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ZPoint in the Moment

One of the questions I’m always asked is “how do I use ZPoint in the moment when I’m upset?”

There are times when we’re upset for one reason or another and we don’t have the time to sit down and go through the In-Depth Protocol. For those times I have a very simple way to use ZPoint to shift away from feeling bad.

Just say “thinking about this makes me feel…” Then repeat your cue word for 8 to 10 seconds.

Then say “…and that makes me feel…” and repeat your cue for 15 or 20 seconds and again say “…and that makes me feel…” repeating your cue again for about 20 seconds.

Keep repeating “…and that makes me feel…” along with your cue word until you feel better. And you will.

Each time you say “…and that makes me feel…” you expose a new layer of feeling which you can release by the simple repetition of your cue word. If you do this for 4 or 5 minutes, chances are by the time you finish you will have forgotten why you were upset in the first place.

And it’s so simple to do this. “Thinking about this makes me feel…” followed by “…and that makes me feel…” and just repeat your cue word until you feel better.

I have also used this simple approach successfully on major life issues where we seem stuck. Just sit down and think of what is bothering you then begin…

Thinking about this makes me feel… <cue>

…and that makes me feel… <cue>

and so on…

As you work down through the layers other thoughts and feelings connected to the original thought will come to conscious awareness. It may not even seem related to the original thought but it will be. In some way. You need only continue repeating…

…and that makes me feel… and continue repeating your cue word.

This “Stream of Consciousness” method is very effective at getting to the root of an issue and will, over time, allow you to completely release whatever needs to be released. With time and a bit of persistence you may surprise yourself what you uncover and release.

Remember, we have powerful recordings on releasing anger, stress and anxiety, improving relationships, regaining your power and a host of other subjects. Go to http://www.zpointforpeace.com/ZProducts.shtml for more information.

Grant Connolly
www.zpointforpeace.com
Saying Yes To Life

2 comments May 20, 2009

WHAT IF by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I’ve seen this little gem of wisdom before but post it here again as a reminder for us all…

- Grant
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WHAT IF it doesn’t matter what you do but how you do whatever you do?

HOW WOULD this change what you choose to do with your life?

WHAT IF you could be more fully present and open-hearted working as a cashier in the corner store – able to really see and be with the people who come into the store- than you are when you are striving to do what you hope or think will make a more important contribution to the world and the lives of those you love?

HOW WOULD this change how you want to spend your precious time on this earth?

WHAT IF your contribution to the world and the fulfillment of your own happiness is not dependent upon discovering a better method of prayer or technique of meditation, not dependent upon reading the right book or attending the right seminar, but upon really seeing and deeply appreciating yourself and the world as they are right now?

HOW WOULD this affect your search for spiritual development?

WHAT IF there is no need to change, no need to try and transform yourself into someone who is more compassionate, more present, more loving or wise?

HOW WOULD this affect all the places in your life where you are endlessly trying to be better?

WHAT IF the task is simply to unfold, to become who you already are in your essential nature- gentle, compassionate and capable of living fully and passionately present?

HOW WOULD this effect how you feel when you wake up in the morning?

WHAT IF who you essentially are right now is all that you are ever going to be?

HOW WOULD this effect how you feel about your future?

WHAT IF the essence of who you are and always have been is enough?

HOW WOULD this effect how you see and feel about your past?

WHAT IF the question is not why am I so infrequently the person I really want to be, but why do I so infrequently want to be the person I really am?

HOW WOULD this change what you think you have to learn?

WHAT IF becoming who and what we truly are happens not through striving and trying but by recognizing and receiving the people and places and practices that offer us the warmth of encouragement we need to unfold?

HOW WOULD this shape your choices about how to spend today?

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

1 comment May 14, 2009

Life is like playing the piano

When I was a small boy, my mother decided I should learn how to play the Piano and my teacher was a homeless man named Max. Max being homeless lacked bathing facilities and sitting on that bench with him for more than a few minutes gave me a true appreciation for clean fresh air. God bless him!

Why do I mention this? It’s a good memory for me but more than that it reminds me that life is like playing a piano. It must be learned. No one with the exception of a Beethoven, sits down and plays perfectly from the start. We must learn how to make those beautiful notes and this takes time and effort. And in the meantime you will strike many many wrong notes.

Imagine sitting in a Canyon with high walls that reflect back the notes we strike as an echo. These echos tell us when we strike a wrong note. These “wrong notes” are instant feedback that we’re not playing in the proper way. Life is like that as well except that the wrong notes we play echo back to us as financial lack, difficult relationships, illness and suffering.

