Moving Into Your Own Power\u202632 Chapter 8: Task Four \u2013 Transforming Core Beliefs\u202634 Clearing Statements for Core Beliefs\u202634 Chapter 9: Task Five \u2013 Healing Your Relationships\u202638 Working with the Process\u202638 Roles \u2013 Releasing What Doesn\u2019t Belong to You\u202639 Clearing the Relationship with Yourself\u202641 A Case Study\u202642
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Chapter 10: Task Six – Healing Past Experiences of Trauma…44 Big- T Traumas…44 Small-t Traumas…45 Dealing with Traumas…45 Processing Traumas with ZPoint…49 When Multiple Traumas are Present…52 Working with Parts of Self…54 Releasing Connections to Those Who Have Harmed You…57 Chapter 11: Task Seven – Moving Beyond What You Don’t Want…59 An Exercise to Help You Move On with Life…60 Chapter 12: Task Eight – Treating Specific Life Challenges…62 Physical Challenges…62 Releasing the Fear of Public Speaking…63 Healing Love Pain…64 Clearing Procrastination…67 Long-Term Change – The Simple Way…68 Discovery Statements to Uncover Deeper Issues…69 Chapter 13: Using ZPoint with Children…73 A Case Study…73 Chapter 14: Combining ZPoint with Other Modalities…74 Combining ZPoint with Energy Medicine…74 Combining ZPoint with EMDR…74 Using ZPoint with TAT Statements…75 Combining ZPoint with Bodywork Modalities…76 Chapter 15: Stories from ZPoint Users…77 A Sense of Peacefulness…77 Keeping ZPoint Simple…77 ZPoint and an Allergy…79 A Huge Weight is Lifted…80 ZPoint Results in a Dramatic Shift…80 Falling Asleep Quickly…81 ZPoint and Joy…81 Appendix A: The Original ZPoint Process…82 Appendix B: ZPoint on a Page…85 Appendix C: Protocol for Clearing Relationships…86 Appendix D: Protocol for Clearing Traumas…87
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Resources…88 How to Learn More about ZPoint…88 Books…89 Internet Connections…90 About the Autho rs …91
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Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the genius of Larry Nims and his creation of Be Set Free Fast™ (BSFF™). ZPoint takes his basic idea of using a healing program and a cue word and approaches it from a completely different point of view. I am deeply grateful to Judy Davidson who helped me bring my original vision to life. I also thank Savitri Galardo for her deep wisdom and experience. I also wish to acknowledge the help of the many other individuals who supported and encouraged this work in its early stages. You know who you are. Grant Connolly, CHt I wish to thank my husband, Kevin, for all of his support, as well as the many therapists, healers and colleagues who have assisted me on my own healing and professional journeys while teaching me, through instruction and example, how wonderful energy work can be. I also would like to thank the many clients who have allowed me to be part of their own journeys. A special thanks to Linda for her unwavering friendship, support and encouragement through both happy and difficult times. Without all of these people, this work would not have been possible. Carol Ann Rowland, MSW, RSW Our gratitude goes to Margaret Condy for taking on the task of editing this manual. Her editorial eye and knowledge have added immeasurably to the readibility of this project.
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Forward Grant Connolly initially conceived the idea for ZPoint in the summer of 2003. We’ll let him tell the story in his own words…
It is my belief that everything in life is a process. For me, the process that culminated with the creation of ZPoint began in the spring of 1999. At that time I was working in the Computer Department of Sir Sandford Fleming College in my home town just east of Toronto Canada. I was a very unhappy person and was never satisfied with anything. I think I’d been that way all of my life. I was filled with anger, resentment, deep disappointment with my life and a bottomless longing for something more that I couldn’t define. I think I may have been an undiagnosed Bipolar. I was either up or down and seldom in between. One day I came across a reference to a book about a fellow who claimed to have achieved enlightenment while serving a term in a Florida jail for selling drugs. The idea that this could happen under such conditions intrigued me so I immediately ordered the book. It was called From Onions to Pearls by Satyam Nadeen. You may wish to check it out. There was something in that book that laid waste to every idea, belief and cherished notion that I had ever had. That book was a hand grenade thrown into a room filled with furniture, and the furniture was everything I believed and held to be true. For some reason, the ideas in that book completely cleared away all of my old ways of being and left me bereft and adrift. I didn’t know what to believe, what was right, what was wrong, what was up or what was down. I was a completely empty vessel. For the next month or so I wandered around completely oblivious to everything. I can recall sitting on my couch at home just staring off into space. Just being. Gradually, I started rebuilding the furniture of my mind and my life began to make sense again. However, nothing was the same after that. I was different. I had changed. Some months later I "chanced" upon a website advertising an opportunity to become a Certified Hypnotherapist. I immediately remembered back to when I was a teenager, and the dreams I had for myself. There were three things I wanted more than anything: to write a book, to become "enlightened" and to learn hypnosis. I read everything I could about the latter two and trusted that one day I would write that book. I can recall buying a simple how to book on hypnosis when I was about 14 and set out to hypnotize some of my friends, sometimes with hilarious results. In late 1999 I fulfilled that dream and became certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists as a Hypnotherapist. My wife, the handyperson in our family, converted our dining room into an office and I began seeing clients on a part time basis. My life continued to change, often in ways I could not have imagined. It became increasingly more difficult to keep my mind focused on my job. It just didn’t seem to fit
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me anymore. More and more my thoughts became centred on becoming a full time Hypnotherapist. I started talking more and more about leaving my job and devoting myself full time to my practice. Unfortunately Peterborough is a relatively small place and I wasn’t earning enough to pay my way. My overwhelming desire for change led to a crisis within my marriage. Quite often in our relationships we have unspoken contracts, shared goals, dreams and ways of being. When these ways of being change, as mine did so dramatically, seemingly stable relationships can come apart revealing difficulties that lay buried beneath the surface. One person wishes everything to remain the same while the other is moved inexorably along a different path, in a different direction entirely. This is what happened to me. In the summer of 2003 I was sharing an apartment with a friend in a suburb of Toronto. I was earning a bare subsistence living as a full time Hypnotherapist and EFT, TAT Practitioner. Although financially things were difficult, emotionally and spiritually I was thriving. The ups and downs were gone. Having said this, there were still deep issues I needed to resolve and was looking for a means of resolving them. I felt that I had gone as far as I could with EFT and TAT alone. Around that time I read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. That book had a huge impact on me. I practiced being in the Now constantly and after a while could enter into the NOW state at will. I vividly recall how magical it was to simply walk down the street and watch the flowers and trees and suddenly my awareness would shift. Everything took on a life and a brilliance I’d never noticed before. I’d walk to the Scarborough bluffs and spend hours sitting on a certain park bench overlooking Lake Ontario, just watching the clouds, the birds, and the trees and drink in the magic that I saw spread before me. It was, as I’ve said, a magical time. Right at this time two things happened that changed my life. First, my flat- mate purchased Larry Nims BSFF Manual, and second I read Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins. I read Larry’s manual and tried using BSFF but somehow it didn’t feel right to me. It is a brilliant piece of work, but it just didn’t resonate with how I thought and especially how I felt. I am very intuitive and approach everything from a feeling perspective. So I set it aside. Then I read Hawkins Power vs. Force. In it he speaks about M-Fields. As I understood it, these are simply energetic patterns containing all of the possibilities inherent within an event or a circumstance or a condition. My life for example can be viewed in these terms. It is a large M- Field with my name on it. Within that field are all of the smaller patterns that go to make up my thoughts, feelings and circumstances. A bubble, within a bubble within a bubble. Taken in ever broader terms, the world itself and the universe and everything that exists or has the potential of existing is its own M- Field, one within the other. I recall sitting in the washroom one night, where I often do my best thinking, and suddenly I put everything together. M- Fields, how to adapt the cue word and healing
