
It's horses for courses -or is it?
Is it true that no one technique can work for everyone; that we need to “shop around” in order to find what works for us? I think that most healers believe this, not because it is true but because it is what we’ve been told. After all, shopping around is good for the economy right? Well yes, but it is not necessarily good for you or your wallet!
Today I’m going to put forward the radical idea that you don’t have to shop around. If something “works” to fix problem X in someone else, then it should work for you too. And if it doesn’t, well it probably never really worked anyway. (See yesterday’s post for my definition of “works,” it may not be as simple as you think).
I received a comment yesterday from a reader, Michaela, who said:
If something “works” for a lot of people, it doesn’t mean that it has to work for me, too. … Even though I think there’s not “one thing” that works for all people and problems.
I really believe that this is untrue. That if something truly works, it should be universal. In fact I think that’s what “works” should mean.
Think about it like this – if a therapy works on one person in a hundred, and you are that one person, does that mean that it “worked” for you? No, it means that you were lucky and probably the placebo effect helped. If something works, it really works. Maybe not 100% but when it fails we should understand why.
For example, antibiotics work. No one doubts that antibiotics kill bacteria. But what about when antibiotics don’t work? Unfortunately, some bacteria have grown resistant to antibiotics and have evolved resistance. So in this case we can still say antibiotics work, but we acknowledge that there’s a valid exception. Antibiotics still “work” but the target is getting stronger.
Can we aim for 100%?
I don’t believe we will ever get 100% success with RPT because we cannot control everyone. People are unique, they have what used to be called “free will.” It is within the client’s right and power to not heal.
Here are the leading reasons why a client won’t heal, even with the best technique or medicine:
- secondary gain – even a perfect technique can be blocked if someone has an investment in it failing, such as an insurance claim. This is why clearing secondary gain is a huge part of RPT. We have excellent success with it, but not all secondary gain can be instantly healed (for instance relying on the insurance claim).
- not taking personal responsibility – sometimes it’s easier to blame others than to make changes in your life.
- more than one session is needed – often a client needs 2-3 sessions for results to appear, but they only give you one chance. I often think “we really could have healed that had he been willing to do a 2nd session. Unfortunately the McDonalds-ification of healing means that people want the instant quick fix, and it doesn’t work that way for everyone. This is my pet hate. They’ll see a chiropractor for 2 years, but if I haven’t fixed their pain in 1 session I’ll never see them again!
- external blocks – in this category I would include sabotage from the outside like an unsupportive partner, an abusive person interfering with treatment, or other factors that really can’t be “healed” as such, but which need a lifestyle change. The worst example I ever saw – I helped a client release her trauma from being stalked. She felt better and went home. The next week the stalker contacted her again. She was re-traumatised. She then told many people online that “RPT doesn’t work.” WTF? Somehow I was meant to not only clear past trauma but the future trauma too. I wish I could.
Back to the subject at hand. In my heart I believe that if something truly “works” then it works for 100% of people. That’s because we are all brothers and sisters. I don’t mean that in the New Age “We Are All One” sense (though that is true). I mean it in the biological sense. We share 99.999% of DNA, our issues are universal. The human condition is the human condition, whether you are a rich overweight white guy in the USA or a poor malnourished woman in Ethiopia struggling to feed her baby. We all have the same basic “stuff.” This is what Evette and I learned from teaching on 5 continents.
And for that reason I believe that a healing technique that works, whether RPT or Peak States or something not yet invented, it will work for everyone.
The only blocks are the type of things I listed above, and they will block EVERYTHING. Those 4 blocks are not blocks to a given modality. They are blocks to healing generally.
Comments needed
Perhaps more than ever before, I need your feedback on this one.
For instance – what has your experience of the healing journey been? I’m especially interested to hear from people who had a problem which could not be healed for a long time, with many techniques, but then was healed by a different technique. What do you think changed? Was it the technique, or something within yourself?