These are simply indicators that we are not in alignment with who we really are. They do not mean that we are “bad” people or that there is something wrong with us. They are just the echos produced by striking the wrong notes. With time and practice we start hitting the right notes more often and the echos that return to our ear please us more frequently until we hear a symphony and our life becomes a joy.

When you habitually think a thought that does not feel good as you think it, it is very much like striking a wrong note. That habitual thought, whether you know it or not, goes out and returns just like the echo I spoke of. It returns in the form of financial lack, difficult relationships, illness and suffering.

To change the habitual thoughts that you are sending out, you need only release the difficult feeling attached to those thoughts. Change the feeling and you change the nature of the thoughts connected to them. Change your thoughts and you change the nature of the echo reflected back to you. Instead of financial lack you start receiving financial abundance. Instead of bad relationships you start receiving good ones, and so on.

With ZPoint, you can change the notes you play simply by putting your attention on the difficult feelings that arise as you think of certain parts of your life, and releasing those feelings. And as you do this your life will begin to
change. The echos will sound sweeter.

This does not take a long time but it does require practice. If you decide today to change the notes you play, within several weeks you will start seeing a change in the echo that is reflected back to you. Your life will improve and
often quite dramatically.

My suggestion is to do this in a systematic way. Just as it is more difficult to learn to play the piano well on your own, having an experienced teacher guide you through this process can help you play the right notes that much faster.

Please consider joining us and learn to play like the virtuoso you really are. Go to www.zpointforpeace.com/intensives.shtml for details.

Regards,

Grant Connolly, CHt

Add comment April 30, 2009

Affirmation Questions

A Mr. J. Edward recently wrote to me and suggested we try what he calls “Affirmation Questions” with ZPoint. Below is the text of his message:

Grant,

I found ZPoint about a month or so ago and have been using the concepts and really like them a lot. I have taken some of the processes and recorded them on my PC to play them back. I love the In Depth process, the Erase the Tape, and the Bridging. I also found the “What if” statements very helpful.

I have used affirmations in the past and like using them. However, as you know they are not always effective. One of the main reasons is that when you say an affirmation, for example, “I am thin”, or “I am wealthy”, that little small voice can pop up and say “but you know that is not true”!

I found an effective way around that and I am wondering how you might incorporate that into the ZPoint protocol. The concept is a simple one of using “affirmation questions”.

For example: “Isn’t it amazing how I always make the right healthy choices when I eat?”. The subconscious immediately begins seeking out all the reasons the circumstances to make this true. Or, “Why is it I always find myself in loving relationships?” By using this format, the mind seeks out the very thing we are seeking and it does it quickly.

How might you go about putting this type of statement into a ZPoint format? I have some ideas but wanted to see how you might go about that.

I appreciate your time and appreciate what you do.

Respectfully,

J. Edward

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Affirmation questions are an excellent idea!

To use these with ZPoint, one would simply follow each question by repeating your cue word for 8 to 10 seconds. And, if you wish really supercharge your Affirmation Questions you could follow up by repeating:

…and that makes me feel… <cue>

…and that makes me feel… <cue>
…and that makes me feel… <cue>

The real idea here is to raise the bar on what we think and feel is possible. When we think something is possible, our subconscious mind literally moves Heaven and Earth to set in motion the circumstances necessary to bring about the object of our affirmation. If we don’t believe what we are affirming is possible, nothing changes.

J. Edward’s suggestion is a very good one. May I suggest you try playing with these for a while and see how they work for you. And, as always, please let me know how you make out.

Kindest regards,

Grant Connolly

2 comments April 27, 2009

The Real Purpose of ZPoint

ZPoint is based in simplicity. It’s based on the idea that we are powerful beyond imagining. It’s based on the idea that we’ve learned to be far less than what we really are and that when we act in accordance with these ‘less than’ beliefs it hurts. It’s painful. It makes life far more difficult and less enjoyable than it needs to be.

We acquire these ‘less than’ beliefs through exposure to our various cultures that tell us that we are less than who we really are, over and over and over again until we believe it. Implicitly.

When we act in accordance with our true nature we are happy. Everything flows. Life is easy and for the most part, quite effortless. When we are at odds with our true spiritual nature we struggle, we know sickness, we suffer.

