Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A central focus of this course is the importance of aiming at causes rather than symptoms. However, aiming at symptoms often brings welcome relief (albeit temporary or partial) so it is certainly worth knowing the fine points of doing so. Here is what you need to know. First, to measure our results, we simply compare…

 Resentments are expensive.  They replace love with negativity and thus dilute our peace, destroy relationships and contribute to physical diseases. Accordingly, we need to have a proper understanding about them if we are to address them properly. That understanding is the goal of this lesson. About resentments: They appear to be about someone or something “out there” in…

A useful mindset for when The Personal Peace Procedure “doesn’t work” Normally, if you have diligently applied The Personal Peace Procedure to a specific event, including detailed work on its aspects, you would expect its emotional intensity to fade away. Sometimes, though, despite your valiant efforts, the emotional intensity either stays high or plateaus at some bothersome number.…

By Gary Craig, Founder INTRODUCTION (Followed by Lesson 1)   Advanced lessons: The Stairway to Miracles These lessons are advanced and are meant for health professionals and motivated self-helpers. With them, and the Self-Help sessions, you will immerse yourself into this process and ascend The Stairway to Miracles to heights currently beyond most belief systems.…

Understanding aspects will dramatically expand your results. In my book, The Unseen Therapist, I presented an introductory version of specific events.It is an essential foundation to this lesson and so, if you need a refresher on this vital topic, please visit that book again under Step-by-Step Through The Personal Peace Procedure.. In essence, specific events are the…

A common question about the table top and table legs metaphor goes like this. “I have hundreds or thousands of specific events (table legs) underlying my issue (table top). Must I do The Personal Peace Procedure for each one before I get relief?” The answer is no and that is because of an Optimal EFT feature…

Physical ailments require more thought  As we learned, discovering the specific events underlying emotional issues such as the fear of rejection, ongoing feelings of guilt, consistent resentments and all the others is relatively easy. Just search your past and list specific events where you felt rejected, guilty, resentful, etc. But physical issues such as diseases…

Refining your aim at emotional issues   In the beginning: In The Unseen Therapist book, I showed you how to list numerous specific events of your own and then apply The Personal Peace Procedure to collapse each of them. You were then asked to notice the extent to which some of your emotional and physical…

This one idea vastly simplifies the healing process   The metaphor: As it turns out, most ailments known to mankind can be contained within one simple metaphor involving a table top and the table legs that support it. This idea brings great clarity and simplicity to the healing process. Here’s the foundational idea… A table top…

  Entering a loving moment: As you learned from my intro book, The Unseen Therapist, the first part of our Personal Peace Procedure involves recalling a loving moment. This is very easy to do, although it is often misunderstood by many newcomers. It does not require you to create a “Hollywood moment” with angels, harps…