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program from BSFF and Eckhart Tolle’s Pain Body. I saw how everything fit together so perfectly and so simply. Whole and complete. I saw it all in one instant. I was overwhelmed and immediately set to work translating what I had seen into a usable process. I spent hours and hours trying this and trying that. I recall reading a post on the BSFF list about the agreements we make with ourselves, and this was added to the process. I read about the importance of forgiveness and this too was added to the mix. Friends would have an idea and we would try it out immediately. These were very exciting times. I spent many hours sitting on that park bench filled with the possibilities of this concept. The end result was the original ZPoint version you will read in the appendix at the end of this manual. As I said when I began this story, everything is a process. Almost exactly a year later, after having used the original ZPoint Process on many people and having written the original manual, I had another idea. I was walking through High Park in Toronto, just enjoying my walk and decided to clear something that had been bothering me. I started going through the process, which at this time was 12 or 13 steps when I found myself saying…I clear all the ways I …. I stopped dead and backtracked in my mind what I had said to myself. I was astounded. Again I saw the concept clearly of how to simplify the process and make it more effective at the same time. I recall that I didn’t have paper and a pen with me so I walked all the way home repeating “I clear all the ways” over and over so I wouldn’t forget it before I got home. And that is how the current version was born. I expect there will be others in time. On October 8th of 2004 I felt compelled to create a Yahoo group and share what I had found with as many people as possible. I called it SharingZeroPoint for that reason. One of the first members was Carol Ann Rowland. I was so impressed with her caring and her intelligence I was guided to ask her to be co- moderator of the list. That may have been one of my better decisions. Thank you Carol Ann for helping me spread the word of this incredible process. You have added immeasurably to its development and to its success. I am very grateful to be the bearer of this process. I promise to always do my best to bring forth that which is given to me in trust for all of you. Grant Connolly, Toronto, March 2005
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Preface
by Grant Connolly
In The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle writes about what he calls “the pain body.” As I understand it, the pain body is the accumulated experience of an individual, feelings and all, stored like a recording within the subconscious mind. There is also a collective pain body representing the whole of humanity. Carl Jung called this the “collective unconscious.” Everything we’ve ever seen, heard, thought, felt or imagined is stored within the subconscious, both personally and collectively. Portions of this recording are triggered to play back whenever we experience or think we are experiencing circumstances similar to the one stored in the recording. When this happens, we seem to get lost somehow and completely identify ourselves with that pattern or recording. In effect, we become the pattern. The pattern takes over and we just go along for the ride. All too often this happens with disastrous results. Many years ago I spent a weekend in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, and opted to eat dinner one evening at McDonald’s (this was before I knew anything about nutrition!). It was late and the place was filled mostly with teenagers. Suddenly, one young man stood up and sent chairs and tables flying, throwing anything he could find to the floor. I stood against the wall and watched as this young man trashed the place. I felt drawn to watch his eyes and the expressions on his face. It struck me that that young man really wasn’t there. The lights were on but clearly, there was no one at home. In other words, he was playing out some of his patterns, but was not truly present in the moment as he acted. The patterns we delete are simply pre-recorded, choreographed responses we have to certain situations. Smoking is a pattern, as are overeating, procrastination, self- destructive behaviour, fears, phobias, body- image problems, financial difficulties, relationship problems and so on. And, like a recording, these patterns play back when activated by some interior or exterior event. When this happens, just like the young man in McDonald’s, “you” are no longer present within your body as the witnessing consciousness and are literally taken over by the recording. The result is that “you” – the real you – is no longer making the decisions; the pattern is. “You” are not the pattern and never have been. You’ve just given over your power to the pattern. ZPoint is simply a means of taking back what already belongs to you. You are taking back your right to choose for yourself! In effect, you are waking yourself up from a long, long sleep. It is a simple matter, using ZPoint, to delete these patterns completely and safely. After they have been deleted, “you” – the real you – is back in charge. Once you begin to clear
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these patterns, you will no longer be driven to overeat, procrastinate, sabotage your own success or do whatever it is that your particular pattern drives you to do. You will be free to make your own choices, to make your own decisions. You will be wide awake to the possibilities of the present moment. The purpose of this manual is to give you enough information to be able to use this process on your own and begin the task of freeing yourself from the dominance of the pain body. And once you begin deleting patterns, you will find it easier and easier to be focused in the present moment and to make choices based on what you want and what serves you, rather than following the “needs” of the pattern and mindlessly repeating past anger, pain, disappointment, shame and blame over and over again. You will be free. Another way of understanding patterns and our relation to them is to think of yourself as being very much like a computer. The subconscious mind is the default program or basic operating system that tells you how to do things in life. It tells you how to react to certain situations, it tells you how to have a relationship, it tells you how to live a wonderful, fulfilled and happy life. However, what if over time that program has become corrupted or damaged in some way? What if that damage was caused by other programs that you loaded on top of the operating system? What if you accepted these new programs without understanding that they were harmful? How could you fix this? Just as you would on your computer, you could install an anti-virus program that would delete these damaged areas and replace them with healthy code. Wouldn’t that be a good thing to be able to do? In effect, you can and will be doing exactly this with ZPoint. You will be loading a simple, effective and completely safe healing program into your subconscious mind. This program marshals the incredible power of your subconscious mind when activated by your cue word, and will release or “clear” all of the old, unhealthy patterns or ways of thinking that have caused so much difficulty in your life. You will heal yourself. The combination of the cue word and the other instructions you will give to your subconscious are like a magic wand that you will wield to great effect.