The purpose of ZPoint is to release our attachment to these untruths and begin to live our lives from a place of spiritual alignment with our true and abiding nature. We release these attachments to untruth by putting our attention on the difficult feelings that arise when we think ‘less than’ thoughts or remember events, situations, circumstances or relationships based on the belief that we are victims in any way. We then follow a simple ZPoint Protocol that quite quickly and effectively releases our attachment to these difficult painful feelings and the ‘less than’ beliefs that sponsor them.

The 6 Day Teleclass series starting on April 30th will begin the process of releasing our attachment to these ‘less than’ beliefs and allow you to begin to experience your life from a far different perspective. The first 2 classes will work through situations, circumstances and relationships that generate difficult feelings with an intensity level of between 7 and 10 with 10 being the most intense. Difficult relationships fall into this category.

Classes 3 and 4 clear away feelings with a characteristic feeling of between 3 and 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. Worry about lack of money or worry about health concerns fall into this category.

The final class will focus on shifting our attention away from not having such things as more money, more love, better health, etc to allowing ourselves to actually believe that we can have these things. And, when we believe we can have something, it activates the powerful Law of Attraction and those things actually begin to manifest in our lives.Â

After each class you will be given an assignment to complete by the next class to further your clearing in each particular area of life. By the end of the 6th and final class it is expected that you simply won’t look at your life in quite the same way. In short, you will be given the tools to transform your life for the better and you can do so almost without effort.

For more information on this truly groundbreaking series, go to www.zpointforpeace.com/intensives.shtml.

Regards,

Grant Connolly, CHt
The ZPoint Process
www.zpointforpeace.com
Saying YES to Life!

Add comment April 14, 2009

Clearing Aspects with ZPoint

One of the more challenging things about clearing issues is that many issues present different aspects or parts as you work through the layers of an issue. Recently several individuals on the SharingZeroPoint email list asked why it was taking so long to clear these.

The way that ZPoint handles these aspects is the…

…and that makes me feel… statements found in The In-depth ZPoint Protocol found in this Blog. With ZPoint, these ‘aspects’ are easily released using the … and that makes me feel… statements found in the In-depth Protocol.

For example, you would go through the first clearing statements like this…

I clear all the ways I feel this feeling. <cue>
I clear all the ways I feel this feeling because… <cue>
I clear all the ways I feel this feeling whenever… <cue>
I clear all the ways I may feel this feeling if… <cue>

I clear all the ways unconscious parts of me feel this feeling. <cue>
I clear all the ways these parts feel this feeling because… <cue>
I clear all the ways these parts identify with my feeling this feeling. <cue>
I clear all the ways these parts may be afraid to let this feeling go. <cue>

Then you would say…

…and that makes me feel… <repeating your cue for 10 seconds>
…and that makes me feel… <cue>
…and that makes me feel… <cue>
…and that makes me feel… <cue>

Every time you repeat that statement followed by the repetition of your cue for about 10 seconds, you clear a different aspect of the feeling. That is the reason why I include these statements. Although it takes a bit longer to go through them, it SAVES time by clearing away unknown aspects of the Characteristic Feeling.

You’ll notice we say these statements after every round of clearing. In this way we release different aspects and get to the real root of an issue. And we don’t need to know what that issue is or what those aspects are. We just need to release them.

An alternative to the …and that makes me feel… statement is:

… and under that I feel…

Think of this like excavating through layers of feeling until we reach the root layer. The Protocol works well as long as you don’t take shortcuts to save time. Believe me, you won’t save time if you need to go over it again and again.

Regards,

Grant Connolly, CHt
The ZPoint Process
www.zpointforpeace.com
Saying YES to Life!

1 comment April 12, 2009

What we resist, persists

I know you’ve heard this many times, but it’s true. What we resist persists. But what does it really mean and how does this affect YOU?

Anytime you’re not feeling good you are resisting something. If you feel unloved, you are resisting love. If you feel betrayed, you are resisting trusting yourself. If you feel abandoned, you are resisting accepting yourself fully, just the way you are. It all comes back to you, to accepting yourself fully and completely, warts and all, every time.

Really, it’s about us being in conflict with who we really are, being in conflict with our true and abiding nature. It’s about us believing that we are limited and small when just the opposite is true. But we believe it anyway.

I know you’ve all heard the story of the young Lion cub who was adopted by a shepherd when his mother died. The Shepherd felt sorrow when he looked upon the young cub trying to suckle from his mother’s dead body and decided to bring up the young cub alongside his Sheep. And as the cub grew he came to believe he was a Sheep and quite naturally did as Sheep do.

