Slumdog Millionaire

I went to see Slumdog Millionaire last night and thought it was brilliant, taking me vividly right back to my time in India many years ago. It also made me grateful for the opportunity I have to serve with Communities for Communities http://www.communitiesforcommunities.com.au/ which is a group in my local area which holds events for the local community to join in - we have a golf day, trivia night, charity ball, women's lunch etc. - to both raise awareness of other communities and funds to assist them. We are involved in two projects at the moment helping build homes, schools and communities buildings for people who live on rubbish tips in the Phillipines and Vietnam.

Much of the movie is set in slums and there are graphic shots of the rubbish tips on which children work and how these children are abused. The visuals assault your eyes, the soundtrack fills your ears and the content breaks your heart but in the sanitised cinema there are no smells. I'm so glad that this movie is bringing to the eyes of the western world how other people live so we can be filled with gratitude for our own lives and called to action.

Breaking Through

I've been on a steep growth curve myself this week, which reminded me of of a saying I first heard as a Girl Guide. Lord Robert Baden-Powell, who was born in 1857 and the founder of the scouting movement, was a soldier of many talents who became a national hero through the Siege of Mafeking, during the Boer war. He was trapped in the garrison with a small number of men, wholly outnumbered by the 8,000 Boers outside, yet through enormous creativity, persistence and courage he and his men withstood the siege for 217 days.

The advice he gave was that "the darkness always comes before the dawn". I hit a dark spot in my quest to know myself more deeply, with a traumatic event that really shook me up. I have to confess I almost turned away, but I also remembered that the only way out is through and that true spiritual growth demands that you accept the unacceptable. It gave me the biggest breakthrough I could have imagined.

Strangely enough my aerobic dance teacher put out the same message today to the class - she said "let's do that again" and suggested that even if people were tired, if they lifted their energy and pushed through they might be surprised at the additional energy that was available to them that had been locked away.



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Bush fire crisis - use EFT

As the bushfire crisis in Victoria continues, the death toll rises, and scenes of devastation, heartbreak and tragedy fill our screens, it is really important to monitor our own emotional state. Going into grief, upset and anger, while understandable, does not serve either us or the people in Victoria. It uses up our energy and does not support those people who are suffering so dreadfully.

The best way of supporting them is to keep ourselves emotionally strong and to donate goods and money - at this time they are in need of basic survival supplies. In case you don't have the links here is the Red Cross link www.redcross.org.au. At Our Community website you can learn how to donate everything from mobile phone chargers (people left with their phones but obviously without the chargers) to blankets - www.ourcommunity.com.au.

While you are watching, reading or listening to news of what is happening please remember to tap. You can do the continuous tapping on your fingers and if you are particularly upset by something then do some full rounds of tapping on it. You may have a issue with the fact that some of the fires were deliberately lit - if this is so then tap on the anger. Whatever is upsetting you then release it by doing some rounds of tapping.

It is also very important to tap with your children as they can be really traumatised themselves by the frightening and heartrending images they see. Either encourage them to tap themselves if they are old enough, and do it with them, or on them, if they are younger.


If you have any questions or need some help with this please contact me at margaret@tangibleresults.com.au.

Asking

I use this very simple asking exercise with clients. They give me something of theirs and then have to ask for it back. If they don't ask with integrity they don't get it back and have to ask again. It's fascinating how this simple exercise creates hell on earth! To say that many people do not like or enjoy this exercise is an understatement - and I can still remember the time I first did it about 25 years ago!

Why is it so hard for us to just ask - especially for what's already ours in the first place? Well I already had two clients today who feel they will be annoying or a burden if they ask for something. They don't want to upset or interrupt people. In other words they don't think their needs are important or worthy to be met. It's a self-esteem issue - which most issues boil down to anyway.

So if this triggers off an "aha" in you, get tapping on not being worthy, important or deserving. Affirm your right to ask for what you want and need.


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Destructive messages

One of my clients told me a great story about one of her children today which she is happy to share, because she really understands how what someone says to you as a child can have a profound effect on your life. She herself is an exceptionally talented woman who has spent her life trying to prove she is good enough, because no matter how brilliantly she did, the focus was on what was lacking.

Her eight year old daughter fronted up to her grandfather (my client's father) bursting with pride to show him her 98% result at school. He was obviously filled with pride too but still asked her what my client knew was the inevitable question "Where is the other 2%?" Her daughter fixed her grandfather in the eye and asked him if he had ever got 98%. He was forced to admit that he never got anywhere near that - and also that he was very proud of her. She said "Well, I'm proud of myself too".

How wonderful it would be if we could hold on to our self-esteem this way instead of finding ourselves lacking and not good enough.


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EFT for Cricket Peak Performance

I love to celebrate the success of my clients. One young man who has used EFT to help him perform at his peak in cricket is Ben Trevor-Jones of Bathurst. Here is how a newspaper article about him started out - it was headed "Leg-spinner bowls up a storm".

"Of all the strong performances from the Bathurst contingent during the Michell under 19s tour of Otago in New Zealand, perhaps statistically the one which stands out the most was that of leg-spinner Ben Trevor-Jones in the opening match. Against the Otago under 17s team - which Trevor-Jones himself would qualify for based on age - the young tweaker bagged 6-30 from nine overs in a sensational first innings spell."

Are you using EFT to excel at what you do?


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EFT Book Extract

Here is a short unedited extract about creating space in your life from my upcoming book entitled "The End of All Problems: How to Use EFT to Support Spiritual Growth". Take a look at what is happening in your own life and tap along to the suggestions.

Click here to view extract.

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