Does Madame Ruth with the Big Gold Tooth influence your views? 

This issue came up a couple of days ago while I was participating in an conference call with EFT expert, Brad Yates.  We were doing a tapping session on success, abundance and attitudes that contribute to success.

 Madame Ruth with the Big Gold Tooth is Brad’s way of referencing the subconscious ideas buried deep in the inner chambers of our mind — the ideas, attitudes and beliefs that may be shaped by superstition, fortune tellers, psychics, card readers or even well meaning family members and friends who had similar ideas.

Some very strange believes turned up during this session. It’s not that any of us believe in these things consciously. Quite the opposite. Most of us pooh-poohed superstition and horoscopes and other similar things. But yet — the unconscious beliefs surfaced. Once they came up, we were could examine them and laugh at them — and hopefully get rid of these unconscious thoughts before they damaged our success goals.

Here’s my example. I’m Sagittarian. Our 2007 horoscope says that anything we start this year will be around for years to come. I discovered that unconsciously I was worried that any failures this year would translate into permanent failures. Silly?  Of course. But there it was.

Another caller remembered a psychic once telling her that she would always make a living but she would never be wealthy.  Who knows how much that little buried belief was holding her back.

What other kinds of superstitious beliefs get hidden in our unconscious minds?

Do you believe that bad luck comes in threes? If you believe that deep down, then perhaps you unwittingly do things to make it a reality.

Has a card reader told you you’re destined to have three great loves in your life? Does that mean that unconsciously you expect the first two to be temporary? How does that impact on relationship success?

The point I hope to stress, really stress, is that you don’t have to believe in these things consciously for them to be influencing you. If they are there in the unconscious, they have an impact. That’s why energy psychologies like EFT can be so effective.

And Brad Yates is not your typical EFT practitioner. He tosses in ridiculousness and humor whenever he can fit it in. Why not?  Who says self development has to be a grim and painful process?  Not Brad, that’s for sure.