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Chapter 1
An Introduction to ZPoint ZPoint is a very simple process that is designed to heal all the ways we are in conflict with ourselves and others. It does this by quickly and easily allowing us to release strong feelings of anger, judgment, criticism, blame, shame, guilt, resentment, disappointment, hatred, fear, sadness and unforgiveness, whether directed toward ourselves or others. In this manual you will learn how to very quickly heal and clear away those feelings permanently and with surprisingly little effort or upset. Then, amazingly, you will find yourself responding peacefully, even when facing some of life’s most difficult situations. Your life will become easier, more loving and infinitely more enjoyable. The method by which ZPoint works is twofold. One aspect of this involves the use of the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind controls many aspects of what we say, feel, think and do. The subconscious mind does what we tell it to do, on a continual basis. One way that this manifests can involve how we relate to others. Often, early in our lives we have an experience of being hurt by someone, and have the automatic thought, “I’ll never let anyone close to me again.” We may or may not remember having had this thought, but our subconscious mind remembers it for us. Years later we may wonder why we feel distant from others and struggle to feel close again; the reason is that the subconscious mind is doing exactly what we have asked it to do. With ZPoint we are using this ability in a very conscious way, to allow ourselves to reprogram the subconscious mind. The old patterns and agreements that we needed in the past are often no longer useful to us now, and so we simply ask to have them replaced with what we would like to feel, do and experience in the present. When ZPoint was first created, it was believed that the process was so powerful because of the subconscious mind alone. However, it became apparent that something even more powerful was at work. People using ZPoint very frequently describe body sensations and energetic experiences that indicate that universal energy – the same energy that is utilized during Reiki, Healing Touch and other channeling approaches – is facilitating the healing that occurs during the ZPoint Process. As a Reiki practitioner, Carol Ann first assumed that the energetic experiences she was having when she used ZPoint herself were occurring because she had been attuned to Reiki. However, again and again we received reports from people – friends, family, colleagues, members of the SharingZeroPoint list on Yahoo.com and clients – who were experiencing something similar. The energetic experiences reported have ranged from sensations of tingling or “buzzing” occurring in the hands, feet and chakra areas (we discuss chakras further in Chapter 4) – 11
and sometimes throughout the body. If a large clearing has occurred, people sometimes report feeling as if their entire body is vibrating. At times this sensation is so strong that it feels as if even the internal organs are vibrating. People who are energy sensitive are often most aware of this type of experience. However, we have both worked with clients who have never knowingly been exposed to universal energy before and had no framework to understand it. Even so, they would comment on how the top of their head or their forehead felt warm, tingly, “open” or otherwise unusual. These areas correspond to the crown and third-eye chakras, which often become activated in relation to spiritual and/or intuitive experiences. On one occasion Carol Ann had the good fortune to teach a clairvoyant colleague how to use ZPoint Processing. This person sees energy, and she described seeing a “holographic light bridge” extending between herself and Carol Ann as they worked together. With some of her ZPoint statements she saw big vortices of energy going down deep into the earth, and with others she saw similar vortices going up into the universe. She reported a deep sense of being connected energetically not only to Carol Ann but also to others around the world, and a sense of unified “oneness” joining all of humanity. It would appear that something more powerful than a reliance on the subconscious mind is at work here! The purpose of this manual is to present, in very simple terms, a process of transformation and healing that has proven to be quite profound. The book itself is broken down into chapters that start from a general perspective and progressively work their way into more specific applications of the basic process.
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Chapter 2
The ZPoint Process The ZPoint Process begins with a simple, one-time installation program. After you have completed this, you then go through three easy steps each time you use the ZPoint Process.
The Installation Program You only need to read the following installation program one time. After that, you will never have to refer to it again. You will only need to remember your cue word 1 . To activate the program, first choose a cue word. Any word will do, but try to avoid using words that have a strong emotional content attached to them, such as “money” or “sex.” Some of the cue words people commonly choose are “peace,” “free” and “shazam.” Now read the following instructions, aloud if possible:
I hereby set a powerful intention within you, my subconscious mind, to effect the best of all possible outcomes by this clearing, and that each time I notice a pattern or patterns I wish to eliminate, as I say or think my cue word, you will eliminate all such patterns and components of patterns completely and safely. Each time I repeat my cue word in sequence, you will access deeper and deeper layers and all parts and aspects of my being.
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The Three-Step Process The process itself is quite simple. Just focus on an area where you are having difficulty and say the following three statements aloud or to yourself. At the end of each statement, repeat your cue word – aloud or silently – as if it were a mantra, until you experience a shift. What a “shift” tends to feel like is a sense of release or relaxing of the body. This usually occurs within 15 to 30 seconds. Step 1. I clear all of the ways 2 that [I feel depressed, angry, resentful, jealous, etc.].
Step 2. I clear all of the patterns connected to all of these ways. Step 3. I clear all of the emotions 3 connected to all of these patterns. Step 1. I clear all of the ways … Here you are clearing or releasing all of the ways that you feel a specific emotion or group of emotions. We often feel uncomfortable in a specific situation. Using this statement, you literally clear all of the possible ways you feel that emotion. Remember that we work from the general to the specific so that the results generalize to as many areas as possible. It is often enough just to place your awareness on this area of discomfort and release it using this statement. Step 2. I clear all of the patterns … Patterns, as we explained in the preface, are simply pre-recorded, choreographed responses we have to certain situations. We may have many thousands of these stored within our subconscious mind and in the collective unconscious of humanity itself. Step 3. I clear all of the emotions … Our emotions appear to be the engine that drives or powers our patterns. When you clear the emotions from any memory or pattern, it no longer has the power to control you. As we will explain shortly, emotions become stuck or attached to patterns and create blockages in the energy system. The meanings you assign to the patterns work in a similar way. Clearing the blockages that result from the emotions and meanings that you assign to the patterns releases tremendous amounts of energy that can then be used by the entire personality. Once the blockages are cleared, you literally begin to bloom as you attract into your life those things that bring you tremendous joy and fulfillment.
