Harry Potter: Momentous Magic Moments

I am a Harry Potter film fan. I'm old enough to know better, but my inner child enjoys the company of my adult as we watch the special effects with the correct amount of awe and trepidation. We know that Harry is going to come through unscathed because there are three years of filming to go yet, they aren't going to kill him off, and if they do it won't be until the last film. And so cushioned by that fact, we are free to enjoy the thrills, spills and quirky characters.

After the film I analyse the contents. You may think that this is a negative exercise, but it is what I do, it doesn't spoil my enjoyment, and it gives my brain a tough work out.

At the time of writing this article, and influenced by the events of my past week, I have changed my mind about the state of childhood.

Watching Harry fighting evil with the help of the major magicians gathered around him caused me to feel some sorrow that so many children would be influenced by the idea that to survive in this world, you need magic.

My adult self knows full well that I have managed to reach this age without the aid of a broomstick and magic wand, but I also know that I didn't come through unharmed, and listening to my younger clients last week, they haven't come through unharmed either. They need some magic.

There was a smattering of abuse of every kind pouring from the hearts of these precious young people. Whether physical or verbal, abuse causes emotions that cause shorts in the energy highways of the body. Emotional blockages cause illness, phobias, poor academic performance, relationship and discipline issues, all of which I deal with using EFT Tapping, Affirmation and Mirror Work. How weird is that?

One method to address so many different issues goes against everything that science has taught us to believe. Of course, I do use different words for each specific problem, but then Harry's quite good at that, I manipulate the way of energy, well so does Harry, and continue tapping using more well chosen words as a reminder to concentrate on the problem, and I can hear you saying, "so does Harry." And as for repeating an Affirmation and using the mirror to re-program a troubled mind, that seems familiar too.

The result is, illness gone, phobias forgotten, poor academic performance but a bad memory, and greatly enhanced relations with parents, siblings, the world and the self. What is left is a confident child who knows their worth in the world, who knows the meaning of, "I am special because I am me."

Now I am thinking that Harry is right. To put right the wrongs of the world a little bit of magic used in conjunction with some special words comes in very handy when it looks as if Voldemart is coming to get you.

Now that's what I call magic!

To learn the magical art of tapping, affirmations and mirror work visit: http://www.wisehealer.co.uk

Contract for a Cat

Three days ago, whilst I was concentrating on something important, our cat Felix, started to pace the floor. He has a system whereby he paces one way, then the other and finally jumps up onto the chair to make a further nuisance of himself. Then you have to stop what you're doing and work out what he wants - food or fuss or to go out etc. In the end, he went outside. It was around 11 pm and it dawned on me. It was a full moon. The call of the wild if you like. (This subject is worth a blog on its own)
My point is that I tapped on the situation using the set up: "Even though I am irritated by the cat's performance...and have lost my concentration...", I was inspired to write about the cat and somehow poetry seemed to be the best medium. So, here goes.....

If only the cat would eat his food, instead of sitting there
Staring at me, as if to say "Gimme REAL chicken"
Or at least talk to me about it.
If he would - no promises, mind
We might come to some arrangement.

If only the cat would shut the door behind him
Instead of making the room cold, and me get up and do it.
I daresay he was born in a barn, but
It would make life a lot better if he would learn to do it
Or talk about it.
Then we might come to some arrangement

If only the cat would not jump on the bed
While I'm sleeping.
And stomp about in a trance.
Yes, he could have been a grape treader in a previous life
But it doesn't help - not talking about it.
If only he could.
We might come to some arrangement.

If only the cat would develop his own early warning system
When he's about to throw up over the carpet.
A two-second wail isn't enough for me
To get the front door open in time.
Another five or six seconds and we might just be able
To come to some arrangement.

If only I could simply appreciate his warmth, love and affection
And silky black fur
And the way he licks my toes
And snuggles up for a well-earned cat nap
And the way he runs to meet me when I come home.
I'm not sure, but I have the feeling
Without putting too fine a point on it
That we might just be able to come to some arrangement.

To read more poetry by Richard Webb go to http://www.keystoattainment.net

The Cat's Whiskers

Our cat Felix came to us because he had been abused and turned out of the house by a persistent alcoholic. His cries were so pitiful that I picked him up, put him under my arm and carried him home. I told the owner what I had done, and he didn't want him back. So here he was, a tiny black and white bundle, undernourished, riddled with worms and mentally scarred. I hadn't any idea what I could give him to eat, but I did have a tin of pilchards, which he ate within minutes and continued to eat any cat food that came his way, he wasn't fussy.