Every day the Shepherd would take his flock, including the young and growing Lion, down to the river to drink their fill, where the Sheep would graze peacefully beside the river in the late afternoon sun. But the young Lion found himself growing increasingly unhappy. He wondered why he was unhappy and looked around the flock to see the contented faces of his brothers and sisters.

And try as he might to fit in, he found he couldn’t and he just didn’t know why. And the bigger and stronger he grew the more restive he became. But not knowing anything else, he lived with those feelings and tried even harder to fit in. One day after many years the now full grown Lion was grazing with his brothers and sisters alongside the river in the late afternoon sun.

Suddenly he heard a tremendous roar from the small clearing across the river. He looked up to see another Lion, just like himself, standing there looking at him from across the river. And then again the other Lion gave forth a mighty roar and our Lion who had been raised all this time to believe he was a Sheep, suddenly knew who he really was. He knew within himself that he wasn’t the same as his brothers and sisters. He knew he was a lion and no longer needed to live as Sheep do.

And in that instant he accepted his true nature and became who he really was, a mighty Lion. Some who are reading this might wonder what became of our Lion. Ask yourself, what becomes of those who step into their true nature? You are like that Lion. You’ve been brought up to believe that you are something far less than what you truly are. It’s not your fault, it’s just the way things are right now.

But truthfully, don’t you often feel as that young Lion did, that there must be something more? On April 30th I am offering a 6 week Teleclasse Series where you will have the opportunity to uncover the Lion within you. And that BTW is the true purpose of ZPoint. To release all the ways that you may resist who you truly are.

For more information on this transformative Teleclass Series and Say YES to Life, visit www.zpointforpeace.com/intensives.shtml.

Kindest regards,

Grant Connolly, CHt
The ZPoint Process
www.zpointforpeace.com
Saying YES to Life

Add comment March 31, 2009

Three Stages of Clearing with ZPoint

Over these past months I’ve begun looking at ZPoint in a much more holistic and comprehensive way.

Up to this point we focused on helping people deal with specific issues but by and large we ignored the fact that these ‘issues’ are often related to other deeper issues, that to this point remained basically untouched. Everything is interrelated and to deal effectively with one issue, one must resolve to deal with them all at a very general level.

If you own an untidy, dirty home and call in the Cleaners, would you ask them to clean only one room? The kitchen perhaps? No, you wouldn’t do this because you’d end up living in the kitchen and the floors are very hard for sleeping. No, one room at a time is not the answer. The answer is to do a complete cleaning and makeover. Top to bottom. Stem to stern.

As with any major cleaning job, you begin with the big things first and then work your way down to the smallest details. And it works the same with ZPoint. For our purposes we divide this cleaning into three areas categorized by intensity of uncomfortable feelings.

Stage I – This stage is categorized by feelings with an intensity level of between 7 and 10. Relationships fall into this category as do traumatic issues from our past.

Stage II – This stage is categorized by feelings with an intensity level of between 3 and 6. Where Stage I feelings are mainly issues brought forward from the past, Stage II issues tend to be more immediate. Worry about money and personal safety whether emotional or physical tend to be high on this list. Generally, these are the things we worry about right now.

Stage III – This stage is categorized by feelings with an intensity level of between 0.5 and 2. Normally we are not consciously aware of issues in this stage because normally we are desensitized to their presence by the stronger intensity levels of Stage I and II. Once we clear away the clutter somewhat we can put our attention on these and release them.

This approach would not be possible without the new Protocol I’ve developed. Where ZPoint was effective before, now it’s downright amazing. Although we use all the same tools or statements, we do so in a very specific way and this allows a much deeper and thorough clearing. It reaches the very bottom of an issue and allows us to simply let it go.

The above ideas form the basis of the approach used in the last Teleclass Intensive recently held recently and will form the basis of a new series beginning on April 29th 2009. Copies of the recordings of the last class may be found at www.zpointforpeace.com. Please go to www.zpointforpeace.com/stage1.shtml for more details.

Regards,

Grant Connolly, CHt

www.zpointforpeace.com

Saying YES to Life

Add comment March 28, 2009

ZPoint In-depth Protocol

Below you’ll find the complete ‘ZPoint In-depth Protocol”. It has been found that this particular combination of ZPoint Statements will usually allow clearing of traditionally resistant issues very quickly.