Linking the Ways You can also link “ways” statements. Linking is simply clearing a number of related emotions, one after another, and then following with steps 2 and 3. Here’s an example: 2
If appropriate, you can substitute the word “reasons” instead of “ways.” “…all of the emotions” include any anger, judgment, criticism, blame, shame, guilt, resentment, sadness, fear and unforgiveness toward yourself and others, including God (or the universe, or whatever word fits, according to your belief system). Now that you have read this, it will be remembered by your subconscious.
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I clear all of the ways that I am stressed.
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I clear all of the ways that driving in traffic causes me to be stressed.
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I clear all of the ways that I am impatient.
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I clear all of the ways that I hate being stuck in traffic.
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I clear all of the ways that all of these issues have been held in my body.
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I clear all of the ways that all of these issues have been held in my energy field.
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I clear all of the patterns connected to all these ways. I clear all of the emotions connected to all of these patterns.
Listen to a Short ZPoint Session I’ve recorded a short introduction to ZPoint. Just go to the following link… http://www.zpointprocess.com/sharing/intro.wma and you will download a short Windows Media audio file. This will let you hear me taking you through the steps. There is no substitute for the actual experience.
Psychological Reversal Readers who are experienced with energy work – particularly EFT – will likely be familiar with the term “psychological reversal.” While we have found that, for whatever reason, psychological reversal appears to be less of an issue when using ZPoint than it is with EFT or similar approaches, it does occasionally need to be corrected for. Psychological reversal refers to what is occurring when you consciously want to heal something, yet part of you is trying to prevent this from happening. This is an experience that most of us can relate to. An example might be when you have firmly decided you are going to lose weight, and yet you find yourself unable to follow your plan to eat healthier and exercise more! Often when part of you is trying to prevent a change from occurring, it is because that part is getting something out of holding onto the problem. This frequently relates to feeling safer. An example of this is someone who has a fear of confrontation that interferes with their ability to discuss upsetting issues with others. Part of them may be unwilling to let go of this problem because they believe that if they were no longer afraid and were to say what they thought, then they might be harmed. Alternatively, part of
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them may be afraid that others would be harmed if they were to express their feelings and opinions. In order to correct for psychological reversal, simply clear with some or all of the following statements: • • • • • •
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I clear all the ways I clear all the ways I clear all the ways I clear all the ways I clear all the ways I clear all the wa ys issues. I clear all the ways I clear all the ways
that I have psychological reversal. it’s not possible for me to clear these issues. it’s not safe for me to clear these issues. it’s not safe for others if I clear these issues. I’m not willing to clear these issues. parts of me get something out of holding onto these parts of me get something out of these issues. I don’t believe that this could ever work for me.
Follow this with steps 2 and 3. Many people will quickly correct for psychological reversal before doing any energy work treatment. It isn’t always necessary to correct for it – we aren’t always psychologically reversed. However, it is very fast and easy to correct for, so it often makes sense to do this first as part of a routine. That saves time having to repeat the treatment later if it didn’t have the desired effect. However, if you find you don’t always remember to correct for psychological reversal or find it to be one further step you don’t want to bother with, don’t worry about it. You will know if ZPoint is working for you because you will feel peaceful and you will notice that the previously troubling thoughts, feelings, memories, beliefs, behaviours and relationships are no longer of concern. Just remember that if at some point a treatment doesn’t go as planned, this is one strategy you can try. If the only way you ever used ZPoint were as we’ve just described it, you would still have an incredibly powerful healing method at your disposal anytime and anywhere. However, we have some suggestions for approaching the bigger picture in order to maximize healing on all levels and strengthen the overall energetic system.
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Chapter 3
The Big Picture The more we do this work, the more we come to believe that there is an overall pattern to clearing all the ways we are unhappy, unfulfilled or challenged in some way. A number of months ago, I had the idea that this work could be approached in much the same manner as orthomolecular medicine. This relatively new branch of medicine has a single premise: bring the body into balance and it will heal itself. Discover what nutrients, vitamins, minerals and amino acids the body lacks and begin the process of restoring equilibrium by giving the body what it needs to be well. This isn’t a new idea, but it is one that has been largely ignored by many until quite recently. It occurred to me that this idea might be a good premise from which to base ZPoint as well. The old paradigm of medicine is to treat the symptoms and ignore the root causes. To a large extent this is what we had originally been doing in our work with ZPoint. This isn’t to say that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been effective, because it has. However, it is our belief that there are foundational steps that can be taken first, to bring the body, mind and spirit into an overall state of balance. We believe that if we begin by bringing ourselves into a state of balance and wholeness, this in turn will facilitate the process of spiritual, emotional and physical transformation.
The Eight Tasks In the following eight chapters, we explore what we believe to be the prerequisites to achieving emotional, energetic and spiritual homeostasis. Each of these tasks by itself won’t solve deep-seated spiritual, physical or emotional challenges. However, taken together, they will put you into a place where major shifts can more easily happen. Task One – Balancing and Strengthening the Energy Pathways (Chapter 5). This includes correcting for homolateral energy, calming an overactive triple warmer meridian (when appropriate), balancing the chakra system and repairing fractured energy grids. “Homolateral energy,” “triple warmer meridian,” “chakras” and “energy grids” will all be explained in this chapter. In effect, you are balancing your body’s energy system. Task Two – Releasing Sacred Agreements (Chapter 6). These are agreements we make with ourselves during emotionally charged periods. These can also be agreements made in other lives and other existences that are brought forward into this life. For example, suppose you take a risk that leads to disastrous consequences. In the emotional aftermath that follows, you have the thought that “I’ll never take a risk again.” Agreements like this are quickly forgotten by the conscious mind, but are still fully in force within your subconscious. Decades – possibly even lifetimes – later they may still
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be in place. This may not always be for your highest good; sometimes it is good to take risks! If nobody ever took risks, new ideas wouldn’t be shared. With ZPoint we reprogram the subconscious mind and release energetic connections to past agreements or contracts in a very conscious way so that we can start doing, expressing and feeling more of what we do want and less of what no longer serves our best interests. Task Three – Moving Into Your Own Power (Chapter 7). Too often we tend to shy away from using our own personal power. This may manifest in any number of ways, including being unable to speak our trut h, being unable to advocate for ourselves, being unwilling to embrace and reveal our personal gifts and being reluctant to be fully open to energetic experiences. Clearing all the ways you fear coming into your power, while upholding the responsibility to use your power in a balanced and loving way, in effect allows you to open your life to joy. Task Four – Transforming Core Beliefs (Chapter 8). A core belief is any central belief that other beliefs are based on. Core beliefs tend to permeate many or even all areas of our lives.