We gradually sorted his physical problems out, and had him neutered. He didn't grow much, and still remains a small cat, but the vet. wasn't worried about this, and so we continued to give him as much attention as we could until he settled down. We waited with anticipation for him to, 'settle down', he remains an incredibly scared cat. Any loud noise sees him running in terror, and he cowers when a plumber or electrition has to do a job in the house. He's happy with us though, but still demands attention with loud wails and pathetic cries. He has remembered that these noises worked well for him the last time he was in trouble, so he'll carry on making them. Of course, they still work because I feel sorry for him! That and the neighbours might think I'm ill treating him. He has however two very annoying traits. When he's been upset by another cat he sprays around the furniture, making his mark so that any other cat is quite sure that Felix lives here, and they are not welcome, and he's now terribly fussy about his food. We stand in the supermarket and debate what Felix might or might not like to eat this week, and don't seem to get it right very often. He prefers our food, and is so familiar with the word 'chicken' that we can't utter it in his presence or he wails at the 'fridge door. All the cat books tell us that we must ignore the spraying or he will become nervous, well I can't ignore it, and I'm the one that's nervous. Smelling and sniffing to make sure that there isn't a nasty smell.

I had no way of dealing with these problems. Even though the first thing I think of with a human is tapping, surely this wouldn't work with an animal, until I started to read other people's experiences with all sorts of animals on the emofree web site, and decided to try it myself. I had nothing to lose. I tapped three times on the set up point stating that I am Felix and then tapped myself for his nervousness, the change has been wonderful, he hasn't sprayed for ages. I also tap as him when, for no apparent reason, he won't eat the cat food provided. he demurely eats it, and we have peace in the house.

If you want to find out more about tapping for animals go to: http://www.keystoattainment.net and contact me for a chat.

Silent Nights and Sweet Dreams.

There were times when I wanted to be in another house the noise was so bad. Rather like a persistent road drill, only there was no getting away from it, this is life with a snorer. Fortunately I could stay in bed after Richard had gone to work, and so I never got to the sleep deprivation stage, as I know many people do, and because of this our relationship didn't suffer, as I know many people's does. I don't think that Richard ever believed me that the noise was so bad until I recorded it on my little hand held tape recorder, he was astounded and desperate to find a way to stop. He was waking up tired , which we found out later was due to sleep apnea, that much talked about phenomena when a person stops breathing and wakes up in order to start again. It certainly hadn't anything to do with weight gain as Richard is one of those people that literally eats anything and never gains weight. We know his secret now, but we didn't know then, and it used to make me quite angry, as I only had to look at a cake and it went to my hips.( I'll write about the weight secret another time)

I knew from my Louise Hay training that snoring was a symptom of hanging on to the past, and so we started with some EFT tapping sequences and Affirmations that gave us many serene nights and wonderful feelings that we knew how to cure snoring, until the night when the road drill made its come back, we were both shocked. I demanded that he tap whilst half asleep, which bless him, he duly did, and the snoring stopped...for a good hour and a half. I couldn't wake him again as he needed to go to work the next day, and so I lay there and allowed my higher self to teach me about energy healing. That was the night that I learned that 'tapping' can take many forms, and I needed to do it again last night.

We have found that unless the underlying causes are tapped on the annoying symptom may return, and it will return, if for some reason there is a longing to return to the past by the snorer. Tapping needs to be done instantly, as soon as any emotion is realised, and this can be quite difficult while leading a busy life, and very often gets forgotten, because you can't do it in public, so you don't do it at all. So now I tap without tapping. As I am used to 'running energy', as all those people who practice Reiki or Quantum Touch are, then energy is aimed with intent at the tapping points. There isn't a right way to do this, you might choose to see a ball of light, a beam of light, or imagine tapping on the other person or on yourself, It is the intent that works it's magic. I choose to tap as the other person, which is called surrogate tapping, I have learned and practiced this technique with many clients now and it is second nature, but I know beginners have achieved wonderful things, so don't suffer the torture of sleepless nights, learn to tap without tapping and look forward to silent nights and sweet dreams.