First, evoke that Characteristic Feeling I speak about using a ZPoint Statement such as: Whenever I think of my desire for a better life, I feel…

Remember to leave the ending blank and allow your subconscious to bring up that feeling associated with your desire for a better life. This feeling is connected to all the ways you don’t believe you will achieve that better life and releases them. The process will transform those beliefs from “I can’t do it” to “I can do it” and allows you to move forward in your life.

The next thing would be to go through the following sequence of statements. Remember to take your time and repeat your cue word like a mantra for about 10 seconds after each statement. The sequence takes about 7 to 8 minutes to complete and when you’re finished, you should be feeling very peaceful and relaxed. If not, go through it again. This just means that there were more issues connected to this statement than were readily apparent.

So lets begin shall we…

I clear all the ways I feel this feeling.<cue>

I clear all the ways I feel this feeling because… <cue> – (remember to leave the ending blank allowing the subconscious to fill in those blanks)

I clear all the ways I feel this feeling whenever…<cue>

I clear all the ways I may feel this feeling if… <cue>

I clear all the ways unconscious parts of me feel this feeling. <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts feel this feeling because… <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts identify with my feeling this feeling. <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts wouldn’t feel safe letting this feeling go. <cue>

…and that makes me feel… <cue>

I clear all the ways I feel the remainder of this feeling. <cue>

I clear all the ways I feel the remainder of this feeling because… <cue>

I clear all the ways I feel the remainder of this feeling whenever… <cue>

I clear all the ways I may feel the remainder of this feeling if… <cue>

I clear all the ways unconscious parts of me feel the remainder of this feeling. <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts feel the remainder of this feeling because… <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts identify with my feeling the remainder of this feeling. <cue>

I clear all the ways these parts wouldn’t feel safe letting the remainder of this feeling go. <cue>

…and that makes me feel… <cue>

Now imagine yourself standing in front of a light filled circle. Imagine stepping inside that circle and feeling warm and safe. Our intention here is to see the remainder of this feeling and everything associated with it, be released as we count down slowly from 10 to 0, remembering to repeat your cue word between counts. If memories or images come to mind, just allow them to pass like clouds overhead. They are being released as you count down and repeat your cue.

10… <cue>

9… <cue>

8… <cue>

7… <cue>

6… <cue>

5… <cue>

4… <cue>

3… <cue>

2… <cue>

1… <cue>

0… <cue>

…and that makes me feel… <cue>

Now, take a big breath and let the last of that feeling drift away. And that’s it. Remember, even though you may feel that the Characteristic Feeling brought up by the Opening Statement may have disappeared before you finish the protocol, it is very wise to complete the statements right to the end. This way you can be certain that feeling is gone forever.

Please try this out for yourself and let me know how you make out.

Also, I am currently running a new Teleclass Series using the above protocol. If you’re looking to really change your life for the better, consider joining us beginning April 30th 2009.

Go to www.zpointforpeace.com/intensives.shtml for details.

1 comment March 3, 2009

Hello from Australia

I thought I’d write to write and thank everyone for their concern about my personal safety because of the wildfires still burning here in Australia. The devestation has been incredible and some estimates place the number of dead at almost 300.While I am surrounded by tinder dry trees here in the bush, so far we’ve been safe. Truthfully, I don’t expect we will be affected here in Ballarat.

Last Friday I flew up to Adelaide to conduct a ZPoint Intensive. As we were taking off from Melbourne, all I could see out the window was a pall of smoke for as far as I could see in every direction. Thankfully Adelaide was relatively free of smoke although it could still be detected in the air more than 600 miles away.

The airline employees passed the hat through the plane for the Red Cross and received more than $400.00 in donations for the survivors. Everyone is pulling together and helping where and when they can. It is really quite amazing. Last I heard 60 Firefighters were flying in from the U.S. to help with those fires still out of control. They are very welcome indeed.

As you may know, since coming here to Australia, I’ve begun using ZPoint in a new more effective way. Really, it takes the existing tools and strings them together in such a way that the results are much more profound. Below I will outline that protocol so you can try it for yourself and achieve deeper results on your own. I encourage you to try this new way.

First, evoke that Characteristic Feeling I speak about using a ZPoint Statement such as: Whenever I think of my desire for a better life, I feel…

Remember to leave the ending blank and allow your subconscious to bring up that feeling associated with your desire for a better life. This feeling is connected to all the ways you don’t believe you will achieve that better life and releases them. The process will transform those beliefs from “I can’t do it” to “I will do it” and allows you to move forward in your life.