Self Sabotage
Working Against
Our Best Interests and Intentions

Self sabotage stops progress on something we want to correct or heal. Applied Kinesiology is where self sabotage was first identified and named Psychological Reversal (PR). This was done using muscle testing. See arm muscle response testing to learn how to test yourself for psychological reversal.

From an energy perspective, the flow of Chi is literally flowing backwards in our Acupuncture Meridians and Chakras when we are psychologically reversed. It's like rowing down a river of energy where the poles reverse polarity; the (+) pole turns negative (-) and the negative (-) pole, turns positive (+). This causes a reversal in the current.

We then find ourselves rowing upstream. So, to get to where we want to go we need to row against the current. Depending on how strong the current is, we find ourselves making NO progress, or worse, we end up loosing ground and find ourselves being taken further away from where we want to be.

Self sabotage can happen in any area of life and with any issue. It can take the form of secondary gain or secondary loss. An example of secondary gain is someone that wants to loose weight, but subconsciously fears gaining extra sexual attention from men. In the case of secondary loss, a person may want to have more wealth, but subconsciously fears loosing it by; robbery, spending it, or having the IRS take a good chunk of it, etc.

This reversal accounts for such things as athletes getting into slumps, addictions that are very hard to overcome, healing taking so long, failing despite our best intentions, and difficulty in lifting depression. We may also just feel "off". We can't seem to get the right words out, or stop dropping things and tripping over ourselves. We can have a hard time focusing and may feel very tired. If we ran on batteries, we would feel like they were in backwards. Instead of getting charged, our energy would be getting drained.

What's more, the self sabotage generally occurs outside of our awareness. So we have no idea what is going on. There is an energy misalignment, an internal conflict, between our conscious intentions and our subconscious beliefs and emotions. Because we don't see the subconscious part, we end up blaming ourselves or getting blamed; "lack of will power", "poor motivation", "lazy"; or we blame others: "I inherited a fat gene", "I grew up in a disadvantaged home", "I was abused growing up". We may end up seeing ourselves and others as victims or enemies. Feeling like we live in a world of opposition.

This perception is not really true, of course. Secondary gain or loss comes from subconscious fears, beliefs, past experience, and trauma that give more value to the secondary gain or loss than to what we consciously want. If the charge (value given to the secondary gain or loss), in the subconscious, is stronger than the charge (value) given to what we want, we are changing the direction of the flow of our subtle energy. When this happens we will have to work very hard to overcome the strong undercurrent. Furthermore, because we are not aware that it's there, we misunderstand ourselves and the situation.

Besides secondary gain or loss, General Polarity Reversal can result from other factors as well:

Negativity - chronic negative thoughts
Addictions - addictive substances in the body (including alcohol, nicotine and sometimes prescription medications)
Dehydration - since the body's energy system is conducted by water, the lack of water will cause the energy to be sluggish or severely repressed
Toxin or substance sensitivity - this could be a food just eaten, clothing, carpeting, metal in or on the body such as: pins, fillings, metal plates, jewelry, a watch or a cell phone; current emotions, environmental toxins, electromagnetic frequencies, etc.

How do we stop self sabotage? Fortunately, the correction for Psychological Reversal is built into the Emotional Freedom Techniques. We find it in the "set-up" statement. The portion that says "...I deeply and completely accept myself". Together with the tapping, this statement resets the poles so energy can flow in the proper direction - towards wholeness and our highest good. To understand the power of this statement see, How Does EFT Work? This may not clear all the opposing fears, beliefs, thoughts and emotions that create the undercurrent, but it can correct the reversal long enough for us to clear and heal the specific thing we are working on.

The only thing we need to differently in the EFT Learning short cut sequence, is to EMPHASIZE the "...I deeply and completely accept myself" part, by saying it louder and more intensely.

If this still is not bringing the intensity of the problem down, try drinking a glass of water, or changing your location (different room, or go outside). If this still does not help, then energy toxins may be at play.

To be able to identify energy toxins you will need to learn Muscle Testing , to make it easier. This technique will also help in identifying psychological reversal and all its aspects to completely clear it. Please contact me if you need help: ramoshealing@comcast.net. Remember, this work can be done by phone. If you would like an expert in your area, visit Self Growth.com to search for a self-growth expert.

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