I signed up to Byron Katie's one-day workshop with Alternatives in July:
http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/Contents/EventDescription.asp?EventID=578

I think her stuff is very powerful, and gives a really good perspective on all of this.

I did Unleash The Power Within with Anthony Robbins last year. I was surprised when he said this about recently getting up at 5am to play polo: "I finally felt peace. I've never felt that before." He's just made $400M selling a company and he's only just experienced peace. That's a little concerning.

I don't agree that it's a good idea to use negative emotions to guide your actions. This is what most people do all the time unconsciously. This will result in the future being a recreation of the past.

The way I understand The Work is this: it causes you to perceive the cost of the negative thought, which gives you motivation to change, then to vision your life without the thought, and finally to find a deeper truth. All of this then activates the releasing mechanism; the blockage is then released.

More information on how to do the work can be found at http://www.thework.com/thework.asp

That's a great insight Magnus. An action based on a negative emotion is an action based on the belief of a lie. But is that "wrong"? After all, even we are part of reality; so in some sense even our delusion is "right"; it's also part of reality. In fact, there is no "wrong" action; there is only action. Some people call action based on non-delusion, "skillful action". Skillful action is in alignment with the rest of the universe. It is cooperating with the greater benevolence in arriving at what we really want.

A friend told me about Tapping. And a google search brought me here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about Tapping and other methods. 

Reading the words above about "false reality" and "that your view of the world is wrong" I immediately hear Katie saying : Is it true? 

I feel rich and blessed for being able to see and hear Katie for 3 days when she is in Amsterdam next month.

3 years ago I had a severe relapse caused by Multiple Sclerosis the day before I attended Katie's 9 day School workshop. I lost the feeling in the right side of my body. While everybody around me advised me to cancel, I was stubborn and went. It couldn't have been more perfect timing.

I still find it hard to describe what those 9 days did to me. While my MS symptoms were getting worse, I felt more and more perfect. The first days I could still use my right hand a bit for writing. It was hard to read my own writing because after only writing 9 lines, my paper (A4) was full because of the shaking in my arm. So I started writing with my left hand. (Talking about a turnaround )

When I came back home my neurologist was in shock I felt and looked great, while my body was having all these symptoms. It took a few months for the most parts of the feeling get back and I could write with my right hand again. I still have different feeling sensation in my right hand. But that's no problem for me.

The Work changed my life. Even for people who don't have MS or a relapse, I can highly recommend The Work of Byron Katie. 

I don't know why I am writing all this. I just felt I should share my experience with the Work when I read this topic. Maybe it's of use for someone.
Sorry for my English. Writing in English is harder than speaking. 

Hi Ben,

I would love to hear about your results and findings of tapping with MS. At this moment I don't have much to share about my results with tapping. I'm still investigating and reading. I guess I should just start tapping. But that's me, I'm a slow starter.

Next week I have a workshop to learn the ins-and-outs about tapping. I registered before I found this website and all the other information that's available on the web. Oh well, I guess it can't hurt to spend a whole day on tapping and learn from a live person.

The moment I can say something about my experience with tapping on MS issues I will let you know.

Well said.

Re The Workd, shouldn't it be Katie Byron?