Clearing or changing your core beliefs to ones that serve you rather than those that are based on fear can dramatically affect all of your ways of being. Since we know that ZPoint affects us at a deep subconscious level, any positive affirmations and changes you make to your core beliefs will affect you in a very powerful and positive way. Task Five – Healing Your Relationships (Chapter 9). Relationships form the backbone of our lives, whether we like it or not. We have relations hips with practically everyone and everything in our lives. We have relationships with family, co-workers, our boss, our customers, friends and those we dislike. We also have relationships with money, cars and the things we prefer to avoid. And, of course, we have a relationship with ourselves.
Relationships can be difficult or they can be incredibly rewarding – or anything in between. The only difference between a good relationship and a bad one is the level of resistance you experience with each. Task Six – Healing Past Experiences of Trauma (Chapter 10). Left unhealed, past traumas – whether “big T” or “little t” – leave areas of upset and vulnerability, drain your energy and change your view of yourself and the world. Task Seven – Moving Beyond What You Don’t Want (Chapter 11). Resisting anything sets up an energy dynamic that activates the spiritual Law of Attraction. This law states that whatever you focus on – whatever you give your attention to – will tend to expand and be attracted further into your life. In this step you focus on those things you wish to bring into your life.
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Task Eight – Treating Specific Life Challenges (Chapter 12). Now that the root causes have been taken into consideration, you can address specific challenges such as illness and poverty with some confidence.
Obviously, these eight tasks are interrelated. The effects of systematically addressing each of them in turn should have a dramatic impact on your state of well-being emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically.
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Chapter 4
The Energy System It has been known for thousands of years that the universe and everything in it, whether seen or unseen, is composed of energy. And because we are part of this universe and all that exists within it, we are composed of energy as well.
The Energy Model The energy model can be stated as follows: 1. Everything that exists is composed of energy. 2. Energy is only energy – it isn’t good or bad, right or wrong. 3. Energy is designed to flow, and is not designed to be held or stored. 4. Human beings are conduits for energy, not energy containers. 5. Problems and difficulties show up as a result of a disruption, blockage or resistance to the flow of that energy. According to Gary Craig, who developed Emotional Freedom Techniques™ (EFT™), “The cause of any discomfort, disease or pain is a disruption in the energy system.” When your energy system is out of alignment or a blockage occurs, such a disruption takes place. Our belief is that our thoughts and beliefs themselves and the subsequent build-up of emotions surrounding them are the prime cause of this disruption of the energy system. If we either clear the emotion surrounding the belief or transform the belief itself, we free the trapped energy to move as it was designed to do. You can visualize this process by imagining a logjam in a river. Clearing the right log will release all of the logs and allow them to flow freely again, down the river to the mill.
Our Energy Centres It is widely believed that there are seven main energy centres or transducers in the human body. In Sanskrit, these are called “chakras.” A transducer is a device that transforms one form of energy into another. The chakra system appears to be the connecting link or main distribution device between energy
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pathways that run throughout the body. These energy centres transform spiritual energy into matter- based energy for our use. While an in- depth explanation of these centres is beyond the scope of this manual, we have named each chakra here, along with its activating colour, location and a general description of its function in our lives. Base or Root Chakra Colour: red Location: the base of the spine Contains the primary eight cells that have all of the knowledge of creation and remain the only cells in your body that don’t change in your lifetime. Grounds us in the physical world. Sacral Chakra Colour: orange Location: just beneath the navel Related to your sexual and reproductive capacity. Blockage manifests as emotional problems or sexual guilt. Solar Plexus Chakra Colour: yellow Location: the solar plexus Seat of the emotions. Gives you a sense of personal power in the world. Blockage manifests as anger or a sense of victimization. Heart Chakra Colour: green Location: the heart Blockage can manifest as immune system or heart problems, or a lack of compassion. Throat Chakra Colour: blue Location: the throat Tied to creativity and communication. Feels pressure when you aren’t communicating your emotions properly.
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Third Eye Chakra Colour: indigo Location: between the eyebrows (pineal gland) Is a physical eye with the capabilities of looking inward spiritually. Crown Chakra Colour: purple Location: crown Connects you with messages from higher realms. Can be experienced as a pressure, warmth or tingling on the top of the head.
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Task One – Balancing and Strengthening the Energy Pathways Homolateral Energy When your body is functioning well energetically, your energy crosses over from one side of your body to the other. If energy is moving straight up and down each side of your body instead of crossing over, it is referred to as running homolaterally. Signs and symptoms of being homolateral include being more clumsy, having a harder time healing from physical and emotional difficulties, tripping over words, feeling “scrambled,” and having even little things kind of “hit” you harder and cause upset when normally they wouldn’t. When your energy is homolateral, everything is more upsetting. Carol Ann states that she has found that when she is upset about something, she recognizes that sometimes she is homolateral. If she corrects for homolateral energy, the issue will no longer feel nearly as upsetting, even if she has done nothing to target the actual feelings and concerns invo lved. Everyone is homolateral some of the time. Stress, illness or upset can cause you to go homolateral in the moment. Most people move in and out of being homolateral. Some people however, are chronically homolateral. Having chronic homolateral energy patterns can make it very difficult to heal properly and to function in the world. That’s why it’s important to correct for this when it occurs. Donna Eden, in her book Energy Medicine, teaches an exercise called the homolateral cross crawl. This exercise can be used to persuade the energy in the body to begin crossing over again. The exercise isn’t difficult to learn, but it takes a few minutes to complete. If you are chronically homolateral, you need a lot of discipline in practicing your energy work regularly in order to correct for this issue over the long term. The exercise may need to be done a few times a day every day for a few weeks in order to coax your body into a new way of being. Carol Ann was chronically homolateral, and found that many of the people she saw as clients also shared this issue. She noticed that most people – herself included – don’t 23
possess the level of discipline required to regularly and continually correct for having homolateral energy. So Carol Ann began to use ZPoint to correct for this energetic imbalance. The statements that follow are ones that we have found extremely useful in correcting for a pattern of chronic homolateral energy. Since first correcting for her own pattern of having chronic homolateral energy, Carol Ann has found that her energy is now crossing over most of the time. If she encounters illness, upset or some other kind of trigger, her energy may start running homolateral again. However, it no longer feels like an overall way of life, and when she does notice she is homolateral, she is able to correct it quickly with a couple of statements, and she begins to feel balanced again once more. As we explained in the introduction, at the end of each statement, repeat the cue word for 15 to 30 seconds, or until you experience a shift. • • • •
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I clear all of the ways that my energy is homolateral. I clear all of the ways that my energy is chronically homolateral. I clear all the reasons my energy first began running homolaterally. I clear all of the ways that these ways and reasons have been held in my body. I clear all of the ways that these ways and reasons have been held in my energy field.
