The US elections had left me devastated, despondent, discouraged, disillusioned… completely flattened. One morning, I decided to do some tapping for all these low feelings. But regular EFT seemed not to make much difference.
So I asked myself… what image might embody these pervasive low feelings? I felt some tears arise as I got the image of a sinking heart, my heart sinking down… and down… and down. So I tapped, “Even though my heart is sinking down… and down… and down… so far down… that is just how I feel.” While tapping, it seemed that the heart was sinking into the ocean. Down and down, as deeply as it could go. All the way to the bottom of the ocean, As I tapped to acknowledge that, there was a little bit of comfort. Simply letting it be, not judging it or trying to change it, and somehow the bottom of the ocean felt like a safe place to be.
As I stayed with that image and tapped a few more times, I sensed something changing. There was movement around the heart. Ah! Numerous tiny fishes were coming to tend to this heart. Stroking it tenderly, giving it support, and finally giving it nourishment — little bits of kelp! Tapping for these details brought up emotion. Yes, even in the depths, there is care and comfort. At that point, I got the image of an electric eel coming to bring me some light, so that the heart would not be in darkness.
Rather than trying to make anything more happen, I knew this was enough. My heart needed to stay at the bottom of the ocean for a while and that was okay. The images continue to have a powerful comforting effect for me whenever I feel down about the state of things. As I often tell people, the images will continue to live under the surface, in the subconscious and have healing effects even when you are going about your regular activities. I know my heart is being tended to and I feel the healing.