An Approach to Happiness Made Simple

Approximately a year ago I read a book entitled Transcending the Levels of Consciousness by David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD. I was struck by a chart in appendix A that listed a hierarchy of emotional states. The negative emotions were listed at the bottom and the positive emotions were listed at the top of the chart. The negative emotions, from bottom up were shame, guilt, apathy, grief, fear, desire, anger, and pride. The positive emotions from bottom to top, with the top being the highest, were courage, neutrality, willingness, acceptance, reason, love, joy, peace, and enlightenment. While the order of the states is debatable, the general idea seems very reasonable. Each one of these states represents a description of energy that can reside in the mind/body complex.

It is normal for many of these states to appear momentarily within the human psyche. However I have encountered many people that have these states embedded within themselves lasting a very long time. I have concluded that this is quite normal.  It is this latter circumstance that I would like to address. With respect to schooling and education, it seems reasonable to teach this as a part of human health. For thousands of years, meditation has been used to accomplish this. In recent decades, meditation has been augmented by stereophonic soundtracks using a headset. More recently, a technique of affirmations along with tapping on acupuncture meridians has greatly accelerated the process. While mental health workers are embracing this practice, it is also a valuable self-help technique. There are over 600 articles describing its use in the schools for test anxiety, sports performance, public speaking, and a whole host of other situations.

Schools in some parts of the world teach that Americans are evil. This is a form of inculcation. In contrast, imagine Free World U developing a program for use in the schools that was embraced globally, and teaching the tapping/affirmation technique. Hate could be transformed into love. While the procedure does not seem at all revolutionary when reading about it, the numerous successful case histories are very exciting to a psychiatrist (myself) who has spent many years using the very slow and often painful talk therapy.

Mental health experts agree that a core notion of their field is the fact that the human body can store emotions, typically from past experiences, for up to a lifetime. It is my opinion, that these simple techniques, which can often be performed in a manner of minutes, should be learned by everyone at an early age. For more information, see http://search.emofree.com and use the search term “school.” I also highly recommend the DVDs on the site. This represents an entirely new dimension to the field of education, and I personally endorse it.

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