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I install new ways of my energy crossing over. My energy crosses over in a continuous way. If something startles me I am able to stay not homolateral. If ever my energy does go homolateral, I notice this and easily correct it. All of this clearing is completely effective for all of the past, the present and the future.
If this isn’t sufficient to clear a pattern of chronic homolateral energy, you may want to use the original 12-step version of ZPoint, found in the Appendix A. For more information about homolateral energy, as well as a wealth of knowledge about energy and the body, we highly recommend Energy Medicine.
The Triple Warmer Meridian One thing found to be almost universal among people who have experienced significant traumas – particularly when the traumas have been severe or repeated, and/or have
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occurred in childhood – is that their triple warmer meridians become habitually overenergized. The meridian system is the body’s own energy system. Much of Eastern medicine involves working with the meridian system. In acupuncture, needles are placed in different meridian points. Similarly, EFT and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) involve tapping on different meridian points to clear congested energy and thus release fears, traumas, phobias and other concerns. The triple warmer meridian governs the fight/flight/freeze response. With repeated traumatic incidents, the body can become locked into a fight/flight/freeze state and the triple warmer meridian may become chronically over-energized. This can be a concern not only because of the problematic symptoms (hypervigilance, anxiety, insomnia, difficulty focusing and so on) that then may become a way of life, but also because the triple warmer meridian is connected with the spleen meridian. When the triple warmer stays over-energized, it draws energy out of the spleen meridian, which supports the immune system. As a result, the immune system becomes weakened. If the body stays in this state long enough, the immune system can start attacking itself, and autoimmune disorders such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and chronic fatigue may result. Again, if you would like further information about the triple warmer meridian, you will find Donna Eden’s book Energy Medicine particularly useful. Part of clearing trauma and related symptoms involves teaching the body that the emergency is now over. Donna Eden teaches a method of “sedating” the triple warmer meridian by holding triple warmer meridian points in sequence. This is a wonderful method that Carol Ann has used extensively in her work with those who have experienced violence. Clients who learn how to sedate their triple warmers and practice this regularly experience an immediate and dramatic reduction in their more fear- based trauma symptoms such as hypervigilance, anxiety and insomnia – even when the traumas haven’t yet been directly processed. However, sedating the triple warmer can take several minutes, and in order to reprogram the body, it needs to be done two to three times a day, every day, on an ongoing basis to bring about lasting results. This can be time consuming, and people often find they have trouble making it a priority. Concern about this, and recognition of the importance of clearing triple warmer issues, led Carol Ann to try using ZPoint to clear the pattern of having a chronically overenergized triple warmer meridian, with remarkable success. The triple warmer will still get set off at times. Given that it is a mechanism that our body possesses in order to ensure our survival, it is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate this response completely. However, it gets set off much less often, requires increasingly larger triggers before becoming activated, and it doesn’t take as long for it to re-settle afterwards.
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Here is an example of how you can go about clearing the pattern of having a chronically over-energized triple warmer meridian. In this example, we also have some statements involving the spleen meridian, which runs into the triple warmer meridian. When the triple warmer meridian is over- energized, it tends to draw energy out of the spleen meridian, so it is best to address this as well. We highly recommend first correcting for psychological reversal (see page 5) on this issue, because anyone who has been through trauma may have parts of self that naturally believe it isn’t safe to ever let their guard down. This, in fact, is the very reason the triple warmer becomes over-energized, so it may be necessary to target for massive psychological reversal before the clearing. Remember to repeat your cue word like a mantra with each statement until you experience a shift:
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I clear all of the reasons I have a chronically over- energized triple warmer. I clear all of the ways that this is held in my body.
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I install new patterns of feeling calm and relaxed, and I am able to distinguish when I need to be “on alert” and when I do not. My triple warmer meridian is now sedated. My spleen meridian is now strengthened. My triple warmer meridian and spleen meridian are in perfect and natural balance. All of this clearing is completely effective for all of the past, the present and the future.
This should go a long way in helping you be less reactive to having the fight/flight/freeze response being triggered by innocuous sounds and events. When you encounter a situation that does set off the triple warmer, and you experience intense anxiety, fear or a startle response, it may be enough to focus on the emotional and physical sensations and think your cue word repeatedly. Then say to yourself, “I am safe now,” and again repeat the cue word. If you attempt this clearing and it doesn’t appear to bring lasting results, try using the original, longer version of ZPoint (found in Appendix A) to target the “pattern of having a chronically over-energized triple warmer meridian.”
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Balancing the Chakras As noted earlier, when the chakras are blocked or out of alignment, you might experience a variety of symptoms. Clearing blockages from the chakras and bringing them into a state of balance will help to address these issues while simultaneously strengthening the overall energy system.
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that my root chakra is blocked. that my sacral chakra is blocked. that my solar plexus chakra is blocked. that my heart chakra is blocked. that my throat chakra is blocked. that my third eye chakra is blocked. that my crown chakra is blocked.
I clear all of the emotions and all of the meanings connected to all of these patterns. I bring all of my chakras into a perfect state of alignment. All of my chakras are balanced as they were designed to be. My entire chakra system is now functioning optimally.
