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February 2009 
Coughing Happiness
Posted on Feb 18th, 2007
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Nina
Nina
I'm ill.... That's what I'm feeling. My lungs hurt big time, my neck is stiff as a dress hanger, my poor head feels like exploding and violent coughs come regulary shaking throughout my weak body. That are the facts.
By saying or writing it down do I acknowledge or reinforce my current condition? Should I be pretending that I'm in excellent health (I am -just not now) and I'm able to climb the Himalaya mountains if I wanted? Or should I use one of the many NLP technics/tools and transfer myself in a state of total bliss and joy in spite of the aching joints and mysteriously dark circles around my eyes?
My body is sick, that's it, nothing more, nothing less.
Of course it'll not last, of course I'm doing lots of self healing, massaging various strategic "suppose to be good for the immune system" points, deep breathing, meditation etc whenever I'm able, and of course I've been trying to understand what created this and why. What process is my body going through? What toxins is it getting rid of? What can I do to help it?...
I'm also grumpy.... (which an unconvenient cat tail had to feel earlier this morning). I'm grumpy because I work non stop all week and the weekend is the only freetime I have (and now I hardly can move) and I miss my walks in the forest and my training....
Well I'm ill and I better assume it 100%. I'm covered up in old long underwear (not very sexy, but it's warm!), several thick fleeces, big white socks, pink scarf and two blankets -I even carry with me to the bathroom. One minute I'm boiling hot, the next I'm shaking cold only to start sweating again moments after. The euforic state of fever and not easy to dress...
Is it "bad" to be ill?
Are we allowed to say if we are tired, angry, depressed or any other "negative" feeling when that's exactly how we feel? Are we suppose to assume all feelings and conditions and simply just take life as it comes knowing that somehow everything has a reason. That somehow if my lungs hurt so much then maybe I'm just not suppose to walk outside in the cold Northern European temperatures.
It IS true that our thoughts and mind has a tremendous impact on how we feel. Mind and Body is connected, but what if the mind doesn't want to accept the signals from the body? What if the mind makes us pretend that EVERYTHING IS OK when in fact it isn't?
It's a cooperation and I guess we need to listen to ourselves in a true holostic way -not dividing anything from anything but take things as they come. Trust whatever it is that brought us here and be soooo happy that we have a conscious mind so we are able to appreciate the facts. All of them. Even now.
I guess if I didn't experience illness then I wouldn't know and truly appreciate when I'm flowing in a state of healthiness. I guess everything comes around somehow. What else can I do but to trust?...
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Your body is sick. Your body is shaking. Your body has fevers and chills.
I like to take the curious observer position when my body is going through something that I deem as inconvenient e.g.
“Oh, look my body is throwing up again. Oh, look I'm shaking again. Wow what will my body do next to return me to health as soon as possible.”
Or even borrow from the default EFT phrasing (or go ahead and do the EFT tapping with):
“Even though I'm sick and feel like crap, I deeply and completely accept my body and what its doing in my defense.”
“Even though I'm sick and my body is aching, I ask my body to forgive me for anything I did to contribute to this condition.”
“Even though I think this being sick is damned inconvenient, I accept myself, my body and how I feel right now.”
I was using EFT with someone the other day who had a migraine come on very quickly. Within a few rounds of tapping she had to go and vomit - not the usual result I expect with EFT. But, after she threw up, she came back and said that she thought she had eaten something dodgy and the tapping had relaxed her enough to allow her body to do what it needed to do to get rid of the toxic stuff.
Accept yourself and how you feel. Take care of yourself and get well soon.
Maybe you are releasing lifetimes of karma. That would be a good thing, you know, if you have to be sick anyway. ;)
Hope you feel better soon! ~xoxo~
get well soon and everytime Nina. Thank you for sharing in the midst of all this.
samme
Feel better.
It is interesting that somehow we have the thought that our bodies need permission to get sick. Getting sick isn't “productive” and doesn't “meet our goals”. Or even that getting sick is “bad”.
We are human. Humans get sick. Rocks don't get sick, but then they don't do so many things.
-S
Hope you get well soon!
Lingchao
I found this timely article on using EFT for the flu. The symptoms seem to match the ones you are experiencing so I believe it will help.
Thanks so much to you all! Rod, I love your EFT tapping, it's brilliant! Thank you so much for showing us.
No, what I have/had was more an upstart to pneumonia. I've had it before some years ago (I know the pain!) so when I felt the symptoms I got really afraid. For almost four days I have been sleeping non stop, taken plants and done all the different self healing activities you possible can. It has been really intense and today is the first time I feel a bit better. Oh I'm still aching all over and cough all the time but it just doesn't FEEL the same. I know it has changed.
Thank you all again for your help! xxx
Ah, honest and to the point as I remember.
It is blogs like these that brought me back to Zaddz.