What do you think of my 4 reasons why healing may not work? Do you identify with any of these? Can you suggest others?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Blessings
Simon
Hi Simon
Thanks for the blog and I will give you some feedback as to my journey. I had a respiratory arrest in 2007 after having bout after bout of chest infections. Having survived I heard about another therapy that I won’t mention, I spent the money and took the courses, achieving Advanced Level. It worked for a little but nothing sustained the result I was looking for. Then I heard about RPT and thought hmmm give it a try, for me it felt right, I can’t explain it just did deep within my gut. I signed on the workshop that you and Evette organised in 2009, I gave myself no expectations as working as a therapist for the past 10 years I was still not healthy, so my only focus was to breathe effortlessly. I took the Level 1 and Level 2 Course over the 5 days and hey first time we carried out a method, boom I went straight to the origin or the trauma for me regarding breathing. I can honestly say I breathe effortlessly. So thank you. Regarding Secondary Gain I have Secondary Gain but I am not aware of it, or could it be that I just won’t look towards it. I find this a fasinating subject and would like more information on it when you have time.
Regarding the question did you heal from another technique, the answer is yes. I heard about The Healing Codes Alex Lloyd (USA). I went on a 1 day work shop, I had suffered recurring ear infections for the past 20 plus years and just accepted that was part of my life, I had no intention as to what I wanted healing from this workshop, although I have mentioned the ear infections, again I went open minded as I can be at this time. When it was time to share the information and technique with a partner at the workshop all we were told was focus on unconditional love, so I focused on my Grandson Noah, at the time he was 13 months old, a new addition to the family, the first male for 50 years. That is all I focused on sending Noah love and receiving love back from Noah in my mind. After 20 mins of the technique being performed I didn’t feel any change but noticed that as the hours passed on the workshop that I no longer could feel discomfort, pain, throbbing etc., etc from my ears, for me a complete result and today I feel exactly the same way. I no longer have problems with my ears and I am thankful that I was in the right place at the right time. You wanted to know what changed why this particular healing technique worked for me, I was easy, unconditional love for my Grandson Noah and I didn’t have to do anything else other than think of unconditional love which for me was Noah in my life. So I have used The Healing Codes over the past 5 months and can say that I feel calmer, less anxious, not as much weeping as I once did and no longer have unhealthy thoughts that crowd the mind and distract you from living a healthier and more balanced life. I use RPT and The Healing Codes on a daily basis and find the 2 combined healing techniques work for me.
I hope you find my little story informative.
Love, Life, and Light to you and Evette
M x
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Simon Rose Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Dear Monica
Thanks for sharing your inspiring story! I’d love to know if we can use your experience with RPT as a course testimonial. I do often hear these stories after a workshop but I guess I’m slack at collecting testimonials. When a prospective student asks I’m usually like “um, we have lots of miracles but I don’t have any names to hand….” If you are happy to write up the story (just a bit more detail) about it please let me know. You can post it here or email enquiries @ rptemail . com [just remove the spaces which I added to reduce spam].
Please allow me to clarify something which may have been unclear:
> Regarding the question did you heal from another technique,
Actually I didn’t ask this. I am delighted to hear your story but my question was different.
What I’m wondering is this: do you or anyone have stories about how one technique could not heal X, but another technique could. EG Shane shared that his injury didn’t heal from RPT but needed Pilates [as I replied, this isn't really a fair comment because if he were my client I would have sent him for yoga or similar as well as RPT]. That’s the kind of feedback I’m interested in. It will help to test my theory that the things that block RPT are things that would block ANYTHING.
It’s also interesting to hear the reverse – as you said your respiratory issue didn’t get better despite working as a therapist. So it begs the question of what RPT did that other techniques didn’t. You answered that by mentioning going to the original trauma. that really is the key isn’t it?
Thanks again for sharing your wonderful healing stories.
Blessings
Simon
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