Very powerful energy surges are generally experienced during this clearing. Many people will experience the sensation of an “opening” of the core channel of their body, in a way that is similar to a kundalini rising 4 , though less overwhelming.
The Energy Grids Some people find when doing energy work that it is effective at the time, yet it doesn’t seem to “hold” very well. They notice that they have to revisit the same issues and incidents, over and over again. Sometimes what is happening is that different aspects of those issues or incidents are coming up. This is very normal. However, it may be that the very same parts that previously had felt successfully cleared have again become problematic. Why does this happen? According to Donna Eden, the body contains an energy grid system that supports the overall energy system of the body. During times of shock or trauma, the individual grids may break. Having breaks in your energy grids can lead to energy work not holding well. Therefore, it is highly beneficial to repair the body’s grids. 4
Kundalini is a spiritual energy that lies dormant in everyone, coiled at the base of the spine. Once awakened, through meditation or other spiritual practices, it travels upward to the crown chakra, leading the person to a spiritual awakening.
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This is usually done by an energy grid practitioner who has been specially trained by Donna Eden. But grid practitioners can be difficult to access in many parts of the world, which led us to the idea of using ZPoint to repair energy grids. We have seen excellent results with using ZPoint in this manner. Before doing clearing statements to repair energy grids, please work on the chakrastrengthening statements listed earlier in this chapter. The grid system requires a strong chakra system in order to function optimally. Although the instructions in installation of the cue word specify tha t use of the cue word will allow only the best of all possible outcomes, it is still wise to first strengthen the chakra system. It isn’t always in your best interest to repair grids unless the chakra system is strong enough to fully support the grids. (For further information on the energy grid system, see Energy Medicine by Donna Eden, or visit Donna Eden’s website at www.innersource.net.) • • •
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I clear all of the ways that my energy grids are broken. I clear all of the ways that my energy grids are misaligned. I clear all the reasons my energy grids originally broke. I allow my grids to repair gently and easily. I allow my energy field to realign to its natural state. I allow my energy grids to connect with the grid lines of the earth. I allow my grids to repair completely. My energy grids are now realigned. My energy flows in all the ways it was designed to. I I I I I I I
clear all of the ways any and all other energy pathways are misaligned. clear all the reasons why these other grids may be misaligned. clear any energetic imbalance between my right side and left side. clear any energetic imbalance between my top half and bottom half. clear any energetic imbalance between my front and back. clear any energetic imbalance between my inside and outside. clear any energetic imbalance between all these eight aspects.
I allow my energy to flow without hindrance or blockage. My grids are now resistant to shock. I clear all of the ways that all of these issues have been held in my body. I clear all of the ways that all of these issues have been held in my energy field. I clear all of the patterns connected to all of these ways and reasons. I clear all of the emotions connected to all of these patterns. I allow my subconscious mind to create statements based upon the content of this clearing and run them now.
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Chapter 6
Task Two – Releasing Sacred Agreements When we are confronted with a situation that causes great upset or pain, we often make an agreement with ourselves not to put ourselves in a position where we would be vulnerable to feeling this way again. These sacred contracts with ourselves remain tucked away within our subconscious minds and act just like a filter on a camera, letting in only experiences that don’t act against or break the contract. These agreements are made and kept for our protection. However, a difficulty arises sooner or later when a personality reaches a certain level of awareness or growth. Emotionally, they are no longer in their spiritual infancy where they need to be protected from the consequences of their own thoughts. They have reached a point where this protection stifles further growth and must be set aside. This is the point each of you is at today. There is a second type of sacred agreement: these are the agreements made between ourselves and others. Although contracts of this nature are essentially contracts with ourselves, for our purposes we will treat them differently. On a soul level, balance is the most sought-after quality. And balance implies being at the “zero point,” where there are no attachments either way. If I, as an individual, feel that I owe you something, I will feel the pull of that obligation until it is fulfilled. This may also be viewed as a karmic debt. Using ZPoint to clear this debt automatically brings the issue into balance and releases the debt.
Clearing Statements for Releasing Sacred Agreements Use the following statements to clear sacred agreements with yourself, and between yourself and others: • • • • • • • • •
I set the intention to be my authentic self completely. I acknowledge that I am a spiritual being. I acknowledge that my natural state is one of grace and acceptance. I fully allow myself to be my authentic self completely. All false beliefs and ideas that do not serve my joy fall away now. I am at peace. I am enough. I am wonderful. I am amazing. 30
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Task Three – Moving Into Your Own 1 Power The idea for this clearing first occurred when Grant noticed he was having difficulty clearing a personal issue. No matter how he tried, it would not seem to shift. Finally, in discussing it, we agreed it was not about the issue directly but rather fears of coming into his own power that were likely holding the problem in place. We came up with some statements to address this, and he noticed huge energy surges during the power clearing. He also found that the other issue then cleared more easily. Others who have tried this clearing have reported similar and incredibly powerful experiences with it.
Clearing Statements for Moving Into Your Own Power Use the following statements to help you remove fears about coming into your own power: • • • • • • • •
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the original decision I made that it’s not safe to be powerful. the original decision I made that I need to hide. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my power. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my happiness. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my prosperity. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my joy. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my peace. all of the ways that I let others hold the keys to my moving forward in life. all of the ways that I hide my potential. all of the ways that I fear coming into my power.
I clear all of the ways I clear all of the ways I clear all of the ways I clear all of the ways I clear all of the ways I clear all of the ways powerful.
that I block myself from coming into my power. that I pretend I don’t have power. that I choose to not use my power. that I take on “less than” roles. that I take on responsibility for how others feel. that my past- life issues affect my feelings about being
Power used in this context does not equate with force. This is not a technique to become more forceful,
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Task Four – Transforming Core Beliefs When we work with clients, it is often apparent to us that people tend to play out certain themes in their lives over and over again. We believe that this occurs partly because early in life, in response to things we are told or experience, we make a decision about ourselves, others or the world. Our later behaviours and experiences then play out and reflect these earlier decisions or core beliefs. In order to change our core beliefs, therefore, we work on clearing the “original decisions” that were made, which led to the creation of these beliefs. It doesn’t matter if you can remember when or why you first came to these decisions – your subconscious mind will clear them for you if you simply ask it to. You can then be more open to having new experiences and creating new life patterns that are reflective of the essence of who you really are rather than the erroneous conclusions you came to early in life.
Clearing Statements for Core Beliefs Some examples of clearing statements for common core beliefs follow. Not all of these will be central themes for everyone, but most of you will relate strongly to at least some of them. You also may have internalized any number of additional core beliefs that aren’t on the list. In order to figure out what your core beliefs are, when you experience upset, distress or confusion, stop and work first on clearing the upsetting emotion, with an awareness of noticing any “beliefs” hiding behind it. Often these hidden core beliefs tend to run in themes over time and will permeate many areas of your life. For ease of use, we have divided these examples of core beliefs into sections according to beliefs about self, beliefs about others and beliefs about the world. Core Beliefs about Self • • • • • •
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the original decision I made that I am not good enough. the original decision I made that I am incompetent. the original decision I made that I am alone. the original decision I made that I am unwanted. the original decision I made that I am inherently flawed. the original decision I made that I am defective.
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the original decision I made that I am powerless. the original decision I made that I am “less than.” the original decision I made that I am “wrong.” the original decision I made that I am inferior. the original decision I made that I am nothing. the original decision I made that I am worthless. the original decision I made that I am invisible. the original decision I made that I am insignificant. the original decision I made that I am unacceptable. the original decision I made that I don’t belong. the original decision I made that I am unwelcome. the original decision I made that I don’t fit in.
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the original decision I made that I am a nobody. the original decision I made that I am nothing. the original decision I made that I am boring. the original decision I made that I don’t matter. the original decision I made that I am ugly. the original decision I made that I am dirty. the original decision I made that it’s all my fault. the original decision I made that I am crazy. the original decision I made that I have no control. the original decision I made that I am out of control.
I clear the original decision I made that I am a failure. I clear the original decision I made that I will fail. I clear the original decision I made that I am undeserving. I clear the original decision I made that there is something wrong with me. I clear the original decision I made that I am weak. I clear the original decision I made that I have to be strong. I clear the original decision I made that I am ineffective. I clear the original decision I made that I am a victim. I clear the original decision I made that I have no choice. I clear the original decision I made that I can’t stand up for myself. I I I I I I I I
clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
the original decision I made that I am a loser. the original decision I made that I am not worthy. the original decision I made that I don’t matter. the original decision I made that I am not interesting. the original decision I made that I am wrong. the original decision I made that I am stupid. the original decision I made that I can’t understand. the original decision I made that I am not understood.
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I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear I clear
the original decision I made that I am a mistake. the original decision I made that I am bad. the original decision I made that I am not safe. the original decision I made that I am helpless. the original decision I made that I am vulnerable. the original decision I made that I am afraid. the original decision I made that I am uncertain. the original decision I made that bad things that happen are my fault. the original decision I made that I am not capable. the original decision I made that I can’t say “no.” the original decision I made that I can’t say what I need.
Core Beliefs about Others
Many of the preceding statements can simply be reworded with the word “others.” For example, instead of “I clear the original decision I made that I am ‘less than,’” you can say, “I clear the original decision I made that others are ‘less than.’” In addition, the following may be relevant: • • • • • • •
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I clear the original decision I made to not let anyone get close to me. I clear the original decision I made that men/wome n are bad. I clear the original decision I made that men/women are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that racial minorities are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that children are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that the elderly are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that people with disabilities are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that people who are gay or lesbian are “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that any minority group is inherently “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that any member of any spiritual faith is inherently “less than.” I clear the original decision I made that anyone who is different from me is inherently “less than.”
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made that it’s not safe to be myself. made that it’s not okay to show feelings. made that it’s not okay to express feelings. made that it’s not okay to feel feelings. made that it’s not safe to be happy. made that all good things must come to an end.
the original decision I made that we get what we deserve. the original decision I made that there isn’t enough to go around. the original decision I made that you have to work very hard to get ahead. the original decision I made that true love is only found in fairy tales. the original decision I made that it’s not safe to say “no.” the original decision I made that it’s not safe to say what I need. the original decision I made that it’s not okay to ask for help. the original decision I made that it’s not safe to ask for help. the original decision I made that it’s not safe to feel good. the original decision I made that it’s not safe to stand up for myself. the original decision I made that life is not fair.
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I clear all of the ways that all of these decisions were being held in my body. I clear all of the ways that all of these decisions were being held in my energy field.
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As you can see, the applications for core beliefs – and the potential of tremendous benefits to yourself and the world if unhealthy beliefs are cleared – are endless. You may also want to take the time to figure out what new core beliefs you would like to embrace to take the place of the ones you have cleared, and install them accordingly.
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Chapter 9
Task Five – Healing Your Relationships Healing relationships with ZPoint is a very simple process that clears away the debris of past anger, resentment, disappointment, hatred and other negative emo tions that are often expressed through our everyday relationships. In this chapter, you will learn how to heal and clear away those difficult feelings permanently and with surprisingly little effort or upset. Then, amazingly, you will find yourself able to hold only love in your heart, allowing you to move forward to experience tremendous personal growth, love and selfexpression. The result is that you will become peaceful about the relationship you were working on. Most people who have used ZPoint to heal relationships report that what previously got them upset just wasn’t all that important any more. They were no longer bothered by the deep anger, resentment or whatever it was that had previously caused them pain or upset whenever they thought about that particular individual. Clearing a relationship with someone you love, such as a deceased parent, can bring perspective and loving acceptance while releasing any residual anger, guilt or upset. Clearing a relationship with someone you hate can bring peace, perspective and acceptance as well. While you may never choose to be around that person in the future, he or she will cease to be important in your life and in your thoughts.
Working with the Process Decide on the relationship you wish to heal. Write down the name of the person you are working with. Make certain your subconscious knows exactly what you are clearing. On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 represents no upset at all and 10 is the highest level of upset possible, how intense are your feelings associated with this relationship right now? After setting your intention to heal the relationship, say the following three statements. Remember to stay tuned in to your body for signs of release: •
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I clear all of the ways that I feel anything less than love for [name of person]. I clear all of the patterns connected to all of these ways.
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I clear all of the emotions connected to all of these patterns.
Check In: If, after completing the three steps, you don’t feel completely peaceful toward the person you are working on, use the following steps: • • • • •
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I clear all of the ways that I feel any anger toward [name of person]. I clear all of the ways that I judge [name of person]. I clear all of the ways that I feel critical toward [name of person]. I clear all of the ways that I blame [name of person] for anything. 
